What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Thornton Theatre From 1796 to 1826, this building housed the Gosport Theatre, owned and managed by the actor-manager Henry Thornton, who built the original Theatre Royal at Windsor for George III Recorded plaque organisation: Gosport Borough Council.
Henry Thornton was an actor-manager who owned and operated the Gosport Theatre from 1796 to 1826; he is remembered for building the original Theatre Royal at Windsor for King George III.
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