Unseen London by Peter Dazeley

Author:Peter Dazeley [Daly, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781781011874
Publisher: MBI

The under-stage hydraulic system.

Another unseen feature in the technical area is the massive paint frame, claimed to be unique in the West End, which allows the largest backdrops to be created in-house. Most theatres have to outsource scenic cloth work. Much of the Drury Lane technical area rely on the comparative spaciousness of the building, the Theatres Trust profile of Drury Lane describes the backstage areas as ‘vast, unlike almost every other West End theatre’.

Fly floor.

Theatre Royal is also the oldest West End theatre, twice burned down, three times rebuilt. A bricked-up archway in the basement reputedly hides a tunnel used by King Charles II to secretly visit courtesan-actress Nell Gwyn, which may be mythology, although it was certainly Charles who granted a royal patent to the theatre.

The current building, the fourth, opened in 1812. A curious feature of the auditorium is that it has two designated Royal Boxes. According to theatre historians, this dates from when the theatre was new and there was a need to separately accommodate King George III and his son the Prince Regent, who hated each other. The staircases at Drury Lane are still referred to as the King’s and the Prince’s and the story may be true.

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