Misplaced Pages

#770229

17-456: The present theatre, initially called the New Theatre Royal , was built in 1893 to the designs of Bertie Crewe and W.G.R. Sprague . After an explosion and fire in 1892 had destroyed the previous Theatre Royal on the site, built in 1806. The 1806 theatre was, in turn, a rebuild of an earlier theatre of 1764 on Butchery Street, now called Clasketgate. The structure of the building remained

34-531: A producing house for its own shows, and a design and production facility for various UK theatre pantomimes, national tours and cruise-ship shows, and a continuing venue for amateur dramatic companies. Chris Moreno became sole manager and lessee in 1993. In 2009 the local authority, Lincoln City Council, withdrew its ongoing subsidy which led to a threat of closure, and to scrutiny of how council funding had been used. Bids from amateur dramatic, church and community groups, and local entertainment businesses to take-over

51-653: A club and since converted into a church and the now-demolished Rex Cinema, 1936, in Station Approach, Hayes in the London Borough of Hillingdon , West London . He also designed the Grade II* listed Granada Cinema, Woolwich (with Reginald Uren and Theodore Komisarjevsky ) and the Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction (with H. R. Horner and Leslie Norton), both built in 1937. Masey died on 7 April 1960. His address

68-528: A professional actor, as Morgan in Treasure Island , was at the Theatre Royal. During September 2002, author and former politician Jeffrey Archer , while serving part of his gaol sentence at North Sea Camp prison, worked backstage at the theatre. In November and December 2003, Theatre of Dreams , a series of four fly-on-the-wall documentaries built around profiles of four employees at the Theatre Royal,

85-535: The Edwardian Kennington Empire would have been in decline by the time of building. After World War II, many theatres that were not destroyed by bombing were in the way of redevelopment. The building boom of 1885 to 1915 was matched between 1950 and 1975 by theatre demolition. In that 25-year period, 35 theatres were demolished in Greater London alone. Crewe's reputation has been re-established over

102-644: The Electric Theatre in Bournemouth , built in 1919 for Alexander Bernstein. In 1920 Masey also designed the Empire Cinema in Willesden for Bernstein. The Grade II listed Phoenix Theatre was designed together with Giles Gilbert Scott and Bertie Crewe , and opened in 1930. It is a West End theatre in the London Borough of Camden , located on Charing Cross Road , at the corner with Flitcroft Street, and with

119-662: The First World War. Masey's designs include the theatre at Stanford Hall, Nottinghamshire . In the early 1930s Masey worked for Sidney Bernstein on the creation of the Granada cinema circuit, including the Tooting Granada. Crewe's last project, jointly with Henry G. Kay was the Regal, Kennington Road (opened 17 November 1937) by the Arthur O'Connor circuit. Designed as split theatre-cinema,

136-557: The Lincoln Theatre Royal as well as a number of theatres around London. It was after he branched out on his own that he developed what was to become his characteristic Baroque-influenced style. His work around the turn of the century was marked by horizontal balconies tied to ranges of stage boxes and elaborate ornamental features. Cecil Masey trained in Crewe's office, working on large theatres and music halls that Crewe designed before

153-507: The century. Crewe became known as one of the most dynamic architects of the 1890s-1900s, specialising entirely in theatres and later cinemas. He also designed the Paris Alhambra for Thomas Barrasford , which opened in 1904. Crewe trained in Paris and London, where, as a young man, he was a frequent visitor to Frank Matcham's home. Up to the mid-1890s, Crewe collaborated with Sprague, producing

170-564: The entrance on Phoenix Street. Other buildings he was involved with include the Grade I listed Granada Cinema with four Corinthian style pillars over the entrance, located in Tooting , an area in the London Borough of Wandsworth , London, which opened in 1931 - one of the great, luxurious cinemas built in the 1930s; the 1932 Grade II listed cinema in Northfields Avenue, West Ealing, later used as

187-531: The last 20 years. In 2004, the Palace Theatre, Redditch , (built 1913) completed a £3.7 million facelift. A now rare example of Edwardian theatre, it was successful in bidding for a Heritage Lottery Fund grant. Experts believe the Grade II-listed theatre is one of only six examples that can be fully attributed to Bertie Crewe. Cecil Masey Cecil Aubrey Masey (28 December 1880 – 7 April 1960)

SECTION 10

#1732851874771

204-555: The same until 1907, when the present frontage, foyer, and lounge were added, spinning the orientation of the entrance to face Clasketgate. A 2010 refurbishment of public non-auditorium space restructured and modernised the foyer and bar areas. The building is Grade II listed . The New Theatre Royal Lincoln was renamed to the Theatre Royal Lincoln and then later changed back the New Theatre Royal Lincoln in 2016 when

221-531: The theatre was taken over and refurbished after the previous management folded. From 1893 to 1954 the theatre was run by a succession of leaseholders and managers presenting popular plays, musicals, music hall stars and film. In 1954 it became a weekly repertory theatre under the Lincoln Theatre Association until bankruptcy in 1976, after which it was taken over by Paul Elliot Entertainments in association with Chris Moreno. Under Elliot it became

238-482: The theatre's lease were unsuccessful. The theatre survived and was taken over by ID Productions , using it as a base for its touring shows. Theatre Royal's professional theatre offer is now largely as a receiving house for UK theatre tours and musical acts. During the Second World War, The Theatre Royal was popular with RAF personnel within the county, particularly Guy Gibson . Sir Patrick Stewart ’s debut as

255-816: Was aired on BBC2 . In 2009, reality TV personality Jade Goody played the 'Wicked Witch' in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , but had to pull out through illness. On 18 March 2011, Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke visited the theatre as part of the campaign in the May 2011 referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) system in UK parliamentary elections. 53°13′50″N 0°32′21″W  /  53.23056°N 0.53919°W  / 53.23056; -0.53919 Bertie Crewe William Robert 'Bertie' Crewe (1860 – 10 January 1937)

272-733: Was an English theatre and cinema architect, born on 28 December 1880 in Lambeth , London. Masey was a pupil of Bertie Crewe —with whom he worked on the Empire music hall in Edmonton of 1908—and from 1909, he went into partnership with architect Roy Young. Some of Masey's earliest designs include the Grade II listed New Wimbledon Theatre , built in 1919 together with Roy Young on the Broadway in Wimbledon, London , and

289-506: Was one of the leading English theatre architects in the boom of 1885 to 1915. Born in Essex and partly trained by Frank Matcham , Crewe and his contemporaries W.G.R. Sprague and Thomas Verity , were together responsible for the majority – certainly more than 200 – of the theatres and variety palaces of the great building boom which took place in Britain between 1885 and 1915, peaking at the turn of

#770229