Exterior of the Shaftesbury Avenue facade of the Royal English Opera House on Cambridge Circus

Date:
23 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:
BL10425
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)
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Description

The Royal English Opera House was built in 1888-1891 by the architects Thomas Edward Collcutt and G H Holloway for Richard D'Oyly Carte. In 1892 it was renamed the Palace Theatre of Varieties, and was known as the Palace Theatre from 1911.

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: Collcutt, Thomas Edward

Architect: Holloway, G H

Photographer: A B: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Victorian Opera House