Drury Lane [ Sports & Leisure / Cities ]
… last theatre on the site, designed by Benjamin Wyatt, opened in 1812; most recently refurbished in 2021, it remains a working theatre today. 2 Image Legend S. Rawle, ‘New Theatre Royal Drury Lane, B. Wyatt Esqr., architect [graphic] / engraved by S. Rawle ; L. Francis delt’, Folger Shakespeare Library, 30373, late 18th to mid-19th century. Speaking shorthand of ‘Drury Lane’ as scholars sometimes do is revealing: rather than referring only to a particular theatre or site, ‘Drury Lane’ signified certain kinds of theatrical sociability, not all of which involved physical presence in the theatre. Nonetheless, the four …
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