Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre

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former building playhouse theatre

Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre was an early 18th-century London playhouse notable for staging influential works of the period, including John Gay’s "The Beggar’s Opera."

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former building → playhouse → theatre →
alsoKnownAs	Duke's Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields → Lincoln's Inn Fields Playhouse →
architect	Christopher Wren →
associatedWith	George Frideric Handel → John Gay →
city	London →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
demolishedFor	redevelopment of Lincoln's Inn Fields area →
demolitionDate	1848 →
era	early 18th century →
formerUse	real tennis court →
genre	ballad opera → drama → opera →
hasAudienceType	public theatre →
hasWorkPremiere	Polly → The Beggar's Opera →
historicalPeriod	Georgian era →
inception	1714 →
locatedIn	City of Westminster → England → Holborn → Lincoln's Inn Fields → London →
locatedOn	Portugal Street →
manager	John Rich →
notableFor	premiere of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera → staging early 18th-century English drama →
notableProduction	Polly → The Beggar's Opera → The Beggar's Opera (1728) → The Conscious Lovers →
openingDate	1714 →
operator	John Rich's company →
ownedBy	John Rich →
partOf	London theatre scene →
rebuiltFrom	Lisle's Tennis Court →
region	Greater London →
status	demolished →
style	indoor proscenium theatre →
successor	Covent Garden Theatre →
usedFor	opera performances → pantomime → theatrical performances →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre ("Lincoln's Inn Fields Playhouse") → Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre ("Duke's Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields") →	alsoKnownAs
Johann Christoph Pepusch →	employer
Polly Peachum →	firstPerformancePlace
The Provoked Wife →	firstPerformanceTheatre
The Beggar's Opera →	originalNetwork
The Beggar's Opera →	placeOfFirstPerformance