Venue Type & Location
Theatre
Site Name: Theatre Royal
Country: Wentworth
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location
Overview
Address: 6 Catherine Street
"12 September 1844, Hamilton: James Robertson applied to Board of Police for permission to rent 'Theatre Royal,' corner of King William and Catherine Street (first mention of Theatre Royal by name. Company may have been Mr. Rodney's, travelling from Kingston with plans of playing in Hamilton followed by two weeks in Toronto. (pp.300)
Plant, Richard. "Chronology: Theatre in Ontario to 1914." Early Stages: Theatres in Ontario 1800-1914. Editor: Ann Saddlemyer, University of TOronto Press, 1990.