Updates to the site in 2008

28th December 2008

This Website is now featured in Jonathan Chase's wonderful creation of a virtual Theatre, the Mayfair Theatre, in the online world of Second Life. You can find out all about it on his Blog here. And the SURL for the Mayfair Theatre in Second Life is here.

Carlton Theatre, London - New Image Added

Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich - Page Updated

18th December 2008

S. Beverley Added to the Theatre Architects Page

Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich - New Programme Added

Royal Aquarium, Westminster - New Image Added

Grand Theatre, Brighton - New Programme Added

11th December 2008

Plymouth Theatres - Page Rebuilt and new Information and Images Added

8th December 2008

Comedy Theatre, London - New Image Added

Alhambra Theatre / Odeon Leicester Square - Page Updated and New Image Added

Leicester Square Theatre - New Image Added

Leicester Square Theatres and Cinemas - Page Updated and New Image Added

Liverpool Empire - Page Updated and New Images Added

Charlie Gracie - Page Updated and New Images Added

Theatre Royal, Breck Road, Liverpool - New Information Added

4th December 2008

Liverpool Empire - Page Updated and New Images Added

Charlie Gracie - Page Updated and New Images Added

Windmill Theatre Souvenir Programmes - Dates Updated

Theatre Royal, Breck Road, Liverpool - New Image Added

2nd December 2008

Marlborough Theatre, Holloway, London - New Page Added

Theatre Royal, Breck Road, Liverpool - New Image Added

Royal Hippodrome, Liverpool - New Image Added

30th November 2008

Bulwell Olympia - Listing Updated and Images Added

27th November 2008

Windmill Theatre Feature Updated and New Information and Images Added

Windmill Theatre Page Updated and New Programmes and Information Added

New Windmill Girl Image Added Here

The Windmill Theatre and Vulgarity - New Page Added Here

Piccadilly Theatre - Page Updated and New Image and Information Added

Lyric, Hammersmith - Page Updated and New Image and Information Added

25th November 2008

Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham - New Information and Images Added

23rd November 2008

Theatres in Blyth, Northumberland - New Page Added

Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow - Page Updated

Palace Theatre, Glasgow - New Page Added

20th November 2008

Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street - Page Completely Rebuilt and New Articles and Images Added

Jermyn Street Theatre - Page Updated and New Images Added

18th November 2008

Leicester Square Theatre / Odeon West End - Page Updated

Carlton Theatre, Haymarket - Page Updated

London's West End Theatres - Page Updated

16th November 2008

Leeds Theatres Completely Reworked - Many New Theatres and Images Added

Finsbury Park Empire - New Programmes Added

Peterborough Theatres - Page Updated with Image of Jack Higson Added

13th November 2008

Thirty Three Years in Tasmania and Victoria by George Thomas Lloyd - Page Updated and New Images Added

Lyric, Hammersmith - New Programme Added

Peterborough Theatres - Page Updated with more information on Jack Higson

12th November 2008

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - New Image Added

11th November 2008

Bradford Empire - Details of Houdini performing at the Theatre Added

10th November 2008

Wimbledon Theatre - New Page Added

Robert Lloyd, Page Updated Again

6th November 2008

Robert Lloyd, Yet More New Information Added

Collin's Music Hall - New Images and Information about Wally Patch Added

Scotia Music Hall / Metropole Theatre, Glasgow - New Information Added

5th November 2008

Windmill Theatre Closure - Page Updated and New Image Added

Robert Lloyd, New Information Added

3rd November 2008

Robert Lloyd, father of Horatio Lloyd and Grandfather of Arthur Lloyd - New Page Added

30th October 2008

Whitehall Theatre / Trafalgar Studios - Page Updated and New Image Added

Windmill Theatre Publicity Photographs - New Image and Information Added to Bottom of Page

Arthur Lloyd's 'I Vowed That I Never Would Leave Her' - Page Updated

29th October 2008

Shakespeare Theatre, Clapham - Details Updated and New Image Added

Royal Globe Theatre, Newcastle Street, London - Page Updated and New Programme Added

