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26-1051: Theatre Royal may refer to: Theatres [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Theatre Royal, Adelaide , South Australia Theatre Royal, Ballarat , Victoria Theatre Royal, Brisbane , Queensland Theatre Royal, Castlemaine , Victoria Theatre Royal, Hobart , Tasmania Theatre Royal, Melbourne , Victoria Theatre Royal Sydney , New South Wales Theatre Royal and Metropole Hotel , Perth, Western Australia Belgium [ edit ] Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , Brussels Théâtre Royal du Parc , Brussels Canada [ edit ] Theatre Royal, Barkerville, British Columbia France [ edit ] Théâtre Royal de Bourbon , Paris, destroyed in 1660 Ireland [ edit ] Theatre Royal, Cork Theatre Royal, Dublin Theatre Royal, Waterford Theatre Royal, Wexford New Zealand [ edit ] Theatre Royal, Christchurch, former name of

52-661: A " physical culture demonstration" was performed at the theatre by Weber, Shorthose & Rice. Before or around November 1934, the Waterman family created S.A. Theatres Ltd , a subsidiary of their Ozone Theatres , for the purpose of taking on the lease of the Theatre Royal, and for creating the Chinese Gardens open-air theatre at the Exhibition Grounds on North Terrace Both theatres would show

78-560: A Commercial Exchange. In December 1850 the Royal Victoria Theatre (later Queen's) opened, also on Gilles Arcade, with Coppin and Samuel Lazar joint managers. In December 1865 a prospectus was issued in Adelaide for a Theatre Royal company to take over White's Assembly Rooms and the adjacent Clarence Hotel, alternatively to purchase a vacant site and erect a new building. By December 1867 plans had been prepared for

104-538: A Queensland/Australian television series Theatre Royal (film) , a 1943 British comedy film Theatre Royal (1955 TV series) , a British/American television series See also [ edit ] Theatre Royal disaster Teatro Real , a major opera house in Madrid Teatro Regio (disambiguation) Royal Theatre (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

130-666: A minute in length and featuring dancers and American folk heroes, were shown. However, the venue was deemed unsuitable as a cinema, and the screening apparatus was moved to the Beehive Building not long afterwards. Wybert Reeve retired from management in 1900, and sold the lease to Frederick Pollock , who managed the theatre capably until forced by illness to take on Herbert Myers (1879–1927), his wife's nephew, as manager. Pollock died in November 1908, and his wife continued to run it in partnership with Myers. The theatre

156-451: A new structure to be added to the rear of Peter Cummings & Son's drapery store at 21 Hindley Street, Leonard Voullaire's at 23 (then was the financially troubled Paull & Meredith's wine bar 1868–1870), and Mrs Bament's at 27. Paull & Meredith had a wine bar. Thomas English was chosen as supervising architect and W. Lines the builder. The proprietors were Lazar, John Temple Sagar, and Jochim Matthias Wendt . The foundation stone

182-578: A series of four fly-on-the-wall documentaries built around profiles of four employees at the Theatre Royal, was aired on BBC2 . In 2009, reality TV personality Jade Goody played the 'Wicked Witch' in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , but had to pull out through illness. On 18 March 2011, Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke visited the theatre as part of the campaign in the May 2011 referendum on

208-457: A threat of closure, and to scrutiny of how council funding had been used. Bids from amateur dramatic, church and community groups, and local entertainment businesses to take-over the theatre's lease were unsuccessful. The theatre survived and was taken over by ID Productions , using it as a base for its touring shows. Theatre Royal's professional theatre offer is now largely as a receiving house for UK theatre tours and musical acts. During

234-551: Is a theatre in Lincoln , Lincolnshire , England. The present theatre, initially called the New Theatre Royal , was built in 1893 to the designs of Bertie Crewe and W.G.R. Sprague . After an explosion and fire in 1892 had destroyed the previous Theatre Royal on the site, built in 1806. The 1806 theatre was, in turn, a rebuild of an earlier theatre of 1764 on Butchery Street, now called Clasketgate. The structure of

260-1193: The Isaac Theatre Royal Theatre Royal, Nelson United Kingdom [ edit ] Theatre Royal, Aldershot , Aldershot, built in 1891 and demolished in 1959 Theatre Royal, Aston, Birmingham, later Alpha Television Theatre Royal, Barnwell, Cambridge 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 , London Theatre Royal, Dumfries Theatre Royal, Edinburgh Theatre Royal, Exeter Theatre Royal, Glasgow Theatre Royal, Gravesend Theatre Royal, Hanley , Stoke-on-Trent (opened 1852, rebuilt 1871, 1887, 1894, 1951, closed 2000) Theatre Royal, Haymarket , London Theatre Royal, Hyde , Hyde, Greater Manchester (opened 1902, closed 1992) Theatre Royal, Lincoln , England Theatre Royal, Lichfield, former theatre on

286-561: The New Theatre Royal Lincoln in 2016 when the theatre was taken over and refurbished after the previous management folded. From 1893 to 1954 the theatre was run by a succession of leaseholders and managers presenting popular plays, musicals, music hall stars and film. In 1954 it became a weekly repertory theatre under the Lincoln Theatre Association until bankruptcy in 1976, after which it

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312-594: The Second World War, The Theatre Royal was popular with RAF personnel within the county, particularly Guy Gibson . Sir Patrick Stewart ’s debut as a professional actor, as Morgan in Treasure Island , was at the Theatre Royal. During September 2002, author and former politician Jeffrey Archer , while serving part of his gaol sentence at North Sea Camp prison, worked backstage at the theatre. In November and December 2003, Theatre of Dreams ,

