Theatre Royal, Edinburgh

The first building, on Princes Street, opened 1769 and was rebuilt in 1830 by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd.

The first Theatre Royal was in Shakespeare Square, at the east end of Princes Street.

[2] In July 1792 Harriet Pye Esten became the theatre manager when she purchased the lease.

In 1794 Esten returned the rights to Stephen Kemble to perform in Edinburgh in exchange for £200 a year.

The last architect was Charles Phipps when in 1884 it was leased to Cecil Beryl of the Princess's Theatre, Glasgow.