The Covent Garden Theatre Royal was completely destroyed by fire in the early hours of September 20, 1808.
The original theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, debuted on December 7, 1732, with the inaugural performance of William Congreve's The Way of the World. Various changes were made to it during the next sixty years or so. A fire broke out in the early hours of September 20, 1808, and the theatre was destroyed, taking with it Handel's own organ and many of his manuscripts. The fire raged so ferociously that it nearly destroyed other structures, including Drury Lane Theatre, but that one survived for another year before succumbing to the same destiny.
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