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Viewing 32 Child Records for Series: Theatre Royal and Bragg's Wine Cellars, Birmingham, circa 1901-1902

A well-dressed man wearing a dirty apron and holding a paintbrush, on the scene-painting gallery floor at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Large hand-painted 'flats', the backdrop scenes for the theatre stage, can be seen to left and right.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03284
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A store room full of lighting equipment at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. To left is a complex system of gas pipes and valves for gas stage lighting, and on the shelf at the back is a mask with electric light bulbs for eyes.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03285
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Stacks of 'flats', the large flat sheets of painted scenery for the stage, stored in the backstage area of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, with a flight of stairs leading to the dressing rooms of the leading actor and actress in the background

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03286
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Workbenches and tools in the Carpenter's workshop at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Georgian and Victorian theatres employed skilled carpenters to create and maintain the elaborate stage mechanisms required for scene changes during the plays.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03287
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A group of five modelled and painted grotesque heads, from the props store at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, with a larger model of a Hippocampus, a mythological sea creature, behind

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03288
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Various props and pieces of stage scenery including two models of medieval ships carrying soldiers, in one of the backstage storage areas of the Theatre Royal, Brimingham

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03289
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Stacks of replica armour including helmets and breastplates, and a Roman Imperial standard, stored in the props room of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03290
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A barman and two customers posed in a room at the Shakespeare Tavern, more commonly known as Bragg's Vaults or Bragg's Wine Cellar, located beneath the Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, The Shakespeare Tavern, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03291
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

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)

Workbenches and tools in the Carpenter's workshop at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Georgian and Victorian theatres employed skilled carpenters to create and maintain the elaborate stage mechanisms required for scene changes during the plays.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03293
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Various stage props from previous theatrical productions, including a model tall ship, a signpost and a butterfly net, arranged beside a backstage props storage area at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03294
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Ropes and rigging supporting the interchangeable hand-painted hanging scenery, known as 'flats', above the stage at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. In this view, the auditorium is to the left. The ropes lead to the 'fly floors' at the top of frame.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03295
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Various stage props from previous theatrical productions, including urns, vases, bottles and a barrel, arranged beside a backstage props storage area at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03296
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

The orchestra pit and front of stage in the auditorium of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. The multiple layers of flat scenery can be seen in the wings of the stage, and a painting of Thalia, the ancient Greek muse of Comedy, is featured to right.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03297
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Theatrical sound effect machines backstage at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. The wooden machine on the left presumably made a clattering or banging sound and the rack of tubular chimes to the right would similate the sound of bells ringing.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03298
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Barmen and seated customers posed in a room at the Shakespeare Tavern, more commonly known as Bragg's Vaults or Bragg's Wine Cellar, located beneath the Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, The Shakespeare Tavern, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03299
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A corridor leading to various numbered chambers in the vaults of Bragg's Wine Cellar beneath the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. The Cellars, also known as Bragg's Vaults, were connected to Bragg's bar, also known as the Shakespeare Tavern.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, Bragg's Vaults, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03300
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A man standing at the end of a brick corridor in the vaults of Bragg's Wine Cellar beneath the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. The Cellars, also known as Bragg's Vaults, were connected to Bragg's bar, also known as the Shakespeare Tavern.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, Bragg's Vaults, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB76/03301
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Reversed image of the orchestra pit and front of stage in the auditorium of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Layers of flat scenery can be seen in the wings of the stage, and a painting of Thalia, the ancient Greek muse of Comedy, is featured to left.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB91/02647
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A large formal dinner being held on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, with stage scenery imitating a ballroom. It is unclear who the diners may have been, but they are likely to have been actors, actresses, theatre staff and owners.

Date:
circa Jan 1901 - Jan 1902
Location:
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham
Reference:
BB91/02648
Type:
Photograph (Negative)