Drawn by Harwood, engraved by Rogers. In the possession of the publishers.
THIS theatre, situated in Great Charlotte Street, was built in 1825, and opened January 27, 1826. It was erected for equestrian and dramatic exhibitions, and a contemporary writer says: “the audience part of the house is fitted up in the most convenient, tasteful, and brilliant style. The front of the three tiers of boxes presents to the eye a prevailing mass of crimson ground, enriched with burnished gold mouldings and ornaments, and the splendid gas chandeliers serve to shed over the whole place the glow and radiance of an Oriental Palace.” At one period the theatre was leased to Andrew Ducrow, the equestrian, and proprietor of Astley’s Amphitheatre, London, who gave displays of daring skill, and was patronized by King William IV.
The extensive stabling for the large stud of horses was removed when the Royal Court Theatre, which now occupies its site, was built.
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Muir, Ramsay, et al. Bygone Liverpool. Liverpool: Young, 1913. Internet Archive online version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library. Web. 29 September 2022.
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