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The Lyceum Theatre London is located on Wellington Street at the junction of Strand and Aldwych close to Covent Garden. This grand old theatre was originally built in 1772 on the site of Madame Tussaudīs first waxworks collection - whose ghost occasionally hangs about by the orchestra stalls. It was later demolished and redesigned by Samuel Beazley, reopening in 1815 as the first theatre to be lit by gas, only to burn down 15 years later. In July 1834, Beazley's new and far more impressive theatre opened, with a stunning portico frontage, that remains today, and a balcony overhanging the circle - an architectural achievement of its own.
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