Theatre Royal

Theatre Royal is the name of many theatres, especially in the United Kingdom. The name was once an indication that the theatre was a patent theatre, with a Royal Patent without which performances of serious drama would be illegal.

Places

United Kingdom

• Theatre Royal, Aldershot, built in 1891 and demolished in 1959
• Theatre Royal, Aston (1895, cinema 1927, TV studios 1956, 1968 demolished), one of two in Birmingham
• Theatre Royal, Bath, Somerset
• Theatre Royal, Birmingham (1774–1956), on New Street, one of two in Birmingham
• Theatre Royal, Brighton
• Theatre Royal, Bristol
• Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
• Theatre Royal, Cardiff, later known as Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff
• Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London; the third Theatre Royal built on the site became the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1892.
• Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
• Theatre Royal, Dumfries
• Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
• Theatre Royal, Exeter
• Theatre Royal, Glasgow
• Theatre Royal, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (opened 1852, rebuilt 1871, 1887, 1894, 1951, closed 2000)
• Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
• Theatre Royal, Hyde, Hyde, Greater Manchester (opened 1902, closed 1992)
• Theatre Royal, Ipswich, Suffolk
• Theatre Royal, Leeds, built 1876, demolished 1957
• Theatre Royal, Lincoln, England
• Theatre Royal, Margate, Kent
• Theatre Royal, Manchester, former theatre - now used as Royale nightclub
• Theatre Royal, Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Theatre Royal, Norwich, Norfolk
• Theatre Royal, Nottingham
• Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Devon
• Theatre Royal, Portsmouth
• Theatre Royal, St Helens
• Theatre Royal Stratford East, Stratford, London
• Theatre Royal, Wakefield
• Theatre Royal, Windsor, Berkshire
• Theatre Royal, York

Republic of Ireland

• Theatre Royal, Cork
• Theatre Royal, Dublin
• Theatre Royal, Waterford
• Theatre Royal, Wexford

Australia

• Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, Victoria
• Theatre Royal, Hobart, Tasmania
• Theatre Royal, Melbourne
• Theatre Royal, Sydney

Canada

• Theatre Royal, Barkerville, British Columbia

New Zealand

• Theatre Royal, Christchurch

Belgium

• Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels
• Théâtre Royal du Parc, Brussels

Hong Kong

• Theatre Royal, City Hall, Hong Kong, demolished in 1933

France

• Théâtre Royal de Bourbon, Paris, destroyed in 1660

Other

• Theatre Royal (film), a 1943 British comedy film
• Theatre Royal (TV series), a British/American television series

See also

• Teatro Real, a major opera house in Madrid
• Royal Theatre (disambiguation)