John Boles Watson
(1748-1813)

theatre manager

Died aged c. 65

John Boles Watson (c. 1748 – 1813 Cheltenham) built the first permanent theatre in Cheltenham at York Passage, 1782. Boles Watson also built the Theatre Royal, Gloucester, in 1791 and was closely associated with the Cirencester theatre.

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Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Theatre Royal John Watson's theatre, which once stood here, was visited by King George III when he came to Cheltenham in 1788.

Grosvenor Terrace, Cheltenham, United Kingdom where they worked