Royal Osborne Theatre, Manchester

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Royal Osborne Theatre, Manchester

Programme for a staff gathering for the 25th Anniversary of the Royal Osbourne Theatre, Manchester on April the 17th 1921 - Courtesy Philip Gee.

Above - Programme for a staff gathering for the 25th Anniversary of the Royal Osbourne Theatre, Manchester on April the 17th 1921 - Courtesy Philip Gee.

The Royal Osborne Theatre, Manchester opened on the 13th of April 1896, and was built by J. J. Alley who also built several other Theatres in Manchester, including the Metropole, the Hulme Hippodrome and Playhouse, and the Queens Park Hippodrome along with the Pavilion Theatre in Liverpool, and several others in the Broadhead Circuit.

Programme Detail for a staff gathering for the 25th Anniversary of the Royal Osbourne Theatre, Manchester on April the 17th 1921, with Commitee members names listed as Mr. J. Brearly, Mr. E. A. Cameo, Mr. R. Sharples, Mr. A. Lightowler, Mr. C. Wright, Mr. F. Edwards, and Mr. G. Wilson. - Courtesy Philip Gee.

Above - Programme Detail for a staff gathering for the 25th Anniversary of the Royal Osbourne Theatre, Manchester on April the 17th 1921, with Commitee members names listed as Mr. J. Brearly, Mr. E. A. Cameo, Mr. R. Sharples, Mr. A. Lightowler, Mr. C. Wright, Mr. F. Edwards, and Mr. G. Wilson. - Courtesy Philip Gee.

Right - Programme extract with details of forthcoming attractions at the Royal Osbourne Theatre, Manchester, and other Theatres in the W. H. Broadhead & Sons Group. - From a Music Hall Bill at the King's Theatre, Manchester for Monday the 10th of December 1906 - Courtesy Anthony Scott.

The Royal Osborne Theatre was eventually demolished after a fire in 1958.

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