 Pevsner criticizes the mouldings of window-frames, frieze and volutes of the door-hood brackets as "characteristically overdone", and mentions Wood citing its "profuse ornament" which was typical of a mason rather than an architect.Chute remained as manager and employed Charles Kean and Ellen Terry to play in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on the opening night, 3 March 1863.Initially the reopened theatre struggled to become profitable despite appearances by Henry Irving among others.