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since the festival's inception in 1947, its owners renting out the building for three weeks every August for visiting companies, and often for a further week to
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With only four minor refurbishments, in 1929, 1977, 1991, and 1996, the Royal Lyceum remains one of the most original and unaltered of the architect's works.
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at a cost of £17,000 on behalf of James B. Howard and Fred. W. P. Wyndham, two theatrical managers and performers whose partnership became the renowned
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The theatre was the first in Britain to be fitted with an iron safety curtain, and the first in Scotland to use electricity for house lighting.
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The Royal Lyceum has primarily been known for its provision of drama. It has also presented some significant opera, from the first tours of
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in the 1960s and 1970s. Some important operas received their first Scottish performance at the Lyceum, including
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Scotlandʼs splendid theatres : architecture and social history from the Reformation to the present day
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The theatre is believed to be haunted, and there have been sightings of a blue lady who is believed to be
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Academic, refereed papers on the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company 1965 to 2000, by Paul Iles
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Fraser, Iain and Fraser, Stephen (2013) 'Royal Lyceum Theatre' OperaScotland
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by the company of the London Lyceum Theatre, and starring Henry Irving and
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A brighter sunshine: A hundred years of the Edinburgh Royal Lyceum Theatre
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in the latter part of the 19th century, through to the early decades of
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In 1965, the building was purchased by the Edinburgh Corporation from
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List of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town, Edinburgh
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The Royal Lyceum has been one of the principal venues for the
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took over from Mark Thomson as artistic director in 2016.
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Opening night was 10 September 1883 with a performance of
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Royal Lyceum Theatre Company

Edinburgh
Coordinates
55°56′49″N 03°12′16″W / 55.94694°N 3.20444°W / 55.94694; -3.20444
City of Edinburgh Council
Category A Listed building
Capacity
C. J. Phipps
www.lyceum.org.uk
theatre
Edinburgh
Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House
Shakespearean
Henry Irving
architect
C. J. Phipps
Howard & Wyndham Ltd
Much Ado About Nothing
Ellen Terry
Meyer Oppenheim
City of Edinburgh Council
Edinburgh International Festival
Fringe
Carl Rosa
Scottish Opera
Madam Butterfly
Manon
Die Meistersinger
David Greig

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