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Georgian and Theatre
The Georgian Theatre Royal, founded in 1788 by the actor, Samuel Butler, is just off the market place.
More recently, the theatre has become the Georgian Theatre Royal and was extended in 2003 with the addition of a new block providing services and access next to the original auditorium.
Two of the surviving buildings close to the dock at Millbay are the red brick Portland stone-faced Georgian assembly room that is still called the Long Room, and the exquisite late Georgian or early Victorian Globe Theatre 300 metres north within the barracks.
* Theatre and shows: ABBA-The Show, Chicago, David Copperfield, Georgian National Ballet, Harlem Globetrotters, Riverdance, Wadaiko Yamato, Mamma Mia !, Cirque du Soleil
Launceston's many well preserved Victorian and Georgian buildings ( including the Launceston synagogue, a rare example of architecture in Egyptian Revival style ) together with its diverse collection of art-deco architecture ( such as Holyman House and Lucks Corner in the CBD, the former Star Theatre in Invermay and the former Launceston General Hospital ) give the city an unusual period ambience.
To provide entertainment for increasing numbers of visitors to the village, the Georgian Theatre was built in 1788.
Considered the cultural quarter of the town, it houses The Green Dragon pub, The Green Dragon Studios ( recording studios ) and the Georgian Theatre – Britain ’ s oldest surviving Georgian theatre.
Theatres in the town include the ARC Theatre on Dovecot Street, the Globe Theatre ( currently under restoration ) at the north west end of the High Street and the Georgian Theatre, situated in the Green Dragon Yard.
The Georgian Theatre at Green Dragon Yard is also Grade II listed and is the oldest Georgian theatre in the country.
The Georgian National Theatre was founded in 1791 in Tbilisi, by the writer, dramatist, and diplomat Giorgi Avalishvili ( 1769 – 1850 ).
In Tbilisi, one can also find the Rustaveli Theatre, the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, and the Shota Rustaveli Underground Station, among many other landmarks bearing his name.
The Fox Theatre Historic District comprises the Fox Theatre ( Oliver Vinour et al., 1929 ), William Lee Stoddart's Georgian Terrace Hotel ( 1911 ), Stoddart's Italianate Ponce de Leon Apartments ( 1913 ), and the Cox-Carlton Hotel ( 1925 ).
* The Provok'd Wife ( wife ), Georgian Theatre ( Richmond, Yorkshire ) and Vaudeville Theatre ( London ), July 1963 ( a play by Vanbrugh, for the Prospect Theatre Company )
* John Drinkwater, a Georgian poet and playwright who came to the city in 1901, he eventually became the first manager of Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Quinlan Terry designed the external envelope of New Margaret Thatcher Infirmary at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, with Steffian Bradley Architects as the lead consultant and planners for the building ; a new Georgian Theatre for Downing College Cambridge ; new offices, retail & residential development at 264-267 Tottenham Court Road, London ; offices & retail at 22 Baker Street, London ; Queen Mother Square, Poundbury.

