Stage mechanisms behind the scenes at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. To the right is a 'thunder run', a set of three sloping wooden troughs down which cast iron balls were rolled continuously to simulate the sound of a thunder storm.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03292
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

A cropped version of this image was reproduced on page 63 of Richard Southern's 1970 book, 'The Victorian Theatre - a Pictorial Survey', although he is likely to have sourced the image from either the archives of the Drama Department at the University of Bristol or from Birmingham Reference Library, 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

Stage, Georgian Theatre, Victorian Theatre