2-632-069 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle, Fitted as a theatre for the State Plays of 1891', c1891,(1901). Queen Victoria (1819-1901) commanded the Inspector of Windsor to build a stage and set the Waterloo Chamber as a theatre. On 6th March 1891, the company of the Savoy Theatre performed Gilbert and Sullivans, The Gondoliers, with complete orchestra before the Queen, Royal Family, the household and guests. From V.R.I., Her Life and Empire, by The Marquis of Lorne, K.T. [Harmsworth Bros Ltd., London, 1901]