A view from the west in New Place Gardens towards the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, showing children and adults in the gardens with the Shakespeare Monument just visible on the left

Date:
23 May 1884
Location:
New Place Gardens, Chapel Lane, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire
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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Reference:
BL05172
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)
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Description

The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, designed by W F Unsworth, opened on 19th April 1879 but was later destroyed by fire in 1926. This photograph of it was taken for the Shakespearean Show which took place at the Royal Albert Hall between 29th-31st May 1884.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Unsworth, W F

Keywords

Garden, Victorian Theatre, Victorian Commemorative Monument, People Posed