338-494: The Theatre Royal for £175,000 and took over the properties between the Theatre Royal and Gresham Street, and erected a five-storey building. They demolished the theatre in 1962 to build an "exceptionally ugly" multi-level car park. The many live shows hosted at the Theatre Royal, performers included: 34°55′22″S 138°35′54″E  /  34.922889°S 138.598306°E  / -34.922889; 138.598306 Theatre Royal, Lincoln The New Theatre Royal Lincoln

364-512: The Theatre Royal, its hotel and the adjoining shops for £11,000, and lost no time in appointing George Johnson architect for a complete rebuild of the theatre. Enlarged to accommodate 3,000 patrons, the theatre became the first example of Victorian theatrical interior design in Adelaide. The rebuilt house was opened on 25 March 1878 with an address written by Ebenezer Ward , followed by the opera Giroflé-Girofla with Emily Soldene , Minna Fischer and Clara Vesey . These first few years were

390-476: The building remained the same until 1907, when the present frontage, foyer, and lounge were added, spinning the orientation of the entrance to face Clasketgate. A 2010 refurbishment of public non-auditorium space restructured and modernised the foyer and bar areas. The building is Grade II listed . The New Theatre Royal Lincoln was renamed to the Theatre Royal Lincoln and then later changed back

416-468: The heyday of musical theatre. In 1883 external fire stairs were erected in response to demands from the City Council. In January 1885 Arthur Chapman , a brother of the owner, joined George Rignold and James Allison as co-lessees; Chapman being the local representative. In December Rignold and Allison withdrew from the partnership, leaving Chapman as sole trustee, as well as acting as managing

442-521: The property for the ailing Edgar Chapman, and then for his estate. He continued in both roles April 1886, when Williamson, Garner, & Musgrove took over the lease, and on 1887 appointed Wybert Reeve as manager. Around 1889 Reeve became sole lessee of the theatre. On 19 October 1896 he hosted the first public demonstration in South Australia of moving pictures , the projector being a cinématographe Lumière . A number of short films, around

468-523: The property shortly afterwards, and it remained in his family for some time. The first lessee and director was George Coppin of Coppin, Harwood and Hennings, with stage manager J. R. Greville (1834–1894), a noted comedian. Lazar was lessee and manager from 1870, for a time in partnership with one Reuben Mills, suspended while his liquidity was being sorted out, then sole lessee from 1871. James Allison joined him as partner in 1873, became sole lessee around 1876. In October 1876 Edgar Chapman purchased

494-603: The same MGM films at both venues. During the war years, the Theatre Royal ran an orchestra, in which the mother of QC Ted Mullighan played violin. Tallis died in 1947. Myers' half share was inherited by his widow, Dora Myers, who was still alive when in January 1954 the Tallis estate sold its interest to J. C. Williamson's, which had been leasing the theatre, with the lease expiring in that month. At an auction on 6 May 1955, department store Miller Anderson & Co. bought

520-669: 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 Theatre Royal, Northampton, later Royal & Derngate Theatre Royal, Norwich , Norfolk Theatre Royal, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Plymouth , Devon Theatre Royal, Portsmouth Theatre Royal, St Helens Theatre Royal Stratford East , Stratford, London Theatre Royal, Wakefield Theatre Royal, Windsor , Berkshire York Theatre Royal , York Other uses [ edit ] Theatre Royal (Australian TV series) ,

546-772: The theatre hosted the premiere of The Woman Suffers , an Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford . Myers purchased the lease in December 1921, and in 1920 purchased the property from the Chapman estate. Myers, before his death in 1927, sold a half-share in the theatre to Sir George Tallis of Melbourne, who later sold a quarter interest of his share to the Tait family business. (Theatre entrepreneur Frank Tait had worked for J. C. Williamson's from 1900 until 1916, when he joined J. & N. Tait in Sydney . ) In March 1934,

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572-562: The title Theatre Royal . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theatre_Royal&oldid=1247445428 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Theatre Royal, Adelaide The first "Theatre Royal" in Adelaide

598-629: Was a small venue above the Adelaide Tavern in Franklin Street , managed by a Mr Bonnar, and was opened in May 1838. The first production staged there was Mountaineers, or, Love and Madness ( Colman ). Bonnar was succeeded as manager by Sampson Marshall. This was eclipsed in 1841 by the opening of the Queen's Theatre on Gilles Arcade, off Currie Street , and the old theatre was remodelled as

624-474: Was further enlarged and updated in 1914 under James Williamson , who reopened on 11 April that year and continued to run the theatre for around 50 years. William Pitt was commissioned by the manager George Tallis. Pitt's design included a proscenium arch in order to improve the acoustics, and lengthening of both the auditorium and the exterior facade . Interior decor was in Louis XV period style. In 1918

650-505: Was laid by owner of the property Henry Fuller on 8 January 1868, and the At the foundation ceremony, Fuller, then Mayor of Adelaide , said that it would replace the "inferior" Royal Victoria as Adelaide's principal theatre. Seating 1300, it opened as Adelaide's second major theatre. The first performance was held on 13 April 1868 ( Easter Monday ), a production of All that Glitters is not Gold by John Norton . Edgar Chapman became owner of

676-455: Was taken over by Paul Elliot Entertainments in association with Chris Moreno. Under Elliot it became a producing house for its own shows, and a design and production facility for various UK theatre pantomimes, national tours and cruise-ship shows, and a continuing venue for amateur dramatic companies. Chris Moreno became sole manager and lessee in 1993. In 2009 the local authority, Lincoln City Council, withdrew its ongoing subsidy which led to

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