Decades later #PhilipAstley used the profits from his theatres in #London and #Paris as well as 18 more he had established throughout Europe to build the #OlympicPavilion at the intersection of Drury Lane, Wych Street & Newcastle Street.
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The #OlympicTheatre was built in 1806 by #PhilipAstley (partly from a French Warship) for public exhibitions of Horsemanship. Originally named the #OlympicPavilion, Philip Astley sold it to Robert Elliston in 1813 who refurbished it & renamed it the Little Drury Lane #theatre
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