London Theatres in 1900: Sadler's Wells

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Arthur H. Beavan continued his survey of London's theatres, in Imperial London, published in 1901, with this look at Sadler's Wells:

Sadler's Wells as a theatrical institution is excelled only by Covent Garden and Drury Lane.

The new building is close to the New River Head, at the top of St. John's Street Road and not far from the Angel, Islington.

In the reign of Charles II, a music-room stood there, a kind of variety-show, with the additional attraction of a garden in which was a well of mineral water.

In 1764 it gave place to a theatre, amongst whose proprietors were the Dibdins, father and sons, and Phelps, with the "legitimate drama."

The Grimaldis at one time were clowns there, and Belzoni, the distinguished traveller, was connected with it as a posture-master.

This theatre used to be regarded by play-goers as utterly out of the Metropolitan dramatic radius, but now it is accessible from every quarter.

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