Scala Theater
The Scala Theater was a theater on Charlotte Street ( London ) on Tottenham Court Road . The first theater on the site opened in 1772 and, after being destroyed by fire, demolished in 1969. From 1865 to 1882 the theater was known as the Prince of Wales's Theater .
history
Initially the theater was known as The New Rooms , where concerts were held on Charlotte Street in 1772 under the direction of Francis Pasquali. Fame and royal benevolence led to the expansion of the building by James Wyatt and its renaming to King's Concert Rooms (1780–1786). The theater became known as a venue for concerts of early music and as Hyde's Room (1786–1802, administered by the directors for concerts and early music). In 1802 the Pic-Nics , a private theater club under the direction of Captain Caulfield, occupied the building and called it the Cognoscenti Theater (1802-1808). Then it became The New Theater (1808-1815, under Saunders and Mr. J. Paul) and was enlarged and equipped as a public theater with a portico entrance on Tottenham Street. The building continued under a number of managers as the unsuccessful Regency Theater (1815-1820) and went into bankruptcy. The theater then reopened several times as the West London Theater (1820-1831, under Brunton), Queen's Theater (1831-1833, 1835-1837 and again 1839-1865) and Fitzroy Theater (1833-1835 and 1837-1839). The theater's tenant from 1843 to 1869 was a scenic artist, Charles James James, and the theater became the home of the garish melodrama nicknamed The Dusthole .
Individual evidence
- ↑ University of Kent, Theater Collection Accessed June 17, 2019
- ↑ University of Massachusetts, Theater History Accessed June 17, 2019
- ^ University of Kent, Scala Theater Accessed June 17, 2019
Web links
- University of Kent, History of Scala Theater, Accessed June 17, 2019
- Photos and historical information about the theater, accessed June 17, 2019