Theatregoers standing on the external balcony at the front of the Royal Aquarium Theatre, as seen from the south-east

Date:: 19 Sept 1896

Location:: Royal Aquarium Theatre, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Reference:: CC76/00458

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

Originally built as an aquarium in 1876, it acquired the name the Royal Aquarium after visits from the Prince of Wales in 1881 and 1882. The aquarium was not a financial success, however, and it was sold and redeveloped as a theatre c1883. It is now a cinema.

Content

This is part of the Series: LMS01/01 London Midland And Scottish Railway Negatives - Architectural Subjects; within the Collection: LMS01 London Midland And Scottish Railway Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Victorian Theatre