Theatre and Opera House, Corporation Street, St Helens

A commencement of the work of erecting the proposed new theatre and opera-house in Corporation-street, St. Helen's, has been made. Mr. W. Revill, the lessee of the old Theatre Royal, and Mr Frank Matcham, architect, of London, accepted the contract of Mr. William Harrison, St. Helen's, for the erection of the building. The estimated cost is about £10,000, and accommodation will be found for about 2,000 persons. [Building News 13 December 1889 page 823]