And another in my series of posts from newspapers of two hundred years ago this week. The Theatre Royal in Norwich were advertising their performance, which was “The Slave” opera which was being performed on Monday 1 August 1825.
I’m guessing that this is the operatic work by Henry Rowley Bishop with the libretto written by Thomas Morton which was premiered at Covent Garden in London on 12 November 1816. For anyone interested, here’s the text of the opera. At the time, the theatre was in the 1800 building designed by William Wilkins and it was to close a few months after this performance as it was rebuilt in 1826.
I rather like the continuity here, that the theatre has been offering different performances for hundreds of years. For the record, on 1 August 2025, it’s the Rocky Horror Show being performed at the theatre.