Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Static Information
| London Stage Code |
Diane Howard Code |
Address in London |
0404 |
182 |
Bow Street, Covent Garden |
Theatre Names
| Year |
Names |
1732-1769 |
Theatre Royal in Covent Garden |
1769-1847 |
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden |
1847-1897 |
Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden |
1847-1897 |
Royal English Opera, Covent Garden |
1897-1939 |
Royal Opera, Covent Garden |
Cost of Building/Remodeling
| Year |
Cost |
1809 |
£ 150,000 |
Capacity at Covent Garden
| Year |
Capacity |
1732 |
1879 |
1809 |
3000 |
1858 |
2299 |
Management at Covent Garden
| Years |
Manager |
1732-1761 |
John Rich |
1761-1774 |
John Beard |
1774-1803 |
Thomas Harris |
1803-1809 |
Thomas Harris and John Phillip Kemble |
1809-1817 |
John Phillip Kemble |
1817-1832 |
Charles Kemble |
1832-1833 |
Pierre Francois Laporte |
1833-1835 |
Alfred Bunn |
1835-1837 |
D.W. Osbaldiston |
1837-1839 |
Charles Macready |
1839-1842 |
Madame Vestris and Charles Mathews |
1842-1843 |
Charles Kemble |
1843-1847 |
Used as a meeting place for the Anti-Corn Law League |
1847-1848 |
Michael Costa, Frederick Beale, and Giuseppe Persiani |
1848-1850 |
Fredrick Delafield and Fredrick Gye |
1850-1878 |
Fredrick Gye |
1878-1884 |
Ernest Gye |
1884-1888 |
Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden Limited |
1888-1896 |
Augustus Harris |
1896- |
Grand Opera Syndicate |
The proceding data was found in the following sources:Mander and Mitchenson's Theatres of London 52; Sheppard's Survery of London 79-82; Howard's Theatres and Music Halls #182
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