The Richmond Theatre was a theatre located in Richmond, Surrey, England. It was built in 1765 under the supervision of David Garrick. It was one of Surrey's major theatres for nearly 120 years.[1] The theatre was originally named The New Theatre on Richmond Greene and opened on 15 June 1765.[2] The actor Edmund Kean was manager of the theatre from 1831 until his death in 1833. Its management changed hands several times before the theatre was finally demolished in 1884.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bingham, Frederick (1886). A Celebrated Old Playhouse: The History of the Richmond Theatre in Surrey from 1765 to 1884. London: Henry Vickers.
- ^ Knapp, Mary Etta (1961). Yale Studies in English, Volume 149. Lamson, Wolffe and Company. p. 118.
- ^ Kershaw, S. W. (April 1902). "Portraits in Stone". Surrey Magazine: 17.
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