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Royal Opera House, Carlisle Road, Londonderry

The Royal Opera House, Londonderry, also known as the Opera House was built by C. J. Phipps in 1876.
The Theatre was converted for Cinema use in 1938 and after a fire in 1940 was demolished.

Right - Poster for Arthur Lloyd and his wife Katty King in a play written by Arthur called 'ballyvogan' at the Opera House, Londonderry October 3rd 1887 - Click to Enlarge.

The poster right is from a large collection of original Lloyd / King Posters collected since the mid 1800s by members of the family and found recently after being lost for 50 years. To see all these posters click the Poster Index here...