Georgian Theatre Royal
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The Georgian Theatre Royal is a theatre and historic Georgian
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 playhouse
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 in the market town of Richmond
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, North Yorkshire
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, in the United Kingdom
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. It is among the oldest of Britain's extant theatres.
It was built in 1788 by the actor-manager Samuel Butler
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, it was one of his circuit of theaters, other locations included Northallerton
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, Ripon
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 and Ulverston
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. Regular performances at the theatre continued until 1830, when performances became less frequent and in 1848 it was let as an auction 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' which was probably painted between 1818 and 1836.

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