[5] Survey showing the old and new theatres, datable to 1 November 1790

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

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Reference number

SM 61/5/4

Purpose

[5] Survey showing the old and new theatres, datable to 1 November 1790

Aspect

Ground floor Plan N^o1

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 N^o2 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 M^rVanbrugh'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 ^ft6ⁱⁿof 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 M^r Vanbrugh's Property, plan labelled: Body of the new Theatre, A 25 feet, M^rDarrells, 17'6", 27'6", South, Market Lane, Haymarket, M^rVanbrugh'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 N^o1 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

Drawing

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