Stacks of 'flats', the large flat sheets of painted scenery for the stage, stored in the backstage area of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, with a flight of stairs leading to the dressing rooms of the leading actor and actress in the background

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03286
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The image was reproduced on page 58 of Richard Southern's 1970 book, 'The Victorian Theatre - a Pictorial Survey', although he is likely to have sourced the image from the archives of the Drama Department at the University of Bristol, as credited in the acknowledgements of the book.

Content

This is part of the Series: THR01/01 Theatre Royal and Bragg's Wine Cellars, Birmingham, circa 1901-1902; within the Collection: THR01 Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Georgian Theatre, Victorian Theatre