Interior view of the classical-style Rotunda foyer at the Drury Lane Theatre, looking up into the dome from the first-floor

Date:
Apr 1922
Location:
Drury Lane Theatre, Catherine Street, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2
Reference:
BL26065
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The first Drury Lane Theatre was constructed in the mid-seventeenth century, and there have been four theatres on the site. The theatre is now known as the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. This image shows the interior of the theatre after the refurbishments in 1922. This photograph was commissioned by Hampton and Sons, furnishers.

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: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Classicism, Dome, Georgian Theatre, Georgian Rotunda