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THE ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE, LONDON.
Right - The Theatre as it is in 2005. Although I cannot go so far as to say the theatre, which it is now my duty to endeavour to describe, is a "model" one, without any fault, I think it is a fair example of what has been and is being done in London, in advancing and perfecting the planning of public buildings devoted to the drama. Far be it from me to |
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Right - The Royal English Opera House on its opening in 1891 - Courtesy Really Useful Theatres.
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There
is perhaps no class of building which has received so much attention
during the past ten or twelve years, and shown such rapid strides of
improvement, both in construction and planning, as the modern theatre.
In his excellent Paper on American Theatres, comparisons have been drawn
by Mr. Townsend between the American and the English theatre; but he
has not been happy in his choice of an example of a London playhouse,
as he selected for illustration one of the smallest English houses,
erected upon a site on which it would be difficult for an architect
to produce a "model" theatre.
depreciate
the merits of the example chosen by Mr. Townsend, or to draw comparisons
between that house and the Royal English Opera House, the plans of
which are here reproduced by the special permission of Mr. D'Oyly
Carte, to whose energy London owes such a valuable addition to her
public buildings.
