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[[File:Theatre Royal Gloucester Ordnance Survey map 1880s.jpg|thumb|Location of the Theatre Royal Gloucester (centre) on an 1880s Ordnance Survey map. ]]
[[File:Theatre Royal Gloucester Ordnance Survey map 1880s.jpg|thumb|Location of the Theatre Royal Gloucester (centre) on an 1880s Ordnance Survey map.]]
The '''Theatre Royal''' at Gloucester, at which [[Charles Dickens]] once performed, was an important theatre in the history of the city.
The '''Theatre Royal''' at Gloucester, at which [[Charles Dickens]] once performed, was an important theatre in the history of the city.


The theatre was built in 1791 by [[John Boles Watson]] in upper [[Westgate, Gloucester|Westgate Street]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42295 |title=Gloucester, 1720-1835: Social and cultural life |author=N.M. Herbert (editor) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1988 |work=A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester |accessdate=27 December 2011 }}</ref> Watson died in 1813, and the theatre was sold to the businessman [[John Blinkhorn]] in 1857.<ref>[http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/2045-palace-gloucester Palace (Gloucester).] theatrestrust.org.uk, 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.</ref> Charles Dickens once performed the trial scene from ''The Pickwick Papers'' to a capacity audience. At its centenary in 1891, [[Sir Henry Irving]] and [[Ellen Terry]] both appeared with members of the ''Lyceum Company''. In 1902 the theatre was sold again to Charles Poole who changed it to a variety theatre and picture house. [[Moving panorama|Myriorama]] shows were given. The theatre closed in the early 1920s and was replaced by Woolworths in 1922. The site is currently a discount store.<ref>"Amazing Theatre Royal is now a pound store" by Kevin George in ''[[The Citizen (Gloucester)|The Citizen]]'', 10 December 2011, p. 16.</ref>
The theatre was built in 1791 by [[John Boles Watson]] in upper [[Westgate, Gloucester|Westgate Street]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42295 |title=Gloucester, 1720-1835: Social and cultural life |editor=N.M. Herbert |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1988 |work=A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester |accessdate=27 December 2011 }}</ref> Watson died in 1813, and the theatre was sold to the businessman [[John Blinkhorn]] in 1857.<ref>[http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/2045-palace-gloucester Palace (Gloucester).] theatrestrust.org.uk, 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.</ref> Charles Dickens once performed the trial scene from ''The Pickwick Papers'' to a capacity audience. At its centenary in 1891, [[Sir Henry Irving]] and [[Ellen Terry]] both appeared with members of the ''Lyceum Company''. In 1902 the theatre was sold again to Charles Poole who changed it to a variety theatre and picture house. [[Moving panorama|Myriorama]] shows were given. The theatre closed in the early 1920s and was replaced by Woolworths in 1922. The site is currently a discount store.<ref>"Amazing Theatre Royal is now a pound store" by Kevin George in ''[[The Citizen (Gloucester)|The Citizen]]'', 10 December 2011, p. 16.</ref>


The ''Theatre Vaults'' public house was located nearby.
The ''Theatre Vaults'' public house was located nearby.
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Revision as of 17:47, 29 January 2022

Location of the Theatre Royal Gloucester (centre) on an 1880s Ordnance Survey map.

The Theatre Royal at Gloucester, at which Charles Dickens once performed, was an important theatre in the history of the city.

The theatre was built in 1791 by John Boles Watson in upper Westgate Street.[1] Watson died in 1813, and the theatre was sold to the businessman John Blinkhorn in 1857.[2] Charles Dickens once performed the trial scene from The Pickwick Papers to a capacity audience. At its centenary in 1891, Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry both appeared with members of the Lyceum Company. In 1902 the theatre was sold again to Charles Poole who changed it to a variety theatre and picture house. Myriorama shows were given. The theatre closed in the early 1920s and was replaced by Woolworths in 1922. The site is currently a discount store.[3]

The Theatre Vaults public house was located nearby.

References

  1. ^ N.M. Herbert, ed. (1988). "Gloucester, 1720-1835: Social and cultural life". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  2. ^ Palace (Gloucester). theatrestrust.org.uk, 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Amazing Theatre Royal is now a pound store" by Kevin George in The Citizen, 10 December 2011, p. 16.

Further reading

  • Denning, Anthony. (1993) Theatre in the Cotswolds: The Boles Watson Family and the Cirencester Theatre. London: Society for Theatre Research. ISBN 0-85430-054-6

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