A talk by Colin Thom, Survey of London UCL Bartlett School of Architecture
Shakespeare Theatre, Lavender Hill Mander & Mitchenson Collection, Trinity College of Music and Drama
Washington Music Hall or Battersea Palace, York Road Wandsworth Heritage Service and Mander & Mitchenson Collection, Trinity College of Music and Drama
Washington Music Hall or Battersea Palace, York Road Wandsworth Heritage Service and Mander & Mitchenson Collection, Trinity College of Music and Drama
Shakespeare Theatre programme Mander & Mitchenson Collection, Trinity College of Music and Drama
Machin Theatre Syndicate Boston Evening Transcript, 8 Sept 1900
Gielgud Theatre, designed by W. G. R. Sprague, 1906 Š Delfont Mackintosh Theatres Ltd, 2016
Shakespeare Theatre, Sprague’s first design, 1895 Sprague’s first design London Metropolitan Archivesfor elevation (right), 1895
London Metropolitan Archives
the Shakespeare, block plan (above) and entrance
Shakespeare Theatre, plans as built
Redrawn for the Survey of London by Hannah Clarke, English Heritage
Shakespeare Theatre, sectional drawing Wandsworth Heritage Service
Shakespeare Theatre auditorium, fly tower and dressing rooms, seen from Theatre Street, 1950s
Š Wandsworth Heritage Service
WGR Sprague’s final design (below), Nov 1895 London Metropolitan Archives
Shakespeare Theatre c.1900 (left) Theatre Museum Archives
Fire-damaged interior, Shakespeare Theatre Š Wandsworth Heritage Services
Fire-damaged interior, Shakespeare Theatre Š Wandsworth Heritage Services
Battersea Town Hall interiors
Battersea Central Library, Lavender Hill, c.1890
Š Wandsworth Heritage Service
Š Wandsworth Heritage Service
Š Wandsworth Heritage Service
Š Wandsworth Heritage Service
Shakespeare Theatre – bringing the West End to Battersea Mander & Mitchenson Collection, Trinity College of Music and Drama
The Carl Rosa Opera Company, regulars at the Shakespeare Photo: Š Gettty Images
Shakespeare Theatre programme Mander & Mitchenson Collection, Trinity College of Music and Drama
Photo: Š Maurice Freidman
Photos © Theatre Museum
The site of the Shakespeare Theatre, corner of Lavender Hill and Theatre Street
A talk by Colin Thom, Survey of London UCL Bartlett School of Architecture