A New British Drama Series Will Chart the History of the U.K.’s Royal Opera House
Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s Three Tables Productions has partnered with London’s Royal Opera House to create a scripted drama series that will chart the story of the institution’s continuing evolution over centuries.The first season will focus on the Royal Opera House’s recovery from its complete destruction in the Victorian era, when it was hit by a catastrophic fire, to become the renowned institution it is today.The as yet untitled drama will draw on accounts from the diaries of Frederick Gye, the general manager of the Royal Italian Opera, as it was then known, and his daughter and secretary, Clara. In 1856, Gye rushed back from Paris to find himself heartbroken in the ashes of the opera house, alongside Queen Victoria.