Commonly known as Drury Lane, the West End theatre is a Grade I listed building and is the most recent of four theatres to stand on the same location. The earliest was built in 1663, making the Drury Lane Theatre London’s oldest active theatre site. The theatre burnt down in 1672, was demolished to be rebuilt in 1791, and burnt down again in 1809. The current building was opened in 1812 and is now owned by Really Useful Theatres, a company owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Related BRANCH Article: Terry F. Robinson, “National Theatre in Transition: The London Patent Theatre Fires of 1808-1809 and the Old Price Riots”