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Kwik Save supermarket, Angel Street, 2004 - the site of the Theatre
Royal. A theatre had stood on this site since 1780, but only became
the Theatre Royal in 1884 when the building was bought by a group
of amateur actors and theatre enthusiasts and rebuilt. The glass and
iron canopy over the entrance was added in 1902, and the interior
was re-fashioned in 1912 following a fire. Unable to compete with more fashionable forms of entertainment and badly in need of repair, the theatre closed its doors in 1955. Despite many attempts to save it, the theatre was demolished in 1960. Today an incomparable building currently housing Kwik Save stands in its place. This was constructed setback from the road, like the two adjacent buildings in Angel street, to accommodate a planned road widening scheme which was never then implemented. |
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