Drury Lane Theatre Royal Schedule

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60.Green baize cloth covered the benches in the pit and served to decorate the boxes, additionally ornamented with gold-tooled leather, and even the stage itself.Spiers, Theatres.The backless green benches in the pit were in a semicircular arrangement facing the stage, according to a May 1663 letter from one Monsieur de Maonconys: "All benches of the pit, where people of rank also sit, are shaped in a semi-circle, each row higher than the next."Spiers, Theatres, citing The three galleries formed a semicircle around the floor seats; both the first and second galleries were divided up into boxes.The King's Company was forced with some reluctance to commission the technically advanced and expensive Theatre Royal playhouse by the success of the rival Duke's Company, which was drawing fascinated crowds with their "moveable" or "changeable" scenery and visually gorgeous productions at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

The new theatre interior retained the green cloth of the first, but seems to have been built according to a more rectilinear plan.

The new house was financed through selling more company shares, which meant that yet more money had now to be made from ticket sales.The second theatre complex was composed of the large auditorium by Wren and, by the time of Garrick's management, comprised ten connected structures.

The Letters Patent also granted the two companies a shared monopoly on the public performance of legitimate drama in London; this monopoly was challenged in the 18th century by new venues and by a certain slipperiness in the definition of "legitimate drama," but remained legally in place until 1843.

It remained closed for 18 months until the autumn of 1666, during which time it received at least a little interior renovation, including widening of the stage.Pepys' March 19, 1666 Diary of Samuel Pepys/1666/March#19th describes a visit to the play house during the renovations, noting "God knows when they will begin to act again." For the royal order closing the playhouses see Latham & Matthews 'Diary of Samuel Pepys,' vol vii (1666), p.

This was the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, designed by Christopher Wren,Later theatre manager Colley Cibber writing in 1740 states that Wren was the designer.(Nagler p.

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