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… an airy neo-classical redesign by Robert Adam in 1775, before it too burned down in 1791. Its replacement, designed by Henry Holland, opened in 1794 and burned in 1809. 1 Image Legend Smith, N., ‘The Old Theatre, Drury Lane, this front … Richard, Gentle Riots?: Theatre Riots in London, 1730-1780 (PhD thesis, University of Guelph, 2000). Hume, Robert D., Henry Fielding and the London Theatre 1728-1737 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988). Hume, Robert D., ‘The Origins of the Actor …
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