Reversed image showing the stage and orchestra pit of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, as seen from the circle. The stage is set with hand-painted scenery depicting a woodland scene.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
CC76/00699
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

A similar, correctly-oriented version of this image appears on page 61 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.

The caption for the book's image describes the stage scenery as incorporating 'profiled tree wings', 'cut foliage borders' and a 'forest backcloth'.

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

Orchestra Pit, Stage, Victorian Theatre, Georgian Theatre