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22 Advertisements. FLIGHT AUGUST 26TH, 1943 CHRISTOPHER WREN'S Drury Reproductions from old prints dated 1775 showing the Adam front facing Bridge Street, and the auditorium from the stage. Lane ... The second Drury Lane Theatre, designed by Christopher Wren, stood for nearly 120 years. It was opened in 1674 and pulled down in 1791. The theatre cost £4.000 to build and held about 2,000 people. David Garrick, in partnership with James Lacy (a manufacturer frofn Norwich) held the theatre for 30 years during this period, and sold their interests about 1776 to Sheridan for £35,000 and £45,000 respectively. The first Drury Lane had cost £1,500 and opened its doors in 1663. It was destroyed by fire in 1672, (Nell Gwynne had first appeared on the stage in 1665). The third theatre was completed in 1794 and accommodated 3, MI people; 15 years later this, too, was burned down. The fourth and present Drury Lane opened in 1812 ; before the portico was added in 1831 it measured 237 ft. by 131 ft. as compared with 59 ft. by 112 ft. in 1663 for Steelwork in theatres of the future Boulton & Paul Limited STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS NORWICH • BIRMINGHAM • LONDON This advertisement is one of a series which briefly traces, from earliest times, the structural development of the theatre and places of entertainment, according to the "fashion " and requirements of the entertainment demanded.
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