Astley's Amphitheatre (Dublin)

For similarly named venues, see Astley's Amphitheatre (disambiguation).

Astley's Amphitheatre was a theatre on Peter Street, Dublin, which operated from 1789 to 1812. Established by Philip Astley, it was Ireland's first circus and, in later years, was known as the Royal Hibernian Theatre.[1]

  1. ^ Burke, Helen (March 2006). "Jacobin Revolutionary Theatre and the Early Circus: Astley's Dublin Amphitheatre in the 1790s". Theatre Research International. 31: 1–16. doi:10.1017/S0307883305001847. S2CID 190729732. Retrieved 2 December 2021.