Georgian and Royal
The inner orbital route runs approximately around the heart of the Georgian city and the outer orbital route runs primarily along the natural circle formed by Dublin's two canals, the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal, as well as the North and South Circular Roads.
18th Century view of the Georgian Royal Exchange in Dublin ; one of " Malton's views of Dublin "
During the Second World War, the Royal Navy deployed an armed merchant vessel to patrol South Georgian and Antarctic waters against German raiders, along with two four-inch shore guns ( still present ) protecting Cumberland Bay and Stromness Bay, manned by volunteers from among the Norwegian whalers.
* January 9 – William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront.
The palace houses many works of art and furnishings from the Royal Collection, mainly dating from the two principal periods of the palace's construction, the early Tudor ( Renaissance ) and late Stuart to Early Georgian period.
His precise quote, at a dinner of the Tory Reform Group at the Royal Overseas League on 8 November 1985, was on the subject of the sale of assets commonplace among individuals or states when they encountered financial difficulties: ' First of all the Georgian silver goes.
Note also the early Tudor terracotta sedilia ( see above ), the Georgian candelabrum and Royal Arms of George II, the carved medieval font with modern gilded font cover, and many smaller features such as angels, musicians and figures carved on the roof timbers and corbels.
The new Irish Houses of Parliament, designed by Edward Lovett Pearce, also faced onto College Green, while from College Green a new widened Dame Street led directly down to the mediæval Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, past Dublin Castle and the Royal Exchange, the latter a new building, the former in the process of rebuilding, turning it from a mediæval castle to a Georgian palace.
It was named " Georgian Bay " ( after King George IV ) by Lieutenant Henry Wolsey Bayfield of the Royal Navy in 1822.
Passing the Georgian Royal Pump Rooms in the centre of Leamington Spa, the River Leam flows a further two miles until it joins the River Avon at the border between Warwick and Leamington.
The Georgian architecture | Georgian terrace of Royal Crescent ( Bath, Somerset | Bath, England ) from a hot air balloon
James Bowen was commissioned by Howe for his leadership in the battle, he rose through the levels-commander of the Argot, the Dreadnought, and in Georgian England titled " defender of Madeira ", led the fleet which rescued the British army at Corunna in the Peninsula war, retired as a Rear Admiral, Commissioner of the Royal Navy.
The Bichvinta Cathedral is one of oldest monuments of the Georgian Christian architecture constructed by the Georgian King Bagrat III of the Bagrationi Royal House in the late 10th century.
The Royal Crescent now includes a hotel and a Georgian house museum, while some of the houses have been converted into flats and offices.
The Arcadian Court was intended to compete with the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room, the Georgian Room at the main Eaton's store, and the Eaton's Seventh Floor on College Street ( now called The Carlu ) for downtown lunch business.
The Pantiles is a Georgian colonnade in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
The spa is largely sited in a new ' Glass Cube ' building by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, near the site of the ancient Royal Bath, which has been interlinked with historic Georgian spa buildings such as the nearby Hot and Cross Baths.
The only Royal personage to take further interest in the craft was the late Queen Mary, consort to George V who bequeathed her Georgian sand paintings to the Victoria and Albert Museum, and her collection of Isle of Wight sand pictures to Carisbrooke Castle Museum on the Isle of Wight.
The water garden at Studley Royal created by John Aislabie in 1718 is one of the best surviving examples of a Georgian water garden in England.
The Royal Navy armed the merchant vessel Queen of Bermuda to patrol South Georgian and Antarctic waters, and deployed two four-inch guns at key locations protecting the approaches to Cumberland Bay and Stromness Bay, i. e. to Grytviken and Leith Harbour respectively.

Georgian and theatre
* What is now England's oldest surviving Georgian theatre is constructed in Stockton-on-Tees.
He is also generally dismissive of the contemporary arts and culture in the various eras in which he lives, such as medieval folk pageants, Shakespeare, Georgian Romanticist poetry, theatre and Charlie Chaplin films.
* January 1-The Georgian theatre company gives its first performance, under the direction of Giorgi Eristavi.
* England's oldest surviving Georgian theatre is constructed in Stockton-on-Tees
Georgian theatre has a long history ; its oldest national form was the " Sakhioba " ( extant from the 3rd century BC to the 17th century AD ).
Jessie Bond wrote, The stage was at a low ebb, Elizabethan glories and Georgian artificialities had alike faded into the past, stilted tragedy and vulgar farce were all the would-be playgoer had to choose from, and the theatre had become a place of evil repute to the righteous British householder .... A first effort to bridge the gap was made by the German Reed Entertainers.
Jessie Bond wrote that by the middle of the 19th century, " The stage was at a low ebb, Elizabethan glories and Georgian artificialities had alike faded into the past, stilted tragedy and vulgar farce were all the would-be playgoer had to choose from, and the theatre had become a place of evil repute ".
An author and playwright, Cowen commissioned the theatre in an Italianate style, that stands on the site of the old Albion Tavern, a public house that was frequented by Georgian and Victorian actors.

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