Construction work in progress at the Royal English Opera House, showing the double metal roof girders being placed over the stage

Date:
10 Oct 1889
Location:
Royal English Opera House, Cambridge Circus, Soho, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, W1
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Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, Soho, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, W1
Reference:
BL09791
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)
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Description

The Royal English Opera House was built in 1888-1891 by T E Collcutt and G H Holloway for Richard d'Oyley Carte. The opera was a failure, and the building was renamed the Palace Theatre of Varieties in 1892. It was later (1911) renamed the Palace Theatre.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Ww, Ww: Bedford Lemere And Company

Architect: Holloway, G H

Architect: Collcutt, Thomas Edward

Client: D'oyley Carte, Richard

Keywords

Victorian Theatre, Construction