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John Boles Watson

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English theatre architect
John Boles Watson, c. 1800

John Boles Watson (c. 1748 – 1813 Cheltenham) built the first permanent theatre in Cheltenham at York Passage, 1782. Boles Watson also built the Theatre Royal, Gloucester, in 1791 and was closely associated with the Cirencester theatre.

References

  1. The Monthly Magazine; or, British Register., No. 237, Vol. XXXV, Part I for 1813, p. 375.
  2. Theatre Playbills Collection, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011. Archive here.
  3. N.M. Herbert, ed. (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.
  4. "Amazing Theatre Royal is now a pound store" by Kevin George in The Citizen, 10 December 2011, p. 16.
  5. Palace (Gloucester). theatrestrust.org.uk, 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.

External links

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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