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The Georgian Theatre Royal which is a theatre and historic
Georgian playhouse in the market town of
Richmond, North Yorkshire, in the
United Kingdom. It was built in 1788 by the actor-manager
Samuel Butler, it was one of his circuit of theaters, other locations included
Northallerton,
Ripon and
Ulverston.
Regular performances at the theatre continued until 1830, when performances became less frequent and in
1848 it was let as an action house. The Georgian Theatre Royal was reopened by a non-profit trust in
1963, it was expanded in
1996 and had major restoration works, including the addition of a museum, costing 1.6 million in
2002, reopening once again in
2003. The theatre royal possesses
Britain's oldest set of scenery, known as 'The
Woodland Scene' whic
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