Berlioz in London
Theatre Royal Haymarket
In 1720 the Little Theatre was built by John Potter on the site of the King’s Head Inn in Haymarket, almost opposite Her Majesty’s Theatre. In 1766, in an accident in the presence of the Duke of York, the dramatist and actor Samuel Foote was badly injured and lost a leg. At the Duke’s instigation, the theatre was granted a royal patent and the Little Theatre became the Theatre Royal.
In 1851 Berlioz heard here Mendelssohn’s youthful opera Die Hochzeit des Camacho (known as Son and Stranger).
The modern photo reproduced on this page was taken by Michel Austin; the engraving is in our own collection. © Monir Tayeb and Michel Austin. All rights of reproduction reserved.
Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2003
Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1824
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