UP,UP AND AWAY THE MANY USES OF GAS IN NORWICH

摘要

Gas lighting had been first used to light a substantial interior space when,in 1815,the Prince Regent installed gas lighting in his ballroom at Brighton's Royal Pavilion.Two years later,gas was used to light the Lyceum and Drury Lane theatres in London.Apart from the greater brightness,the big advantage of lighting over candles and oil lamps was the ability to increase and reduce the intensity of the light by controlling the amount of gas fed to the burners.It took slightly longer for gas to reach the provincial theatres.On 1 August 1836,Norwich's Theatre Royal re-opened after extensive renovation works,including the installation of gas lighting for the first time.