Exterior of the principal front of Mr D'Oyly Carte's new Royal English Opera House, with a banner announcing that the elevation was designed by T E Collcutt erected under the direction of G H Holloway

Date:
22 Sept 1890
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:
BL10423
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Royal English Opera House was commissioned by Richard D'Oyly Carte in the late 1880's, it was designed by Thomas Collcutt with the architect G H Holloway. After the failure of the venture as an opera house, it was sold in 1892 and converted into a variety theatre known as the Palace Theatre of Varieties. It is now 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

Architect: Holloway, G H

Photographer: A B: Bedford Lemere And Company

Architect: Collcutt, Thomas Edward

Keywords

Victorian Opera House