Sheldonian Theatre

at Broad Street, Oxford , OX1 3BH United Kingdom

<p>The <b>Sheldonian Theatre</b>, located in <a href="/pages/w/106172386080335">Oxford</a>, England, was built from 1664 to 1668 after a design by <a href="/pages/w/108288285858317">Christopher Wren</a> for the <a href="/pages/w/106107746087932">University of Oxford</a>. The building is named after <a href="/pages/w/102236913163683">Gilbert Sheldon</a>, chancellor of the University at the time and the project's main financial backer. It is used for music concerts, lectures and University ceremonies, but not for drama.</p><h2>History</h2><p>What came to be known as the Sheldonian Theatre was Wren's second work and was commissioned by Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. With the triumph of the <a href="/pages/w/110599068970164">Restoration</a> and with it the <a href="/pages/w/112183382131761">Church of England</a>, <a href="/pages/w/202933516401892">Dean Fell</a>, <a href="/pages/w/114883148523143">Vice-Chancellor</a> of the University, sought to revive a project proposed in the 1630s by the late <a href="/pages/w/138001276227924">William Laud</a>, <a href="/pages/w/108510269171354">Archbishop of Canterbury</a>: a separate building whose sole use would be graduation and degree ceremonies.</p><p>In the past these increasingly rowdy occasions had taken place in the university's church of <a href="/pages/w/102381169817627">St. Mary-the-Virgin-on-High</a>. "The notion that 'sacrifice is made equally to God and <a href="/pages/w/112029272147478">Apollo</a>', in the same place where homage was due to God and God alone, was as repugnant to Fell and his colleagues as it had been to Laud"; with this in mind they approached the Archbishop of Canterbury Gilbert Sheldon, for his blessing, his assistance, and a donation.</p>

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Sheldonian Theatre
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BH
United Kingdom
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P: +44 (0) 1865 277299
Website
http://www.ox.ac.uk/subsite/sheldonian_theatre/sheldonian_theatre/

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Sheldonian Theatre is Oxford based place and this enity listed in Education category. Located at Broad Street OX1 3BH. Contact phone number of Sheldonian Theatre: +44 (0) 1865 277299

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