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premiered at the theatre. The theatre was rebuilt again in 1902, designed by Ernest Runtz, reopening in 1904 with 2200 seats. This building lasted until 1956 when it was closed and demolished. The Woolworth Building was then constructed on the site, seen today as the location of a branch of Boots
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In June 1848, Charles Dickens' Amateur Theatrical Company performed at the theatre as part of Dickens' efforts to raise funds for the curatorship of
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The theatre was damaged by fire in 1792 (as a result of arson) and again in 1820, after which it was rebuilt. In 1897,
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The theatre, c. 1774–1779, in a watercolour painting attributed to Hubert Cornish
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records that on 16 February 1873 a boy fell from the gallery and died.
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Demolished buildings and structures in the West Midlands (county)
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Playbill from December 1844 advertising events in January 1845
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The Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 1774-1924: a short history
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medallions, from the front of the theatre, depicting
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West Midlands (county) building and structure stubs
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Theatre
New Street
Birmingham
England


New Street
Birmingham
W. S. Gilbert
The Fortune Hunter
coade stone
David Garrick
William Shakespeare
Library of Birmingham
William Shakespeare's house
Symons 2006
Symons 2006



Price 1988
Symons 2006
Symons 2006
"UoB Calmview5: Search results"
Harman 1885
ISBN
0-19-514769-3
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham
ISBN

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