Liverpool Theatres and Halls Past & Present
In 2008 Liverpool Celebrated its status as the European Capital of Culture
Above - Sketches of many of Liverpool's, Theatres - From 'The Playgoer' of 1901 - Courtesy Iain Wotherspoon.
Empire Theatre - Still in Theatrical Use
Everyman Theatre - Still in Theatrical Use
Philharmonic Hall - Still in Theatrical Use
Playhouse Theatre - Still in Theatrical Use
Royal Court Theatre - Still in Theatrical Use
Olympia Theatre - Still in part Theatrical Use
Epstein / Neptune Theatre / Crane Hall - Refurbished
St. George's Hall - Still in Use
Garston Royal Palace of Varieties / Theatre Royal
Liver Music Hall, Mersey Street
Pantheon Theatre, Church Street
Queen's Theatre, Parradise Street
Queen's Theatre, Charlotte Street
Queen's Music Hall / Bijou Theatre
Royal Liver Theatre, Church Street
Royal Muncaster Theatre, Bootle
Theatre Royal, Williamson Square
Arthur Lloyd is known to have performed in Liverpool in: 1867, 1871, 1890, 1895, 1896, 1901, 1902.
See also Moss Empires Theatres in the Fifities by Donald Auty.
The Festival of Britain
In 1951 Liverpool celebrated the Festival of Britain along with the rest of the Country. For details of the events that took place and the venues they were held in click the Festival Programme above.
The number of cinemas in the Liverpool area peaked
at over ninety and this book tells the story of the rise and
fall of them, plus their eventual fate. An A to Z gallery of
the picture houses gives brief details of each one, along with
external, internal views and ephemera. As a bonus there are
four case studies, which detail the politics behind their creation
and the reasons for their demise.
With hundreds of pictures, some in colour, plus line drawings and paperwork, this is a must for anybody who was a cinemagoer, or who just wants to see what we had and then lost. Five years in the making, this is the end product to share the memories of a vanished era.
After The Pictures by Keith G. Rose is Published by Alba Printers Ltd. Dumfries, Scotland Softback, 193 pages, A4, ISBN 13:978-0-9554737-2-2 Price £16. 99. Buy this book at Amazon.co.uk.
