{"slug": "theatre-royal-drury-lane", "label": "Theatre Royal, Drury Lane", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal%2C_Drury_Lane", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756626", "qid": "Q1756626", "description": "West End theatre building in Covent Garden, London, England, UK", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1663, 1777], "span_label": ["1663 CE", "1777 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "moliere", "label": "Molière", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-dryden", "label": "John Dryden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1663, "year_label": "1663 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – The King's Theatre, now called \"Drury Lane\", opens in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988068#April–June", "title": "1663", "revid": 1365988068, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1672, "year_label": "1672 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – The Theatre Royal, located at the time on Bridges Street in London, burns down. A replacement structure is built on Drury Lane in 1674.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992116#January–March", "title": "1672", "revid": 1365992116, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1690, "year_label": "1690 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – The play Amphitryon by John Dryden, based on Molière's 1668 play of the same name, receives its first performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369486553#October–December", "title": "1690", "revid": 1369486553, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1692, "year_label": "1692 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – William Mountfort's play Henry The Second, King Of England; With The Death Of Rosamond is given its first performance, premiering at the Drury Lane Theatre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365636017#October–December", "title": "1692", "revid": 1365636017, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 2", "text": "March 2 – Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain, shown at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, The Loves of Mars and Venus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366802832#January–March", "title": "1717", "revid": 1366802832, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Irish-born actor Charles Macklin makes his London stage debut as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, pioneering a psychologically realistic style with Shakespeare's text revived, replacing George Granville's melodramatic adaptation The Jew of Venice. Kitty Clive plays the travesti role of Portia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#January–March", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1777, "year_label": "1777 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of manners, The School for Scandal, is first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349829024#April–June", "title": "1777", "revid": 1349829024, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}