At this time descriptions state that the Old Red Lion was a small brick house with three trees in its forecourt, visited by William Hogarth (who portrayed it in the middle distance of his painting "Evening", with the foreground being Sadler's Wells), Samuel Johnson and Thomas Paine (who wrote The Rights of Man in the shade of the trees in its forecourt).

The Old Red Lion was rebuilt in 1899, designed by Eedle and Myers for Charles Dickerson and John William North,[1] adding two exits onto different streets.

This gave the pub the nickname "the In and Out", since taxi passengers could avoid paying their fare by entering it through one door and disappearing through the other.

[3] It is the main pub for the Capital Canaries, the official London fan club for Norwich City F.C., and live matches are screened for the supporters.

Jack Robertson, originally from Manchester, has a master's degree in playwriting, but has spent most of his career doing sketch comedy, with directing, producing, and acting as extra-curricular activities.

[3] Nina Raine, winner of the 2006 Most Promising Playwright Award, staged her first show, Rabbit, at the Old Red Lion Theatre in March to April 2006.