Theatre Royal Royal Theatre and Opera House | |
 The Theatre, Leeds, early 19th century | |
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| Address | Meadow Lane Hunslet, Leeds England LS11 5BJ |
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| Coordinates | 53°47′33″N 1°32′30″W / 53.7925°N 1.5418°W |
| Owner | First: Tate Wilkinson Last: John Coleman |
| Operator | Wilkinson; later Coleman |
| Type | Music hall, Drama, Comic opera |
| Capacity | 1st phase: 600 2nd phase: 2,560 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 24 May 1771 |
| Closed | 28 May 1875, burned down |
| Rebuilt | September 1867, Thomas Angelo Moore |
| Architect | 1st phase: unknown 2nd phase: Thomas Angelo Moore (1840–1891) of Sunderland |
| Website | |
| Leodis: history of The Theatre | |
The Theatre in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, was a theatre for summer shows, built in 1771 by Tate Wilkinson and redeveloped in 1867. Mrs Siddons[1] and Ching Lau Lauro appeared here in 1786 and 1834 respectively.[2] It was the only drama theatre in Leeds until 1864, after which business was challenged by competition. It became shabby and was partially rebuilt in 1867 to create the smarter Royal Theatre, which was to burn down in 1875. No theatre was built again on this site, and its surviving Victorian successors are the Leeds City Varieties of 1865 and the Grand Theatre of 1878.