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The ceremonial re-opening was performed on-stage by actors Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles, [40] who were starring in the Theatre Royal's own production of The Rivals, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic Restoration comedy, set in and around 18th-century Bath. In 2011, the theatre won a British Construction Industry Award Conservation Award. [41]
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Theatre Royal in Dumfries, the oldest working theatre in Scotland. Rehearsal room at the Citizens in Glasgow. Theatre in Scotland refers to the history of the performing arts in Scotland, or those written, acted and produced by Scots. Scottish theatre generally falls into the Western theatre tradition, although ...
Phipps's first major work was the rebuilding of Theatre Royal, Bath, in 1862/3, after the old theatre had been destroyed by fire. Moving to London, he quickly established himself as the leading theatrical architect, building, in rapid succession, the Queen's Theatre (1867), the Gaiety Theatre (1868), the Olympic Theatre (1870) and the ...
Theatre Royal, Bath, Somerset; Theatre Royal, Birmingham (1774–1956; so named from 1807) Theatre Royal, Brighton; Theatre Royal, Bristol; Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds; Theatre Royal, Cardiff, later known as Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff; Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London later Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane ...
The Ustinov Studio is a studio theatre in Bath, England.It is the Theatre Royal's second space, built in 1997 at the rear of the building on Monmouth Street. It is named after the actor Peter Ustinov who led the fundraising programme for the Studio's creation in the early 1990s.
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 ...
1889 – Theatre Royal, St Helens – Although there is a theatre on the site, it bears little resemblance to its original Matcham design as it was reconstructed in 1964. There were two theatres previous to the current building; the first was also by Matcham and was originally opened by Wallace Revill as the Theatre Royal and Opera House on 4 ...
Improvement of the stage in 1830 and a radical renovation was carried out when the theatre was owned by William Mackie [10] of Moat House, Dumfries in 1876 by architect Charles J. Phipps, who had worked on the Gaiety in London and the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, which increased the seating capacity to over a thousand, enhanced the amenity of the ...