 Rebuilt in 1806 by the German architect of the Old Vic, Rudolph Cabanel, it was converted into a theatre by Robert Elliston.He renamed it the Surrey Theatre, being determined to perform Shakespeare and other plays.He reopened on Easter Monday and to avoid trouble with the law, which did not allow dialogue to be spoken without musical accompaniment except at the two patent theatres, he put a ballet into every such production, including "Macbeth", "Hamlet", and Farquhar's "The Beaux' Stratagem".