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Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Listed_building#Scotland" title="Listed building">Category A Listed building</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">Capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">658</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">10 September 1883</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Phipps" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles J. Phipps">C. J. Phipps</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Tenants</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Royal Lyceum Theatre Company</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lyceum.org.uk">www<wbr />.lyceum<wbr />.org<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Royal Lyceum Theatre</b> is a 658-seat <a href="/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">theatre</a> in the city of <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland, named after the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal_Lyceum_and_English_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House">Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House</a>, the residence at the time of legendary <a href="/wiki/Shakespearean" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespearean">Shakespearean</a> actor <a href="/wiki/Henry_Irving" title="Henry Irving">Henry Irving</a>. It was built in 1883 by <a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">architect</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Phipps" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles J. Phipps">C. J. Phipps</a> at a cost of £17,000 on behalf of James B. Howard and Fred. W. P. Wyndham,<sup id="cite_ref-oxford_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> two theatrical managers and performers whose partnership became the renowned <a href="/wiki/Howard_%26_Wyndham_Ltd" title="Howard & Wyndham Ltd">Howard & Wyndham Ltd</a> created in 1895 by Michael Simons of Glasgow.<sup id="cite_ref-100yrs_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100yrs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With only four minor refurbishments, in 1929, 1977, 1991, and 1996, the Royal Lyceum remains one of the most original and unaltered of the architect's works.<sup id="cite_ref-building_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-building-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Opening night was 10 September 1883<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a performance of <i><a href="/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing" title="Much Ado About Nothing">Much Ado About Nothing</a></i> by the company of the London Lyceum Theatre, and starring Henry Irving and <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Terry" title="Ellen Terry">Ellen Terry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1965, the building was purchased by the Edinburgh Corporation from <a href="/wiki/Meyer_Oppenheim" title="Meyer Oppenheim">Meyer Oppenheim</a> to house the newly formed <b>Royal Lyceum Theatre Company</b>, who are now the permanent residents, leasing it from the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Edinburgh_Council" title="City of Edinburgh Council">City of Edinburgh Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-company_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-company-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Royal Lyceum has been one of the principal venues for the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_International_Festival" title="Edinburgh International Festival">Edinburgh International Festival</a> since the festival's inception in 1947, its owners renting out the building for three weeks every August for visiting companies, and often for a further week to <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Fringe" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Fringe">Fringe</a> companies.<sup id="cite_ref-company_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-company-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Royal Lyceum has primarily been known for its provision of drama. It has also presented some significant opera, from the first tours of <a href="/wiki/Carl_Rosa_Opera_Company" title="Carl Rosa Opera Company">Carl Rosa</a> in the latter part of the 19th century, through to the early decades of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Opera" title="Scottish Opera">Scottish Opera</a> in the 1960s and 1970s. Some important operas received their first Scottish performance at the Lyceum, including <i><a href="/wiki/Madam_Butterfly" class="mw-redirect" title="Madam Butterfly">Madam Butterfly</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Manon" title="Manon">Manon</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Die_Meistersinger" class="mw-redirect" title="Die Meistersinger">Die Meistersinger</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The theatre was the first in Britain to be fitted with an iron safety curtain, and the first in Scotland to use electricity for house lighting.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Greig_(dramatist)" title="David Greig (dramatist)">David Greig</a> took over from Mark Thomson as artistic director in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Interior_of_the_Royal_Lyceum_Theatre,_Edinburgh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The interior of a grand theatre with a decorated roof, taken from the perspective of an audience member. You can see floating paper balloons above the seats that are a part of a festive performance." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Interior_of_the_Royal_Lyceum_Theatre%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/220px-Interior_of_the_Royal_Lyceum_Theatre%2C_Edinburgh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Interior_of_the_Royal_Lyceum_Theatre%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/330px-Interior_of_the_Royal_Lyceum_Theatre%2C_Edinburgh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Interior_of_the_Royal_Lyceum_Theatre%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/440px-Interior_of_the_Royal_Lyceum_Theatre%2C_Edinburgh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3036" data-file-height="4048" /></a><figcaption>Interior of the Royal Lyceum Theatre, set up for a <a href="/wiki/Pantomime" title="Pantomime">Pantomime</a>.</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ghosts">Ghosts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Lyceum_Theatre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ghosts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Held_by_the_enemy_03_-_Weir_Collection.