The Royalty Theatre, Glasgow (later the Lyric Theatre) was a

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at the corner of

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and Renfield Street. It was built in 1879 as part of a development by the Central Halls Company chaired by David Rattray, and was one of the first theatre designs of

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. In 1895 it was one of the four theatres brought together by Baillie Michael Simons of Glasgow in a new company

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. The Royalty staged plays, opera, and musical comedy and later became home to

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theatre until it became the Lyric Theatre in 1914 when it was sold to the

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.Royalty Theatre, Glasgow 1879-1960
Scottish Theatre Archive (University of Glasgow Special Collections) It was rebuilt after a fire in 1953 but was demolished in 1959, and replaced by St. Andrew House, a large concrete office block, which is now a hotel.

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Royalty Theatre
Arthur Lloyd
Still of building
Virtual Mitchell

Glasgow History

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