Samuel Beazley

Samuel Beazley

Samuel Beazley (1786–1851) was a London architect, novelist and playwright.

He was born in Westminster, the son of a manufacturer of accessories for the Army. He received his architectural training in the office of Charles Beazley, his father's brother. He went onto fight in the Peninsular War, returning to become the leading theatrical architect of his day.Earl and Sell (2000), pp. 268]

A resident of Soho Square, he designed the St James's Theatre, the Lyceum Theatre, London, the City of London Theatre in Norton Folgate (all in the 1830s) and the Royalty Theatre in 1840, as well as the Strand front of the Adelphi Theatre, and the Russell Street colonnade of the Drury Lane (1831), among many others. His experience as a playwright gave him an appreciation for theatre design, and his architectural work for the theatre was praised for its appropriateness to the requirements of theatrical space.

Beazley wrote over one hundred plays, mostly farces and short comedies. "The Roué... In three Volumes..." (1828) was one of his two novels.

References

*"Theatre London: An Architectural Guide", Edwin Heathcote, ISBN 1-84166-047-7
*"Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950", Earl, John and Michael Sell pp. 268 (Theatres Trust, 2000) ISBN 0-7136-5688-3

External links

* [http://www.polybiblio.com/quaritch/E266.html Encyclopedia entry]


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