Theatre Royal [ii, Exeter, UK] (Q26442)

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    Theatre Royal [ii, Exeter, UK]
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      Field
      architecture
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      Importance
      Not rated
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      Country
      United Kingdom
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      GPS
      50°43'34.68"N, 3°31'38.82"W
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      Note
      hi) (English)
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      Third Theatre Royal on the site, built by Alfred Darbyshire. Opened 7 Oct 1889 with Gilbert & Sullivan's opera The Yeomen of the Guard. Converted into a cinema in the 1950s. Closed 1962, subsequently demolished in favour of an office block (Portland House). (English)
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      CARTHALIA
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      Burnt down date
      5 September 1887Gregorian
      context
      Fire broke out in the upper part of the stage at 10.30 p.m., during a performance. Great panic, in which 180 people were killed, and more than 100 injured. (English)
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      TBU 165
      Modern Opera Houses and Theatres
      Fires in Theatres id
      375
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      City
      Exeter
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      Modern Opera Houses ID
      777
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      opening date
      13 October 1885Gregorian
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      Modern Opera Houses index
      Fire at: Descriptive text, III. S. pp. 135-137; View of auditorium after fire, III. S. p. 132; Plan 1st tier, III. S. p. 137.
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      closure date
      1950s
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      Fullscreen

      Identifiers

      Wikidata source
      Q7777427
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      Carthalia ID
      2782
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