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Held_by_the_enemy_03_-_Weir_Collection.jpg/300px-Held_by_the_enemy_03_-_Weir_Collection.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Held_by_the_enemy_03_-_Weir_Collection.jpg/450px-Held_by_the_enemy_03_-_Weir_Collection.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Held_by_the_enemy_03_-_Weir_Collection.jpg/600px-Held_by_the_enemy_03_-_Weir_Collection.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1845" /></a><figcaption>Poster for a performance of <a href="/wiki/William_Gillette" title="William Gillette">William Gillette's</a> <i>Held by the enemy</i> at the theatre in 1887</figcaption></figure> <p>The theatre is believed to be haunted, and there have been sightings of a blue lady who is believed to be <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Terry" title="Ellen Terry">Ellen Terry</a>, the actress who performed at the Lyceum's first show. In addition, a shadowy figure has been reportedly seen high above the stage in the lighting rig.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many sightings have been reported to have been accompanied by a ringing noise. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Lyceum_Theatre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Category_A_listed_buildings_in_the_Old_Town,_Edinburgh" title="List of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town, Edinburgh">List of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town, Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_theatres_in_Scotland" title="List of theatres in Scotland">List of theatres in Scotland</a></li> <li>Adjoining buildings <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traverse_Theatre" title="Traverse Theatre">Traverse Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usher_Hall" title="Usher Hall">Usher Hall</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Lyceum_Theatre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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.id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHartnollFound1996" class="citation cs2">Hartnoll, Phyllis; Found, Peter (1996), <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordcom0000unse"><i>The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre</i></a></span>, Oxford University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-211576-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-211576-8"><bdi>978-0-19-211576-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Concise+Oxford+Companion+to+the+Theatre&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-0-19-211576-8&rft.aulast=Hartnoll&rft.aufirst=Phyllis&rft.au=Found%2C+Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fconciseoxfordcom0000unse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Lyceum+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100yrs-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100yrs_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbell1983" class="citation cs2">Campbell, Donald (1983), <i>A brighter sunshine: A hundred years of the Edinburgh Royal Lyceum Theatre</i>, Polygon, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-904919-70-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-904919-70-7"><bdi>978-0-904919-70-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+brighter+sunshine%3A+A+hundred+years+of+the+Edinburgh+Royal+Lyceum+Theatre&rft.pub=Polygon&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-0-904919-70-7&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=Donald&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Lyceum+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Edinburgh/Lyceum.htm">"The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindley Street and Cornwall Street, Edinburgh, Scotland"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Royal+Lyceum+Theatre%2C+Grindley+Street+and+Cornwall+Street%2C+Edinburgh%2C+Scotland&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arthurlloyd.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2FLyceum.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Lyceum+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Glasgow/TRHope.htm">"The Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Theatre+Royal%2C+282+Hope+Street%2C+Cowcaddens%2C+Glasgow&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arthurlloyd.co.uk%2FGlasgow%2FTRHope.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Lyceum+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Theatre Royal: Entertaining a Nation</i> by Graeme Smith, published 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-building-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-building_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lyceum.org.uk/webpages/inside_history.php">"Building history"</a>, Royal Lyceum website</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Opening of the Royal Lyceum Theatre". <i>The Edinburgh Evening News</i>. 11 September 1883 – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Evening+News&rft.atitle=Opening+of+the+Royal+Lyceum+Theatre&rft.date=1883-09-11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Lyceum+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Opening of the Lyceum Theatre". 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Iain and Fraser, Stephen (2013) 'Royal Lyceum Theatre' OperaScotland</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBruce.1999" class="citation book cs1">Bruce., Peter (1999). <i>Scotlandʼs splendid theatres : architecture and social history from the Reformation to the present day</i>. Edinburgh: Polygon. pp. <span class="nowrap">32–</span>33. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0748662616" title="Special:BookSources/978-0748662616"><bdi>978-0748662616</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/44184624">44184624</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Scotland%CA%BCs+splendid+theatres+%3A+architecture+and+social+history+from+the+Reformation+to+the+present+day&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E32-%3C%2Fspan%3E33&rft.pub=Polygon&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F44184624&rft.isbn=978-0748662616&rft.aulast=Bruce.&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Lyceum+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/theatre/david-greig-named-lyceum-theatre-s-artistic-director-1-3882512">"David Greig named Lyceum Theatre's artistic director"</a>. <i>The Scotsman</i>. 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