AUTHORS NOTE
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AUTHORS NOTEThe Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, continued to be unlucky until 1809, when it was destroyed by fire – the blaze lit all London.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan was faced with utter ruin as the building was under-insured.
The theatre was rebuilt and opened in October 1811 and is the Drury Lane we know today. It is the theatre of Edward Kean – the greatest Shylock of all time – of Elliston, Macready, Dan Leno, Sir Johnstone Forbes-Robertson and Sir Henry Irving.
From Nell Gwynne to Ivor Novello, Drury Lane stands alone, no other city in the world has its rival.
It is part of our history and, as long as London lasts, there will always be a part of it known as ‘The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane’.
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