John Boles Watson Explained

John Boles Watson (c. 1748 – 1813 Cheltenham)^[1] built the first permanent theatre in Cheltenham at York Passage, 1782.^[2] Boles Watson also built the Theatre Royal, Gloucester, in 1791^{[3] [4] [5]} and was closely associated with the Cirencester theatre.

External links

• 'The Watsons of Kilconnor, County Carlow, 1650 - Present', 2019 by Peter Coutts and Alan Watson

Further reading

• Denning, Anthony. (1993) Theatre in the Cotswolds: The Boles Watson Family and the Cirencester Theatre. London: Society for Theatre Research.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=kiMAAAAAYAAJ&dq=john+boles+watson&pg=PA375 The Monthly Magazine; or, British Register.
2. http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/Docs/Theatre%20Playbills%20Collection.pdf Theatre Playbills Collection
3. Web site: Gloucester, 1720-1835: Social and cultural life . N.M. Herbert . Institute of Historical Research . 1988 . A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester . 29 December 2011 .
4. "Amazing Theatre Royal is now a pound store" by Kevin George in The Citizen, 10 December 2011, p. 16.
5. http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/2045-palace-gloucester Palace (Gloucester).