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Adelphi Theatre - Definition and Overview |
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The Adam brothers' Adelphi Buildings in an 18th-century print: the terrace stood upon riverfront warehousing The Adelphi Theatre in London was founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil ("Without Parallel"), changing its name in 1819 to Adelphi, after the block of 24 unified neoclassical terrace houses occupying the land between The Strand and the River Thames, which had been built by the Adam brothers (Greek: adelphoi, "brothers") as a real estate speculation, in 1768 - 1772, largely demolished in 1936 (illustration, left). The present building is the fourth on the site.
The Theatre is well known as the place where Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats Musical Video was recorded in 1998.
Since 1997 the venue has been the setting for the popular West End musical, Chicago.
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Example Usage of Adelphi |
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Lauraelspeth: Saturday: lie in, lunch acoustic gig at the Adelphi, pizza, The Trouble with Harry, x factor and ebay bids ... not time for bed! |
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bmecdw: @gedrobinson Sho' nuff. Can't wait. Though alas, on call - so will be hokey-cokeying in/out the Adelphi. And dry |
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ChrisGBaillie: For all leeds tweeter we are having a lunch time meet up ont 5th december, 1pm in the Adelphi. ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH? Lol. Please RT! |
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