Theatre Royal

Built in 1819, the beautiful Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is one of the three oldest playhouses in Britain, and the only Theatre on the National Trust’s Portfolio of properties.

Fully restored to its Regency design and layout in 2007, today it is a fully working Theatre which both produces and receives a variety of drama and live entertainment year-round including comedy, light entertainment, drama, childrens work, dance and music.

At no other venue in the world can you see the works that thrilled audiences in the time of Jane Austen or Emily Bronte in their correct historic context than at the Theatre Royal. Because of its unique history the Theatre Royal has the special ambition to restore the lost dramatic repertoire of the Georgian era, researching and performing neglected plays from over 200 years ago in a project entitled Restoring the Repertoire.

A variety of script in hand readings are held every season to discover these lost gems, with two fully staged productions of a Georgian drama held each year in the Summer and Autumn.

To date the Theatre Royal has successfully staged 6 full Georgian productions, Black Eyed Susan (2007), Animal Magnetism (2008), Wives as they Were and Maids as they Are (2008), The Massacre (2009), He’s Much to Blame (2009), The Poor Soldier (summer 2010). The London Merchant will be the 7th production in this popular series of period works.

If you want to find our more about visiting the Theatre Royal or finding out more about drama 18th and early 19th centuries go online at www.theatreroyal.org .

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