The scene-painting gallery floor at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Located high in the theatre, the large hand-painted 'flats', the backdrop scenes for the theatre stage, were raised and lowered with ropes to enable the scene painter to work on them.

Date:: circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902

Location:: Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham

Reference:: CC76/00698

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

At other theatre sites, the scene-painter would work on a moveable wooden floor or balcony, which would itself be raised and lowered with ropes as needed to allow him to work on the large scene paintings.

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