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Original Text (Annotation: EAW006930 / 1370005)
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'THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE'..BROAD ST...OPENED IN 1856 AS 'THE ROYAL MUSIC HALL'.....RENAMED 'THE PRINCE OF WALES OPERETTA HOUSE' BY THE NEW OWNERS IN 1862 TO CELEBRATE THE WEDDING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCESS ALEXANDRIA,(LATER BECAME EDWARD VII AND QUEEN ALEXANDRIA)...'OPERETTA HOUSE' PART OF NAME DROPPED IN 1865...SOLD IN 1866 AND REFURBISHED AND AGAIN BEFORE BEING SOLD IN 1898...DECLINED PROGRESSIVELY...ON 9TH APRIL 1941 RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT, DESTROYING COMPLETELY THE INTERIOR..NEVER REOPENED...DEMOLISHED IN 1987... REPLACED BY 'BIRMINGHAM NEW SYMPHONY HALL', OPENING IN 1991. '