Scale
bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Kings Theatre Haymarket, References // The dotted lines shew the walls of the late Theatre as demised by Mr Vanbrugh / previous to the fire, the span within the Blue lines is Mr Dayrell's premes [sic] / It is apparent that instead of building the Theatre within Mr Vanbrugh's / property the whole of the stage which was formerly written his premes is now / divided as mark'd upon this Plan: In plan No2 the old Boundary wall now destroyed was perforated by sufferance for the purpose of occasionally lengthening the / decorations but the opening was so inconsiderable that it could be shut up without / any Injury to Mr Vanbrugh's stage the whole length within the Walls being 54 / feet from the front lights whereas by the present building the Boundary of this Property / is totally taken away and there is 17 ft 6 in of stage only apparent - this must have / been purposely done as there is a space of 25 feet at the Letter A to the extent of which / the Theatre might have been brought back and the whole Theatre and stage / were upon its present place been built within Mr Vanbrugh's Property, plan labelled: Body of the new Theatre, A 25 feet, Mr Darrells, 17'6", 27'6", South, Market Lane, Haymarket, Mr Vanbrugh's houses in the Haymarkett
Signed and dated
- datable to 1 November 1790 (see Notes)
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and blue, pink and grey washes on laid paper (692 x 585)
Hand
Soane office
Notes
Soane's Journal No 1 records that on 1 October he delivered to Mr O'Reilly plans showing the old and new theatres, with the old one in dotted lines.
Level
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