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________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Globe Theatre, Corner of Stevenson Street and Tobago Street, Calton, Glasgow Later - The Calton
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The Globe Theatre operated in the East End, in Calton on the corner of Stevenson Street and Tobago Street. Modest in style it was designed as part of a development of tenements, theatre and hall by the eminent architect John Baird, who was also the architect of the Glasgow Herald building in Buchanan Street and had helped design Hamilton Palace.
Left - Harcourt Cecil Beryl - From The Bailie, Jan 5th, 1881 - Courtesy Graeme Smith. Reporting on its opening night the Era added Whyatt`s speech saying: "Ladles and Gentlemen, I believe I am pretty well known to you as an actor at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and now allow me to present myself to you as Manager of the Globe Theatre. It is my intention to produce in this establishment the best plays by the best companies travelling in the Provinces. I can arrange for the best travelling companies to come to this Theatre. You may think it strange that companies will come to so small a house, and certainly there would be great difficulty in bringing those of Caste or The Two Roses, or actors like Mr Sothern or Mr Took, unless the Manger had some hold on them. When I explain to you, however, that I have the Management of three other Theatres, in Sunderland, South Shields, and Hartlepool, you will easily understand that it will be a matter of business to those companies and those actors to visit all establishments under my Management - including the Globe Theatre - or none. I cannot promise that I will always be here myself, but I leave behind me an excellent Stage Manager in Mr Slater - a gentleman well known to you as a member of the company of Mr Glover on the first magnificent production of The Lady of the Lake. The Theatre held over 1,000 and its gallery was around three sides. Ticket prices were: Stalls (leather cushioned and backed) 2/- Balcony Stalls (leather cushioned) 1/6d - Balcony and Pit 1/- - Gallery 6d. Right - A Postcard depicting the actress Jenny Willmore (Mrs Goddard Whyatt) performing on Broadway in a play called 'Ixion' - From a painting held at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC - Courtesy Graeme Smith. The photo (postcard) you show of Jenny Willmore Whyatt is actually in a collection at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC and depicts Jenny performing, on Broadway, in a play called Ixion. At the end of 1876 Whyatt was followed by Auguste Creamer known in Britain for “Irish low comedy” who then moved his company to Dundee and to towns in England. In turn he was succeeded by Irvine & Roselle (who also ran the Alexandra Music Hall, at the Theatre Royal buildings in Hope Street at Cowcaddens). And the Globe Theatre continued into the 1880s when it was also used as a public hall. From 1890 it was leased to the Gospel Army Mission and later became the Calton Tabernacle. This article on the Globe Theatre, Glasgow was kindly sent in for inclusion on this site by Graeme Smith, and is from research for his planned book on Glasgow`s famous Alhambra Theatre, a sequel to The Theatre Royal : Entertaining a Nation, Details here. |
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It
was opened at the end of 
The
Acting-Management will devolve upon Mr Cecil Beryl who has gained his
experience in the best Theatres in the country, and who, I am sure,
will be careful in attending to your comfort. I am in treaty for a number
of the very beet novelties travelling, including Mr Dion Boucicault's
Shaughraun, and I may assure you that nothing will be wanting
on my part to produce in this Theatre a succession of the most brilliant
theatrical novelties of the present day." (Loud cheers.) The