Haymarket

History

The street belongs to the district of the theaters of London, the West End, and generally, the street is a site privileged for the theaters since the 17th century. The Theater of the Queen ( Queen' S Theater ), realized by John Vanbrugh, opened its doors in 1705. At the beginning, it was envisaged to play there of the dramatic parts, but quickly, the theater appeared more adapted to the operas. It is in these same places that Georg Friedrich Haendel gave the first of many operas or oratorios which it had composed (for more details, to see this). The Queen' S Theater was renamed King' S Theater (Theater of the King) with died of the Reine Anne in 1714. After the building of John Vanbrugh was destroyed by fire in 1790, another Theater of the King was built exactly at the same place. This one was in its turn destroyed by fire and in 1897, still once again, the theater opens its doors, but under the name of His Majesty' S Theater . This building is that which is used still nowadays for the musical productions as scale, with a different name however, Her Majesty' S Theater , i.e. the current name. On the Haymarket is another theater, the Royal Theater ( Royal Theater ), built by John Nash in 1820, to replace an old theater which had opened in the years 1720.

A long time ago, the street was a high place of the prostitution, which is not any more the case nowadays.

One of the booby-trapped cars discovered in London on June 30th, 2007 was parked in this street.

Geographical provision

Haymarket is parallel to the street Lower regent Street (the part of Street Regent located at the South of Piccadilly Circus) and each one of these streets is with one way and combined. Thus, Lower Regent Street makes it possible the vehicles to circulate towards North, whereas Haymarket makes it possible to circulate towards the South. These two streets belong to the road A4 ( A4 road ) which leaves the center of London to go towards the West of the capital of England and the United Kingdom.

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