Duke’s Theatre, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. The Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre was located in the Fields from 1661 to 1848 when it was demolished. Originally called the Duke’s Theatre, it was created by converting Lisle’s Tennis Court, to become the Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre in 1695. The theatre presented the first paid public performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in 1700, John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera in January 1728, and Handel’s final two operas in 1740 and 1741. Reference: Wikipedia
Print depicting The Duke’s Theatre in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, published by William Herbert and Robert Wilkinson, 1809.
Artist/maker Herbert, William (publishers) Wilkinson, Robert (publishers)
Reference: © Victoria and Albert Museum
Vignette of the theatre, seen from the street; a woman carrying a basket in left foreground, other figures behind, a small wagon outside theatre; a column of letterpress on the right. c.1850 Wood-engraving with letterpress
Reference: © The Trustees of the British Museum
