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The Lyceum Theatre

The portico of 1834, the pillars of The Sign of Four.2006 · The Lud / Wikimedia Commons

The theatre Bram Stoker ran for the actor Henry Irving from 1878, and whose portico holds the pillars of The Sign of Four. The building behind was rebuilt in 1904; the portico is the 1834 original.

Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement.

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Still a theatre. The 1834 portico is on Wellington Street, to be seen from the pavement, or from inside with a ticket for the show. Nearest stations: Covent Garden and Charing Cross.

Where to find itWellington Street

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