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London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

The King's Theatre at Haymarket was destroyed by fire in June 1789. Soane made designs for a competing opera house in Leicester Square but after this scheme was dropped he assisted in surveying the Haymarket theatre as it was rebuilt in 1790. Both the design and the surveys were commissioned by Robert Bray O'Reilly. Work came to a halt in January 1791. See scheme notes for: London: design for an opera house to be built on the site of Leicester House garden, 1790

Madeleine Helmer, April 2012

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London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

[1] Survey of houses adjoining the opera house and Haymarket, 20 September 1790

Copy Sept^r20^th1790

London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

[2] Design, datable to July 1790

datable to July 1790 (see Notes)

see Notes below

London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

[3] Survey of the theatre datable to 9 October 1790

datable to 9 October 1790

London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

[4] Survey of the theatre, one overlaid with preliminary design, datable to 13 October 1790

datable to 13 October 1790

Soane office, with title added later by George Bailey (Soane Museum curator, 1837-60)

London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

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

datable to 1 November 1790 (see Notes)

London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

[6] Variant design for the theatre, November 1790

Albion Place Nov^r18^th 1790

London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

[7] Variant design for the theatre, November 1790

London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

[8] Presentation drawing showing the old and new theatres, November 1790

Albion Place Nov^r1790

London: King's Theatre (Opera House): designs for an opera house, c.1790 (9)

[9] Presentation drawing showing Vanbrugh's original theatre design, copied 27 November 1790

Copy Nov^r27^th1790

attributed to William Harrison

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