Samuel Beazley
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Samuel Beazley (1786–1851) was a London architect, novelist and playwright. A resident of Soho Square, he designed the St James's Theatre, the Lyceum Theatre, London, the City of London Theatre in Norton Folgate (all in the 1830s) and the Royalty Theatre in 1840, as well as the Strand front of the Adelphi Theatre, and the colonnade of the Drury Lane, among many others. His experience as a playwright gave him an appreciation for theatre design, and his architectural work for the theatre was praised for its approriateness to the requirements of theatrical space.
Beazley wrote over one hundred plays, mostly farces and short comedies.
The Roué... In three Volumes... (1828) was one of his two novels.
