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____________________________________________________________________________________________ Crown Theatre, Corner of Church Street Mather Road, Eccles, Greater Manchester Formerly The Lyceum Theatre - Later The Crown Cinema
Above - The Crown Theatre, Eccles, Manchester in a photograph taken in September 2011 - Courtesy K.R.
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The Theatre was original intended to show legitimate theatre and to prove it, it had a proscenium arch decorated with a representation of William Shakespeare's 'Seven Ages of Man,' however, even in its opening year it was showing bioscope presentations and would soon be home to Variety and Music Hall too. Right - A poster for a Variety show at the Crown Theatre, Manchester on Monday the 4th of October 1920 - Courtesy Stephen Wischhusen - Apologies for the rather blurred photograph. There is a picture of the Crown Theatre frontage here. The Theatre was renamed the Crown Theatre in 1907 when it had a change of ownership, and then the Crown Cinema in 1932 when it was converted into a Cinema. As a Cinema the Crown continued right up until 1963 when, like so many others around the country, it was converted into a Bingo Hall. The stage house was then demolished leaving only the auditorium and front of house areas in tact. There is a picture of the demolished rear portions of the Crown Theatre here. The Theatre has now been closed altogether for a number of years and is currently subject to a proposal to be further demolished, leaving only its facade, and for the interior to be converted into flats. Some of the information on this page was gleaned from the excellent Cinema Treasures Website here. If you know any more about this Theatre of have programmes or images you are willing to share please Contact Me.. |
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Crown Theatre in Church Street, Eccles, Greater Manchester was designed
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