The theatre auditorium block of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, as seen from the banks of the River Avon to its south, with the Old Tramway Bridge just visible to the right of frame

Date:
1880 - 1920
Location:
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Waterside, Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire
Reference:
OP10046
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

This original building, begun in 1874 to the designs of architects Dodgshun and Unsworth and opened on the 23rd of April 1879, was gutted by fire in 1926 leaving only the Dutch-influenced modernist exterior shell, which was incorporated into the new theatre which opened in 1932. The building was restored as the Swan Theatre in 1983 - 1986, and is currently known as the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Archival History

Donated to the collection of the National Buildings Record by a Mrs Davies, accessioned on the 4th of September 1953.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/43 Early Photographic Print Collection: Warwickshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: George Washington Wilson And Company

Donor: Davies, E

Keywords

Victorian Theatre