Theatre Royal, Shakespeare Square

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

18454

Title

Theatre Royal, Shakespeare Square

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1858

Size

18.4 x 15.1 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

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

Original caption: The old Theatre Royal.
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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