London, The Old Theater Drury Lane

Façade of Drury-Lane Theater. This predecessor building was built from 1674 and was demolished in 1791, a view of the new building can be seen on another leaf of the Handel House (BS-IIe 31). Actually, it is run as “Theatre Royal,” but there are several of them in London and for the sake of delimitation an additional location is used. A facade of the building can be seen here. The base floor is divided vertically by three roundel entrances; two niches flank the middle entrance. A bosses masonry makes this projectile look massive. Two projectiles with three rectangular double windows follow. Vertically, these projectiles are divided by preformed pillars, a balloon separates the first projectile from the base area and a frieze the first from the second projectile. In the middle a sign with a rose is attached to the frieze. The conclusion is a triangular gable with a roundel in the middle and a crowning figure at the top. On the left and on the right, the gable is flanked by a lion figure on the left and a unicorn on the right. The paper here is trimmed, the British Museum in London has the full specimen. Signature: Publish 'd June 1, 1794, by N. Smith May’s Buildings ST Martins Lane. Lake Pennants London. Caption: The old Theatre, Drury Lane. Das Front in Bridges Street, war erThis von M.r Garrick, Front to parting with his share of the Theater. (Stiftung Händel-Haus Halle Foundation)