Olympic Theatre

Olympic Theatre

1806 Olympic Pavilion
1831 engraving of the Royal Olympic Theatre
Address	Wych Street, Drury Lane Westminster, London
Coordinates	51°30′47″N 0°07′07″W / 51.513056°N 0.118611°W / 51.513056; -0.118611
Designation	Demolished
Type	Theatre and opera house
Capacity	889 (1860s) 2,150 (1889)
Current use	Site of Kingsway
Construction
Opened	1806
Closed	1899
Rebuilt	1870 C. J. Phipps 1890 W. G. R. Sprague and Bertie Crewe

The Olympic Theatre, sometimes known as the Royal Olympic Theatre, was a 19th-century London theatre, opened in 1806 and located at the junction of Drury Lane, Wych Street and Newcastle Street. The theatre specialised in comedies throughout much of its existence. Along with three other Victorian theatres (Opera Comique, Globe and Gaiety),^[1] the Olympic was eventually demolished in 1904 to make way for the development of the Aldwych. Newcastle and Wych streets also vanished.