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Building first erected in 1663 at Drury Lane for Thomas Killigrew, the manager of the King's Company. Destroyed by a fire in 1672, rebuilt between 1672 and 1674.

1775: new façade by Robert Adam
1783: remodeled by Thomas Greenwood and William Capon
1791-1794: rebuilt by Henry Holland
1809: destroyed by a fire
1811-12: rebuilt by Benjamin Dean Wyatt
2013: refurbished in the style of 1812

Sources:

Stillman, Damie. English Neo-classical Architecture, 2vols. London: Zwemmer, 1988.

http://www.reallyusefultheatres.co.uk/theatres/theatre-royal-drury-lane/history/

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 *1811-12: rebuilt by Benjamin Dean Wyatt
 *2013: refurbished in the style of 1812
-The Theatre Royal became the first [[Neo-Classical architecture|neo-classical]] theatre in London. The entrance was built with a five-bay frontispiece and above, the façade was decorated in the style of a temple front of attenuated Ionic pilasters. The ends of the pilasters were surmounted by masks of tragedy and comedy. In the centre of the pediment was a coat-of-arms. At the apex of the pediment were a lion on the left hand corner and a unicorn on the right hand corner facing towards the middle, which was decorated with a trophy derived from those of Marius on the Campidoglio in Rome (Stillman '''[page??]''').
-The interior was decorated in a very elaborate style. The boxes were framed by small pilasters. The masterpiece was the ceiling, which was “painted in imitation of octagonal coffering in the circular shape of a dome, with corner filled by figural medallions with swags” (Stillman '''[page??]''').
-However, Adam was criticized for his extravagant fashion and the “glittering effect” of his remodeling, therefore, the Theatre Royal was modified again.
 Sources:
-*Stillman, Damie.''English Neo-classical Architecture'', 2vols. In ''Studies in Architecture''. Ed. by Laing, Alastair and Harris, John. 26vols. London: Zwemmer, 1988.
+*Stillman, Damie. ''English Neo-classical Architecture'', 2vols. London: Zwemmer, 1988.
 *http://www.reallyusefultheatres.co.uk/theatres/theatre-royal-drury-lane/history/