This theatre designed by the German architect Rudolphe Cabanel, began life as the Royal Coburg Theatre under the patronage of Princess Charlotte of Wales and her husband Prince Leopold of Coburg. In 1834 it was renamed the Royal Victoria Theatre under the patronage of Victoria, Duchess of Kent. In 1880 it was taken over by Emma Cons, see there for more information.
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Royal Coburg Theatre / Royal Victoria Theatre / Old Vic
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Cons was not herself wealthy so it seems odd to describe her as a philanthrop...
Emma Cons, born 1838. Emma was a politician, suffragette, educationalist,busi...
Lilian Baylis, born 1874. A niece of Emma Cons, Lilian flourished as a theatr...
Leopold and Charlotte had married on 2 May and Charlotte was already known to...
The first theatre on this site was built in 1832. The current one, designed b...
