Royal English Opera House, now the Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, London
| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA3834 |
| Architect/Designer | Collcutt, Thomas Edward (1840-1924)
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| Artist/Photographer | Bedford Lemere & Co.
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| Country | UK: England |
| City | London |
| Subject Date | 1891 |
| Image Date | 1891 |
| View | Exterior |
| Style | Victorian |
| Medium | Photoprint |
| Library Reference | 40503 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
The playbills on the Theatre's facade are for 'Ivanhoe', the opera by Sir Arthur Sullivan with which the building was inaugurated on January 31, 1891. Opera was not a success in this theatre and in December 1892 it was renamed the Palace Theatre and became a variety theatre.
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Subject tags
brickwork, theatres, terracotta