John Boles Watson
John Boles Watson, c. 1800
John Boles Watson (c. 1748 – 1813 Cheltenham)[1] built the first permanent theatre in Cheltenham at York Passage, 1782.[2] Boles Watson also built the Theatre Royal, Gloucester, in 1791[3][4][5] and was closely associated with the Cirencester theatre.
References
- ↑ The Monthly Magazine; or, British Register., No. 237, Vol. XXXV, Part I for 1813, p. 375.
- ↑ Theatre Playbills Collection, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011. Archive here.
- ↑ N.M. Herbert (editor) (1988). "Gloucester, 1720-1835: Social and cultural life". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ "Amazing Theatre Royal is now a pound store" by Kevin George in The Citizen, 10 December 2011, p. 16.
- ↑ Palace (Gloucester). theatrestrust.org.uk, 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
Further reading
- Denning, Anthony. (1993) Theatre in the Cotswolds: The Boles Watson Family and the Cirencester Theatre. London: Society for Theatre Research. ISBN 0-85430-054-6
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