Plate 9: Theatre Royal, auditorium and proscenium (early views)

Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1970.

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'Plate 9: Theatre Royal, auditorium and proscenium (early views)', in Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, ed. F H W Sheppard( London, 1970), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol35/plate-9 [accessed 23 November 2024].

'Plate 9: Theatre Royal, auditorium and proscenium (early views)', in Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Edited by F H W Sheppard( London, 1970), British History Online, accessed November 23, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol35/plate-9.

"Plate 9: Theatre Royal, auditorium and proscenium (early views)". Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Ed. F H W Sheppard(London, 1970), , British History Online. Web. 23 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol35/plate-9.

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Auditorium

Figure 9a:

Auditorium from an engraving in The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1779, vol.ii, set v, plate vii.

The 'Screen Scene' in 'The School for Scandal'

Figure 9b:

The 'Screen Scene' in The School for Scandal. From an engraving of 1778 in the British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings, Garrick portfolio (pressmark 175 b I, f. 26, no. 80).