Jethro Thomas Robinson (1829 – 15 July 1878) was an English

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who specialised in theatres.

Career

Jethro Thomas Robinson was theatre architectural adviser to the

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. He was responsible for the 1871 reconstruction of the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel, which increased its capacity to 4,000 and the surviving interiors of the

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in London (1872) and the Theatre Royal

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(1874). Robinson lived in

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in 1873 and later, 20

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in 1877; he died there the following year at the age of 49 having created seven successful theatres in the previous seven years. He was the father-in-law of architect

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who joined his practice, then married his younger daughter Hannah Maria Robinson (1847/8–1920) on 9 July 1877. Matcham took over his late father-in-law's architectural practice following his death and completed rebuilding the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London.

References

1829 births 1878 deaths English theatre architects {{UK-architect-stub