Windmill Theatre Feature Updated and New Images Added

Biography of Arthur Lloyd From 'The Early Doors' - Page Rebuilt

28th October 2008

Gaiety Theatre Dublin - New Programme Added

27th October 2008

Clapham Theatres and Cinemas - Page Restructured - Imperial Picture Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Added and new Articles and Images Added

Battersea Palace Music Hall - Page Updated and New Images Added

Tunbridge Wells Opera House - New Images Added

Dublin Theatres - Page Updated and New Images Added

26th October 2008

Ancestry Page Updated with details of Arthur Lloyd's Great Grand Parents and my Great, Great, Great, Great, Grand Parents

Daly's Theatre, London - Page Updated with new Information and Images Added

20th October 2008

Balham Duchess Theatre - New Images Added

London Palladium - Page Updated

Evans's Supper Rooms - Page Updated

16th October 2008

Woolwich Granada Theatre - Listing Updated

Woolwich Granada Opening

Brochure with Article by Theodore Komisarjevsky and Many Images Added here

According to this article in the Stage yesterday United Leisure Gaming have been successful in their application for a gaming license at the London Hippodrome which means it most probably will now be converted into a Casino.

14th October 2008

I am currently working on a completely new and detailed Biography for Arthur Lloyd which will eventually replace the short biography which for the time being can still be found on the site here.

Marylebone Music Hall - New Page Added

Marylebone Theatre - Page Updated and Moved Here

13th October 2008

Charles Jeffreys, Arthur Lloyd's Great Uncle - Details updated and new information Added

Albert Hall, Nottingham - New Listing Added with several Images

12th October 2008

Jermyn Street Theatre, London - New Image Added and Page Updated

Crown / Lyric Theatre, Eccles, Manchester - New Page Added

Grand Theatre, Mansfield - New Image Added

11th October 2008

The Music Hall Index - Page Rebuilt

People in Theatre and Music Hall - Page Rebuilt

10th October 2008

Liverpool Pavilion Theatre - New Images and some first hand information Added

Lottie Collins - New Page Added - Do you know where the mystery Bust is from?

Graeme Smith's new book 'THE Theatre ROYAL: Entertaining a Nation has now been published - Read all about it here.

Morecambe Winter Garden's Victoria Pavilion Theatre - New Image Added

8th October 2008

Grand Theatre, Hull - New Image Added

Canterbury Theatres - Page Updated and Information on the first Marlowe Theatre Added

7th October 2008

Canterbury, Kent Theatres and Halls - New Page Added

Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow - Page Updated and New Images Added

Morecambe Winter Garden's Victoria Pavilion Theatre - Listing Updated and New Images Added

5th October 2008

Glasgow Pavilion Theatre - New Images Added

Glasgow King's Theatre - New Image Added

3rd October 2008

Liverpool's Pavilion Theatre - New Photographs by Ted Bottle Added

Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre - New Photographs by Ted Bottle Added

Mansfield's Palace Theatre - New Photographs by Ted Bottle Added - and Page Updated and Moved Here

Grand Opera House, York - New Article and Image Added

Hackney Empire - Ted Bottle's Pictures have updated captions.

1st October 2008

New Special Feature on the London Hippodrome - From the Playgoer of 1902

30th September 2008

Westminster Theatre - Page Completely Rebuilt - New Articles and Many New Images Added - and Page Moved Here

Victoria Palace Theatre and Royal Standard Music Hall - Page Updated and New Images Added

Jermyn Street Theatre, London - New Page Added

St. James's Theatre - New Images Added

Piccadilly Theatre - New Image Added

Leicester Square Theatre - New Image Added

Apollo Victoria Theatre - Page Updated

27th September 2008

Garston Empire, Liverpool - New Images and Information Added

Garston Palace and Britannia - Brief new entries Added

26th September 2008

About Limelights and Followspots - Page reworked and New Information, Images and Video Added

New London Theatre - New Image Added

London Hippodrome - New Image Added

Theatres Designed or Altered by Ernest Runtz have been Added to the Theatre Architects Page

24th September 2008

The London Hippodrome will be going back to its roots in October when it will be host to the international burlesque cabaret 'La Clique' which opens at the Theatre on the 10th of October 2008 with previews from the 2nd of October. To celebrate this the Hippodrome has now been added to the West End Theatres Page where it rightfully belongs.

