1879 – Olympia Theatre, Dame Street, Dublin
Architect: R.N. Bruton
Remodeled in 1897, this is, internally,
1881 – Royal Princess Theatre, Oxford Street, London
Architect: C.J. Phipps
The Pricess’s Theatre between Winsley Street and Wells Street,
1881 – Savoy Theatre, Victoria Embankment, London
Architect: C.J. Phipps
Richard D’Oyly Carte bought the site of the former Savoy Palace (later the Savoy Hospital) in 1880 to build the Savoy Theatre specifically for the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas,
1881 – Theatre Royal, Arthur St., Belfast
Architect: Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon / C.J. Phipps
Originally constructed by Lanyon,
1883 – Grand Theatre, Corporation Street, Birmingham
Architect: William Wykes
Never constructed as designed, the Grand Theatre was built in a modified form in 1883.
1883 – Princess Opera House, Winnipeg
The three-storied Princess Opera House opened on May 14, 1883. It could seat almost 1,400 patrons,
1884 – Lyceum Theatre, Dublin
Architect: Arthur Dudgeon
Proposal for a huge theatre at the junction of Tara Street and Pearse Street (on the site of the now former Fire Station by C.J.
1884 – Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Architect: Dodgshun & Unsworth
Designed by William Unsworth after a competition,
1885 – Opéra de Nice, Nice, France
Architect: Francois Aune
After the previous opera house on this site burned down after a gas explosion during a performance in 1881,
1886 – Leinster Hall, Hawkin’s Street, Dublin
Architect: C.J. Phipps
Constructed by 1886 as the Leinster Hall after a fire in 1879 destroyed the Theatre Royal on this site.
