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. They include:

In the United Kingdom:
*Theatre Royal, Bath, in Somerset
*Theatre Royal, Brighton
*Theatre Royal, Bristol
*Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
*Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in London; the third Theatre Royal built on the site became the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1892.
*Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London
*Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
*Theatre Royal, Exeter
*Theatre Royal, Glasgow
*Theatre Royal, Hanley, in Stoke-on-Trent
*Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in London
*Theatre Royal, Ipswich, in Suffolk
*Theatre Royal, Lincoln, in England
*Theatre Royal, Margate, in Kent
*Theatre Royal, Newcastle, in Newcastle Upon Tyne
*Theatre Royal, Norwich, in Norfolk
*Theatre Royal, Nottingham
*Theatre Royal Stratford East, in Stratford, London
*Theatre Royal, Plymouth, in Devon
*Theatre Royal, Wakefield, in Wakefield
*Theatre Royal, Windsor, in Berkshire
*Theatre Royal, York, in York

In the Republic of Ireland:
*Theatre Royal, Cork
*Theatre Royal, Dublin
*Theatre Royal, Wexford

In Australia:
*Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, in Castlemaine, Victoria
*Theatre Royal, Hobart, in Hobart, Tasmania
*Theatre Royal, Newcastle, in Newcastle, New South Wales
*Theatre Royal, Sydney, in Sydney's MLC Centre

ee also

* Royal Theatre