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A New History of London
… two or three fields: together with Sadlers-wells, a small theatre for the summer evening exhibition of tumbling, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rooms, built by the corporation in 1820; a commodious theatre, erected in 1806; and a theatre of arts, exhibiting views of various cities, with …
Survey of London
… 7), and until the building of Smirke's Covent Garden Theatre in 1809 was essentially the usual street of houses, … 1732 there had been a small pit-entrance to Covent Garden Theatre on the west side. A larger entrance was made a few … century columned porches had been built, but the theatre still had no faade of its own to Bow Street. The …
Survey of London
… St. Paul and is not described in this volume: the Strand Theatre is also excluded. Brydges Street filled up with its … imperfect. He was living in a house where the Duchess Theatre now stands. His complaint, made against Edward … harmed by the taverns for which it became noted, and the Theatre Royal which had an entrance from the street from …
Survey of London
… it 'a place all alive with noise and bustle, Drury Lane Theatre in sight from our front and Covent Garden from our … Street, the last adjoining the newly building Drury Lane Theatre (see Survey of London, vol. XXXV); Dr. Nicholas … Johnson and others helped him with a benefit at Drury Lane Theatre. 85 A belated success came to him, however, with his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Well-street with the new road to Leeds; and contains a theatre for the delivery of lectures, a library of 3000 …
The Environs of London
… buried January 3, 1769." A comedian belonging to the theatre royal, Covent Garden. He was a native of Ireland, in … he came to England, and made his first appearance at the theatre royal in Drury-Lane on the 24th of September, in the … period he remained in London, chiefly at Covent-Garden theatre, where he succeeded Quin in many of his characters. …
Survey of London
… 79 In 1790 Rice advertised a performance at his 'Miniature Theatre' of 'The Triumph of Fidelity, An Operatical …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… library has been recently erected on the castle-hill. A theatre, a neat and commodious edifice of stone, was erected …