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The Theatre Royal was founded as a patent theatre in 1785, with playhouse and Assembly Rooms designed by local architect John Roberts; As You Like It was the first production. The Ball Room (Large Room) opened in 1788. James Sheridan Knowles's first work, Leo; or, The Gipsy, premiered at Waterford in 1810. [4] The actress Maria Ann Campion was ...
Further letters patent were granted to theatres in other English and Irish towns and cities, including the Theatre Royal, Cork, in 1760; the Theatre Royal, Bath, in 1768; the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, in 1772; the Theatre Royal, Bristol, in 1778; the Theatre Royal, Waterford, in 1785; and the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, in 1807.
Theatre Royal, Hyde, Hyde, Greater Manchester (opened 1902, closed 1992) Theatre Royal, Lincoln, England; Theatre Royal, Lichfield, former theatre on the site of the later Adelphi Cinema, Lichfield; Theatre Royal, Margate, Kent; Theatre Royal, Manchester, former theatre - now used as Royale nightclub; Theatre Royal, Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, interior Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford, facade Curraghmore, near to Portlaw. John Roberts (1712/1714 – 23 May 1796) was an Anglo-Irish architect of the 18th century, working in the Georgian style. Born in the city of Waterford, he is best known for the buildings he designed in that city. [1]
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The present-day Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, sketched when it was new, in 1813. The present Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, designed by Benjamin Dean Wyatt on behalf of the committee led by Whitbread, opened on 10 October 1812 with a production of Hamlet featuring Robert Elliston in the title role. The new theatre made some concessions toward ...
An 1867 description from the Illustrated London News: . The theatre is constructed to hold two thousand persons, and is divided into two tiers of boxes, a capacious pit, stalls, private boxes, and a spacious gallery, from which latter “coign of vantage” an excellent view of the stage is afforded, while the tenants of the boxes are screened from the view of the gods – an important ...
The theatre was taken over by R H Wyndham around 1860. The royal patent and title was then transferred to the Queen's Theatre and Operetta House in a site in Broughton Street, on an earlier Circus (previously the Adelphi Theatre). The manager of the theatre was Robert Henry Wyndham. It burned down and was rebuilt in 1865, 1875, and 1884, each ...