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Shakespeare Music Hall / Star Music Hall / New Star Theatre of Varieties / People's Palace of Amusements / Watson Street, Near Glasgow Cross, Glasgow.

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The Shakespeare was the swell hall of the Saltmarket, forerunner to Davie Brown's and the Whitebait.

It was owned by Paddy McGowan and ultimately by W.G. Ross. The Shakespeare was converted to a mission hall for Harry Alfred Lond.

Above Left - Programme cover for Arthur Lloyd's Shakespeare Music Hall 1881. To see the programme enlarged visit the The Glasgow Story.

Arthur Lloyd is known to have bought and run the Shakespeare Music Hall in 1881

Right - Poster for the opening night of Arthur Lloyd's Shakespeare Music Hall - October 1881 - Click to enlarge.

Considering The Shakespeare Music Hall was only open for 14 weeks the two images on this page are extraordinarily rare.

The poster right is one of a large collection of original Lloyd Posters collected since the mid 1800s by members of the family and found recently after being lost for 50 years. To see all these posters click the Poster Index here...

It would appear that Arthur's time at the Shakespeare Music Hall was not the success he had wished for. The venture only lasted 14 weeks and by the early months of the following year Arthur was filing for Bankruptcy, see the cuttings below:

The Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
In the London Bankruptcy Court.

In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Arthur Rice Lloyd, of 57, Jeffreys-road, Clapham, in the county of Surrey, Professional Vocalist, late of the Shakespeare Music Hall, Watson-street, in the city of Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, Music Hall Lessee, and previously of 296, Essex-road, Islington, in the county of Middlesex, Professional Vocalist, formerly of the Queens Theatre, Dublin.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 14, 1882.

The Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
In the London Bankruptcy Court.

In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Arthur Rice Lloyd, of 57, Jeffreys-road, Clapham, in the county of Surrey, Professional Vocalist, late of the Shakespeare Music Hall, Watson-street, in the city of Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, Music Hall Lessee, and previously of 296, Essex-road, Islington, in the county of Middlesex, Professional Vocalist, formerly of the Queens Theatre, Dublin.

Cuttings kindly sent in by John Grice.