The
Royal Lyceum Theatre is a 658-seat
theatre in the city of
Edinburgh,
Scotland, named after the
Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House, the residence at the time of legendary
Shakespearean actor
Henry Irving. It was built in 1883 by
architect C. J. Phipps at a cost of £17,000 on behalf of J. B. Howard and F. W. P. Wyndham, two local theatrical managers and performers who went on to establish the renowned
Howard & Wyndham company in 1895. With only four minor refurbishments, in 1929, 1977, 1991, and 1996, the Royal Lyceum remains one of the most original and unaltered of the architect's works.