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Above - Detail of the auditorium and procenium arch
of the Opera House, Manchester in 1980
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The Opera House on Quay Street, Manchester was built in 1912 by Farquharson, Richardson & Gill and originally opened as the New Theatre. The Theatre became the New Queens Theatre in 1915, and didn't actually become the Opera House until 1920.
Left - Programme for 'Murder in Mayfair' by Ivor Novello, and staring Novello, Fay Compton, and Edna Best, at the Opera House, Manchester in August 1934. Right - Programme for Prince Littler's 'Glamorous Nights' by Ivor Novello, a transfer from London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane, at the Opera House, Manchester in February 1936. |
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Above - The auditorium of the Opera House, Manchester
in 1980
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Left - The Opera House, Manchester - From a Programme 1934. Right - Wartime Programme for 'The Love Racket' with Arthur Askey at the Opera House, Manchester in September 1943. |
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