1899 – Royal Duchess Theatre, Balham, London
The Royal Duchess Theatre had a flamboyant Beaux-Arts style exterior was topped by a huge copper dome which was surmounted by a cupola,
The Royal Duchess Theatre had a flamboyant Beaux-Arts style exterior was topped by a huge copper dome which was surmounted by a cupola,
The interior decorations were in Louis XV style, cream and gold prevailing; there were two tiers only,
“This plate illustrates the design of a proposed new Palace of Varieties, which is about to be commenced,
The Carlton Theatre on the corner of Saltley Road and Nechells Place, Birmingham was designed by Thomas Guest at a cost of £14,000.
The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904 in the former Mechanics’
Site of a theatre since 1772, known as The Prince of Wales Theatre between 1865 -1882.
The Walker Theatre, now known as the Burton Cummings, is the city’s oldest surviving grand theatre and was built in 1905 with 2030 seats.
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, is the largest theatre in north-east Scotland seating over 1400. The theatre is situated on Rosemount Viaduct,
The Royal Hippodrome Theatre was constructed beside the Grand Opera House in 1908-07. Renovated in the 1960s as a Odeon cinema when it lost much of its original architectural detail.
Now demolished, but built as a variety theatre in 1844, rebuilt in 1909, and later used by the Abbey Players after the Abbey Theatre was destroyed in a fire in 1951.
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