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The theatre was wrecked in a riot of 1814; and there were further riots in 1819. Jones attributed his unpopularity to his being active in politics; in 1807 he had supported the election of an anti-ministerial member of parliament for Dublin. His application in 1818 for renewal of the patent was
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The theatre was rented for a short period and opened as a circus, and was then abandoned. In 1836 the Apothecaries' Hall Company bought part of the site, and a medical school was built.
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participated at an early stage, but soon withdrew. Barry and Woodward moved to Dublin, and the Crow Street Theatre opened in October 1758. It struggled as a rival to the
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leased the theatre from Daly, and spent £1200 on renovating the house, which was decorated by Marinari and Zaffarini. It was opened in 1796, but closed when
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became owner of the theatre, and in 1786, having obtained a patent from the Crown, he opened Crow Street Theatre in 1788 as the Theatre Royal, a
478: 134:. Jones obtained a new royal patent in 1798, and spent a further £5000 on the theatre, but in the political climate it had to close in 1803. 290: 99:, manager of Smock Alley Theatre since 1760, took over Crow Street Theatre in 1767, but resigned the theatre in 1770; the actor 111:. £12,000 had been spent on rebuilding and decoration. It was profitable for a while, but later suffered from the opening of 890: 631: 885: 692: 471: 112: 395: 366: 340: 334: 314: 210: 181: 389: 727: 611: 66: 864: 464: 826: 626: 204: 175: 536: 849: 772: 671: 360: 308: 35: 516: 656: 812: 797: 707: 661: 621: 561: 131: 49: 854: 802: 792: 752: 737: 581: 576: 526: 442: 333: 123: 81:(1735–1759), who had lived with Barry in London, was assigned an eighth share of the profits. 69:(1714–1777), who had saved £6,000, to participate in his project to build a theatre in Dublin. 807: 787: 762: 757: 641: 556: 551: 531: 388: 139: 65:(1719–1777), born in Dublin and appearing in London from 1746, induced the London-born actor 521: 702: 687: 601: 100: 8: 844: 782: 651: 636: 616: 103:, who ran Smock Alley Theatre from 1772, also ran Crow Street Theatre. In 1782 the actor 85: 74: 546: 496: 586: 203: 174: 859: 747: 541: 417: 359: 307: 265: 232: 429: 277: 244: 666: 596: 70: 722: 421: 355: 269: 236: 170: 108: 78: 62: 24: 20: 646: 879: 742: 732: 511: 767: 606: 571: 566: 104: 96: 127: 19:
was a theatre in Dublin, Ireland, originally opened in 1758 by the actor
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Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6
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refused, being granted instead to Henry Harris, a proprietor of
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In 1760 Barry and Woodward opened a theatre in Cork, the
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Index

Spranger Barry
patent theatre


Catharine and Petruchio
Spranger Barry
Henry Woodward
Charles Macklin
Smock Alley Theatre
Maria Nossiter
Theatre Royal
Henry Mossop
Thomas Ryder
Richard Daly
patent theatre
Astley's Amphitheatre
Frederick Edward Jones
martial law
Irish Rebellion of 1798
Covent Garden Theatre


Stephen, Leslie
"Barry, Spranger" 
Dictionary of National Biography


Lee, Sidney
"Woodward, Henry" 
Dictionary of National Biography

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