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Theatre Royal, Glasgow

The Theatre Royal is the oldest theatre in Glasgow and the longest running in Scotland. Located at 282 Hope Street, its front door was originally round the corner in Cowcaddens Street. It currently accommodates 1,541 people and is owned by Scottish Opera. The theatre opened in 1867, adopting the name Theatre Royal two years later. It is also the birthplace of Howard & Wyndham Ltd, owners and managers of theatres in Scotland and England until the 1970s, created by its chairman Baillie Michael Simons in 1895. It was Simons who as a cultural entrepreneur of his day also promoted the building of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and Glasgow's International Exhibitions of 1888 (the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry) and 1901.

Not to be confused with Theatre Royal disaster.

Address

282 Hope Street
Glasgow
Scotland

James Baylis (1867-1870)
Baylis Trust (1870-1877)
Margaret Anderson family (1877-1888)
James Howard and Fred Wyndham (1888-1895)
Howard & Wyndham Ltd (1895-1957)
Scottish Television (1957-1974)
Scottish Opera (1974 – present)

1,541

1867

2014

1879
1895

William Clarke and George Bell
Charles J. Phipps

Culture in Glasgow

List of Category A listed buildings in Glasgow

List of theatres in Scotland

List of opera houses

(1849, Dunlop Street building)

Theatre Royal disaster

Media related to Theatre Royal, Glasgow at Wikimedia Commons

OperaScotland performance history website - select list of operas given their Scottish premieres at Theatre Royal

Theatre Royal Glasgow official website

Photographs of the interior

Arthur Lloyd website for History of Theatres Royal in Glasgow

Scottish Opera website and performances from 1962 onwards

Glasgow Theatre Royal Heritage project website

Theatre Royal Glasgow