Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre

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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."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former building
playhouse
theatre
alsoKnownAs Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
surface form: Duke's Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields

Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
surface form: Lincoln's Inn Fields Playhouse
architect Christopher Wren
associatedWith George Frideric Handel
John Gay
city London, England
surface form: 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, England
surface form: 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
surface form: 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

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The Beggar's Opera originalNetwork Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
The Beggar's Opera placeOfFirstPerformance Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
The Provoked Wife firstPerformanceTheatre Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre alsoKnownAs Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
this entity surface form: Lincoln's Inn Fields Playhouse
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre alsoKnownAs Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
this entity surface form: Duke's Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Polly Peachum firstPerformancePlace Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Johann Christoph Pepusch employer Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Lisle's Tennis Court laterKnownAs Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Lisle's Tennis Court associatedWith Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
John Rich managedTheatre Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
this entity surface form: Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre