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The Alhambra Opera House and Music Hall, 85 King's Road, Brighton Later - The Palladium Cinema
Above - The auditorium of the Brighton Alhambra from a 1909 programme - Courtesy Colin Clarke |
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The Brighton Alhambra Opera House and Music Hall was built by the renowned Theatre Architect Frank Matcham and opened in 1888.
Above - A 1909 Music Hall programme for the Brighton Alhambra - Courtesy Colin Clarke
Above - A 1909 Music Hall programme for the Brighton Alhambra - Courtesy Colin Clarke The Theatre closed in 1912 and was converted into a Cinema called the Palladium Cinema with a capacity of 1,200. In 1936 The Theatre was bought by the Odeon Circuit and renamed the Odeon Cinema when the Facade was modernised in the Art Deco style. But the Cinema was renamed back again in 1937 to the Palladium Cinema. The Site of the former Alhambra Opera House is now home to the Brighton Centre. For more information and pictures of the Alhambra Opera House you may like to visit this site... If you have any more information about this Theatre or images you are willing to share then please Contact Me Here... |
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Popular Managers, Mrs. J. L. Graydon - The Encore April 19th 1895
Right - Mrs. J. L. Graydon, also known as Miss Lottie Cherry in her Music Hall performing days, helped her husband Mr. J. L. Graydon run the Middlesex Music Hall. She also helped manage Foresters Music Hall with her husband and then went on to manage the Alhambra in Brighton. - From the Encore April 19th 1895 - Courtesy Jean Green, Great Granddaughter of John William Cherry.
At an early age Mrs. Graydon took to the variety stage, and as Miss Lottie Cherry was a bright particular star, and she can tell you as a star turn she did nor receive anything like the amounts that are paid to star turns of the present day; amongst her principle songs that she sung and were whistled in the streets we might mention "Under my umbrella," "They call me the merry little Captain of the Guard," "Who'll buy my water-cresses," and "Starlight Nell." Mrs. Graydon was appointed last year manageress to the Alhambra, Brighton by the directors of the General Purposes Syndicate, Limited, and it was a wise choice, for Mrs. Graydon is a past mistress of the art, having graduated at the Foresters, which hall was owned by her husband, Mr. J. L. Graydon, and which he sold some seven years ago to Mr. Lusby, the present proprietor. Mrs. Graydon was practically the manageress of the Foresters for over three years, and since then the principle that two heads are better than one, has helped her husband materially in the management of the Middlesex. The Alhambra, Brighton, was opened in December, 1893, and the status of the hall has fallen to a low ebb, but Mrs. Graydon has altered matters, and has removed all traces of anything like failure. (Please note that the date of opening above is at odds with the date I have for the opening of the Theatre in 1888 - M.L.) Text and images from from the Encore, April 19th 1895 - Courtesy Jean Green, Great Granddaughter of John William Cherry, who writes: 'During my Family history search I came across a cutting from a paper dated April 19th showing Mrs J L Graydon (nee Charlotte Elizabeth Cherry) born 1849. Her father was a professor of music and songwriter, amongst the music he wrote were "Will o' the wisp," "Shells of the ocean," "Trees of the forest," "Beautiful is the sea," "Dear little Shamrock," and "Moonlight on the ocean.' - Courtesy Jean Green. |
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Mrs.
Graydon belongs to a talented family; her father was Mr. Cherry, a song-writer
and composer, and in his time was the most popular song-writer of the
day, and he has immortalised himself by being the author and composer
of "Will o' the Wisp"; her brother Alfred was a very fine
solo pianist and a good all-round athlete.