Theatre Royal [ii, Exeter, UK]
type: Item
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
GPS: Point(-3.5275 50.7263)
structure replaced by: Theatre Royal [iii, Exeter, UK]
Burnt down date: 1887-09-05T00:00:00Z
Fires in Theatres id: 375
Country: United Kingdom
City: Exeter
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: ExeterTheatres.htm#royal2
Wikipedia page: Exeter_Theatre_Royal_fire
Wikidata source: Q7777427
Carthalia ID: 2782
Modern Opera Houses ID: 777
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Note: 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).
opening date: 1885-10-13T00:00:00Z
Modern Opera Houses index: 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.
closure date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z