J. T. Robinson

Jethro Thomas Robinson (1829 – 15 July 1878)[1] was an English architect who specialised in theatres.

Career

Jethro Thomas Robinson was theatre architectural adviser to the lord chamberlain. He was responsible for the 1871 reconstruction of the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel, which increased its capacity to 4,000[2] and the surviving interiors of the Old Vic in London (1872) and the Theatre Royal Margate (1874).

Robinson lived in Haverstock Hill in 1873 and later, 20 Bloomsbury Square in 1877;[3] he died there the following year[1] at the age of 49 having created seven successful theatres in the previous seven years.[4][5]

He was the father-in-law of architect Frank Matcham who joined his practice, then married his younger daughter Hannah Maria Robinson (1847/8–1920) on 9 July 1877.[6][5] Matcham took over his late father-in-law's architectural practice following his death and completed rebuilding the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London.[5]

References
  1. The London Gazette. T. Neuman. 1879.
  2. "Pavilion Theatre and Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, Stepney". arthurlloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. Antonia Brodie; British Architectural Library; RIBA (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z). A&C Black. p. 489. ISBN 978-0-8264-5514-7.
  4. Theatrephile. D.F. Cheshire and S. McCarthy. 1983.
  5. "Matcham, Francis [Frank] (1854–1920), architect". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37745. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2 May 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Jethro Thomas Robinson, Theatre Architect". arthurlloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2016.


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