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The Theatre Royal had already existed in 1750s, but it was moved from its original location near today's Princes Street to the Pembroke Street building by the local actor
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The theatre is constructed to hold two thousand persons, and is divided into two tiers of
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is afforded, while the tenants of the boxes are screened from the view of
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as manager of the theatre, but his tenure lasted for less than a year.
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opened on the site in 1877. The last three plays performed were
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In 1875 the theatre was sold to the postal service and
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1840. In 1853 it was rebuilt, and in the 1860s it was
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speaking at the Theatre Royal in Cork in early 1875
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John Mitchel
Theatre Royal, Cork is located in Cork Central
Cork
Ireland
Coordinates
51°53′52″N 8°28′14″W / 51.8978°N 8.4705°W / 51.8978; -8.4705
patent theatre
Capacity
patent theatre
Cork City
Spranger Barry
Crow Street Theatre
Dublin
Thomas Barry
April Fool's Day
refurbished
Sir John Benson
Cork's GPO
James Sheridan Knowles
Virginius
William Shakespeare
Hamlet
John Wilson
Illustrated London News
boxes
pit
stalls, private boxes, and a spacious gallery
coign of vantage
stage

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