Theatre Royal [ii, Exeter, UK]
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Third Theatre Royal on the site, built by Alfred Darbyshire. Opened 7 Oct 1889 with Gilbert & Sullivan's opera The Yeomen of the Guard. Converted into a cinema in the 1950s. Closed 1962, subsequently demolished in favour of an office block (Portland House).
Fire at: Descriptive text, III. S. pp. 135-137; View of auditorium after fire, III. S. p. 132; Plan 1st tier, III. S. p. 137.
Fire broke out in the upper part of the stage at 10.30 p.m., during a performance. Great panic, in which 180 people were killed, and more than 100 injured.