The Theatre Royal Covent Garden opened in 1732 under the management of John Rich. While Rich was manager, David Garrick spent a season or so performing there before taking over management of the theater at Drury Lane. Rich died in 1761, and by 1767 management devolved onto George Colman the elder and Thomas Harris (died 1820). Harris became sole manager after George Colman the elder's departure in 1774 and remained active until 1809. During that time, the theater saw such acting innovations as Charles Macklin's 1773 performance as Macbeth in Scottish costume. The theater was gutted and reconstructed twice, once in 1782 and once in 1792, increasing its capacity. In 1803, John Philip Kemble was persuaded to leave Drury Lane for Covent Garden, where, along with acting, he assumed a managing role which lasted until 1821, when his brother Charles took over. In 1808, the theater burned down, and when it reopened in 1809 with a reduced capacity, Kemble tried to compensate by eliminating the low-price shilling gallery, precipitating the Old Price riots that, after roughly two months, forced him to reinstitute the previous pricing policies. In 1817, Covent Garden followed Drury Lane in instituting gas lighting for stage and auditorium. Meanwhile, although it featured some of the most popular actors of the day, including Kemble, his elder sister Sarah Siddons and his younger brother Charles Kemble, Charles Kemble's daughter Fanny Kemble, Edmund Kean and his son Charles Kean, and William Charles MacReady, Covent Garden, like most of its counterparts in the London theater scene, proved a financial drain on its succession of managers and proprietors, and in 1842 it closed. Remodeled and opened as the Royal Italian Opera House with a capacity of over 4000 in 1847, the theater burnt again in 1856, reopening in 1858 with a capacity a bit over of 2000. Known since 1939 as the Royal Opera House, it is now the home of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet.