Drury Lane Theatre

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Drury Lane Theatre is a historic London playhouse, formally known as the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, renowned as one of the oldest and most prominent theatres in the English-speaking world.

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Drury Lane Theatre canonical 7
Drury Lane company 1

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West End theatre
historic building
playhouse
theatre
architect Benjamin Dean Wyatt
associatedWithMonarchy Theatre Royal Drury Lane
surface form: Royal Patent theatre (historically)
capacityApprox 2000
category Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster
Grade I listed theatres
West End theatres
claimToFame oldest theatre site in London still in continuous use
one of the oldest theatres in the English-speaking world
country United Kingdom
currentBuildingCompleted 1812
hasBalconies yes
hasGenreSpeciality drama
musicals
opera (historically)
hasRoyalBox yes
hasStalls yes
heritageStatus Grade I listed building
historicalEraOfProminence 18th century
19th century
Restoration period
knownAs Drury Lane
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
languageOfPerformances English
locatedIn City of Westminster
Covent Garden area
London, England
surface form: London
locatedOn Drury Lane
notableManager Augustus Harris
Charles Kean
Colley Cibber
David Garrick
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
notableOwner Richard Brinsley Sheridan
notablePerformer David Garrick
Edmund Kean
Henry Irving
Nell Gwyn
Sarah Siddons
notableProduction 42nd Street
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (novel)
surface form: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Frozen (West End production)
surface form: Frozen (stage musical)

Miss Saigon
My Fair Lady (stage direction)
surface form: My Fair Lady

Shrek the Musical (London production)
surface form: Shrek The Musical

The Producers (1967 film)
surface form: The Producers
numberOfBuildingsOnSite 4
officialName Theatre Royal Drury Lane
surface form: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
openingDate 1663
operatedBy LW Theatres
ownedBy Andrew Lloyd Webber
LW Theatres
partOf West End of London
surface form: London West End
previousBuildingDestroyedBy fire
primaryUse musical theatre
theatrical performances
reconstruction 1812 rebuilding by Benjamin Dean Wyatt

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Johann Christoph Pepusch employer Drury Lane Theatre
Kitty Clive workLocation Drury Lane Theatre
Kitty Clive memberOf Drury Lane Theatre
this entity surface form: Drury Lane company
The School for Scandal (stage) firstPerformancePlace Drury Lane Theatre
subject surface form: The School for Scandal
Theatre Royal Drury Lane alsoKnownAs Drury Lane Theatre
James Quin activeIn Drury Lane Theatre
Michael William Balfe composedFor Drury Lane Theatre