The elaborate theatre was designed with a neo-classical exterior and a Louis XIV style interior by Samuel Beazley and built by the partnership of Peto & Grissell.

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The theatre opened on with a mixed programme of an operatic burletta, Agnes Sorel, starring Braham, and two farces by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett.

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Altered to the design by Thomas Verity.

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Major alteration was carried out to the design byJ. Emblin Walker and A. Blomfield Jackson.

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