Fonds GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/46 - Great National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch: Playbills and Posters

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GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/46

Title

Great National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch: Playbills and Posters

Date(s)

  • 1837-1862 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

13 items

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Biographical history

The National Standard Theatre, located in Shoreditch High Street, was originally built in 1837 with a horse shoe auditorium seating 3,400 but was destroyed by fire in 1866; rebuilt and reopened December 1867 with a seating capacity of 3000; rebuilt for a third time by Bertie Crewe with a capacity of 2,463; by November 1926 it was in use as a cinema called The New Olympia Picturedrome; building demolished in 1940.

Archival history

GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/46 1837-1862 Fonds 13 items Great National Standard Theatre , Shoreditch

The National Standard Theatre, located in Shoreditch High Street, was originally built in 1837 with a horse shoe auditorium seating 3,400 but was destroyed by fire in 1866; rebuilt and reopened December 1867 with a seating capacity of 3000; rebuilt for a third time by Bertie Crewe with a capacity of 2,463; by November 1926 it was in use as a cinema called The New Olympia Picturedrome; building demolished in 1940.

Collected by C.W.F.Goss as part of the Institute's London Collection.

Thirteen playbills and posters advertising various performances and acts appearing at the Great National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, including performances by Sims Reeves, Mrs Marriott, James Anderson and others (1837 - 1862).

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Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
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Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

12 January 2006 Great National Standard Theatre , Shoreditch Theatre Performing arts

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Collected by C.W.F.Goss as part of the Institute's London Collection.

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Scope and content

Thirteen playbills and posters advertising various performances and acts appearing at the Great National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, including performances by Sims Reeves, Mrs Marriott, James Anderson and others (1837 - 1862).

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Accruals

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No further arrangement.

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Open

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Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Bishopsgate Institute

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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