Theatre Royal

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

11282

Title

Theatre Royal

Description

A horse and cart stands outside the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. The building has an entrance porch supported by columns the top of which is surrounded by a stone balustrade. Lamps are positioned at intervals along the top of the porch. Two statues stand in recesses on either side of the facade and the central portion has three large rectangular windows and three smaller arched windows above. There is a triangular pediment with carvings on the roof. Boards with advertisements rest on the columns outside the theatre.

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1858

Size

18 x 14.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

No.22 in volume.

Annotation below title reads 'Demolished in 1859. Site now occupied by the General Post Office.
The posters in the photograph announce performances by W. J. L. Toole and Miss Eliza Webb. The date of this engagement was 16 June to 7 August 1858.'

Edinburgh's Theatre Royal was originally located at the junction of North Bridge and Waterloo Place in Shakespeare Square, no longer extant. After the theatre's demolition in 1859 its patent was transferred to a theatre situated next to St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral at the junction of Broughton Street, York Place, Leith Street and Leith Walk. The new Theatre Royal suffered several fires in the second half of the 19th century. The building has since been demolished.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Balustrades

Architecture > Architectural features > Columns

Architecture > Monuments > Statues

Business > Advertising > Advertisements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Princes Street

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Culture > Theatres

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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