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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 21:20:00

Founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil, the Strand playhouse that became the Adelphi was the work of John Scott, a colour merchant who built it to showcase the talents of his daughter Jane, a prolific playwright and performer. By 1809 it held a licence for musical entertainments, pantomime and burletta, and in 1819 it took the name Adelphi from the riverside development designed by the Adam brothers nearby. Across the nineteenth century the theatre was rebuilt and enlarged more than once. The New A...