ROYALTY THEATRE, WELLCLOSE SQUARE, was built by John Palmer, the actor, opened June 20th, 1787, with a prologue by Murphy, and burnt down in April, 1826. The name of the architect was Cornelius Dixon. It was originally intended for the performance of five-act pieces, and opened with As You Like It ; but the patentees of the other theatres memorialising the Lord Chamberlain on the subject, the new theatre was restricted to pantomimes and still smaller entertainments. The ill-starred Brunswick Theatre was erected on its site.

Peter Cunningham, Hand-Book of London, 1850

BRUNSWICK THEATRE, WELLCLOSE SQUARE, WHITECHAPEL, stood on the site of the old Royalty Theatre, was built in seven months, (T.S.Whitwell, architect), opened February 25th, 1828, and fell in during a rehearsal three days after, (Feb. 28th), when ten persons were killed and several seriously injured.

Peter Cunningham, Hand-Book of London, 1850