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The Prince of Wales Theatre is a former theatre in central Cardiff. Built in 1878, seating 2,800, it later became a sex cinema. It is now a pub. [1] [2] [3] The building is located near Cardiff Central railway station, near the corner of St Mary Street and Wood Street, with entrances and façades on both streets.
The first theatre on the site opened in January 1884 when C.J. Phipps built the Prince's Theatre for actor-manager Edgar Bruce. It was a traditional three-tier theatre, seating just over 1,000 people. The theatre was renamed the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1886 after the future Edward VII.
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Burning of Prince of Wales Theatre, Sydney on 6 January 1872. It was rebuilt as the Prince of Wales Opera House by Robert Fitzgerald and opened on 23 May 1863 with Flotow's Martha, played by Lyster's Opera Company. Robertson died in 1865 and ownership of the theatre passed to his children by his first wife.
The Prince of Wales Theatre was built in 1855 and destroyed by fire in 1860, rebuilt and burned down again in 1872. It was rebuilt by Samuel Lazar and, as the "Theatre Royal", opened in 1875 between King and Rowe streets on Castlereagh Street , on the other side of which would in 1890 be built the famous Australia Hotel .
Programme for Robertson's last Prince of Wales's play, 1870. In January 1870 Robertson was diagnosed as suffering from heart disease. He continued to write, and 1870 saw the production of Progress (adapted from Sardou) at the Globe, The Nightingale, a drama, at the Adelphi Theatre and his final work for the Prince of Wales's – M. P..
The site's first theatre, which at that time was Liverpool's largest, was named the "New Prince of Wales Theatre and Opera House" opened on 15 October 1866. On 29 July 1867 its name was changed to the "Royal Alexandra Theatre and Opera House" in honour of Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales . [ 2 ]
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