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Theatre Royal, Dundee

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Venue Type & Location

Theatre

Overview

  • Address: 7-21 Castle Street, Dundee, Scotland. Click Here for Map.

  • Performance Space Description: Little information about this performance space has yet been found. The building’s façade, which still stands, is described on the Theatres Trust site as “a handsome restrained ashlar face” with the following features: “Three storeys and seven bays, the three central bays topped by a pediment containing a bust of Shakespeare in a recess, the only visible clue that this was once a playhouse.”

    • Performance History

  • The Theatre Royal, Dundee was built in 1810, and largely destroyed by fire in 1888.

  • Though the theatre’s original façade still stands, the site is now occupied by office buildings and shops.

    Please see the 'Bibliographic Sources' link at right for a complete listing of materials (both primary and secondary) from which the above information was compiled.

    Beth Marquis

    • Troupes at Theatre Royal, Dundee

    Film Affiliated people Film Type # of event(s)
    Aldridge, Ira Aldridge, Ira Dramatic Definite Aldridge, Ira
    Bosjesmans Exhibition Definite Bosjesmans
    Brooke, G.V. Brooke, G.V. Dramatic Definite Brooke, G.V.
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50) Pell, Gilbert W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50) Juba, Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50) Briggs, T.F. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
    Harper, E.R. Harper, E.R. Minstrel Definite Harper, E.R.

    Events at Theatre Royal, Dundee

    Event Date Venue Location Film
    Dramatic - Dundee, Forfar Aldridge, Ira
    Dramatic - Dundee, Forfar Harper, E.R.
    Dramatic - Dundee, Forfar Harper, E.R.
    Dramatic - Dundee, Forfar Brooke, G.V.
    Minstrel Show - Dundee, Forfar Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
    Minstrel Show - Dundee, Forfar Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
    Variety - Dundee, Forfar Bosjesmans
    Dramatic - Dundee, Forfar Harper, E.R.
    Dramatic - Dundee, Forfar Brooke, G.V.
    Dramatic - Dundee, Forfar Aldridge, Ira

    Bibliographic Sources

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    • Dundee Courier September 26, 1849: 3: 1.
      Info in Record:
      • proprietor/lessee
      • other (venue season)
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