Theatre Royal, Edinburgh

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.

[8] It was destroyed by fire in 1946 and not rebuilt only due to post-war shortages of building materials.