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Jersey Opera House
Proscenium arch
In 1865 Henry Cornwall built Jersey a new theatre which he named Cornwall’s Royal
Amphitheatre and Circus. This was located in Gloucester Street, St Helier where the Opera
house stands today. During his short ownership of the new theatre Cornwall employed actor
William Wybert Rousby as its manager. In 1868 Mr Rousby bought the theatre re-naming it
Theatre Royal.