London Hippodrome - Page Updated, New Images Added and Page Moved Here

Queen's Theatre, South Shields - New Image and Information Added

23rd September 2008

South Shields - Page completely rebuilt and New Theatres, Articles, and Images Added

21st September 2008

The St. Mary's Gate Theatre Royal Added to the Nottingham Theatres Page

20th September 2008

Nottingham King's Theatre - New Image Added

Nottingham Theatres - More details Added

19th September 2008

Ted Bottle has kindly sent in more of his wonderful Theatre Photographs for inclusion on the site, namely: The Scarborough Opera House - Scarborough Spa Theatre - The Hackney Empire

Hackney Empire - New Information and Many Images Added

Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool - New Image and Information Added

Eastbourne Hippodrome - New Image Added

Nottingham Theatres - New Images and Information Added

18th September 2008

Nottingham Theatres and Halls - New Page Added with many Theatres and Images

Evans's Supper Rooms, Covent Garden - New Article Added and Page Restructured

Alhambra Palace, Hull -New Image Added

17th September 2008

Coventry Theatres - Page Updated and New Images and the Royal Opera House Added

Queen's Theatre, Hull - Page Updated

Palace Theatre, Hull - Page Updated

Theatre Royal and Tivoli Theatre, Hull - Page Reworked and New Informnation Added

Alhambra and Hippodrome, Hull - Page Reworked and New Information Added

16th September 2008

Scarborough Opera House - New Images Added

Royal Park Theatre, Camden - New Page Added

Alexandra Theatre, Hull - New Images Added

14th September 2008

Chiswick Empire - New Image Added

Cardiff Theatres - Page Updated and New Images Added

Poplar, East London - Page Updated

10th September 2008

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith - Error Corrected and New Information and Images Added

9th September 2008

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith - New section and Images Added

Grand Theatre & Opera House, Croydon - New Programme Added

7th September 2008

Shepherds Bush Empire - Page Rebuilt and New Information and Images Added

Olympia Theatre, Liverpool - New Image Added

Comedy Theatre, London - New Programme Added

Theatre Royal, Bristol - New Images Added

St. Martin's Theatre, London - New Programme Added

3rd September 2008

Grand Theatre, Plymouth - New Information and Image Added

Manchester Hippodrome - New Image Added

2nd September 2008

Lyceum Theatre, London - New Images Added

27th August 2008

Winchester Theatres - New Images Added

Metropolitan Theatre, Edgware Road - Page Updated and New Images and Article Added

26th August 2008

Holborn Theatre - New Page Added

25th August 2008

Bradford Palace Theatre - New Images Added

Leicester Square Theatre - New Images Added

Royal Aquarium, Westminster - New Image Added

The ERA - New Image Added

21st August 2008

Trocadero, Elephant & Castle - New Information on the Wurlitzer Organ and New Images and Video Added

South Shields Empire - New Image Added and Page Moved Here

Leicester Square Theatre - New Image Added

20th August 2008

Finsbury Park Empire - New Programme Added

Winchester Theatre Royal, New Article and Images Added

Memories of Show Business by Percy G Court, 1953 - New Images Added

19th August 2008

Trocadero, Elephant & Castle - New Images and Article Added

More Winchester Theatres Added

Theatre Architects - Page Updated

18th August 2008

Winchester Theatres - New Page Added with New Articles and Images

Brixton Theatre - New Image Added

17th August 2008

Lyceum Theatre, London - Page Restructured and Many New Images and Articles Added

Croydon Grand Theatre - New Image Added

Graeme Smith - Page Updated and New Images Added

12th August 2008

Tunbridge Wells Theatres and Halls - New Page Added with Many Images and Articles

Tunbridge Wells Opera House Images - New Page Added

8th August 2008

Mrs. J. L. Graydon, formerly Miss Lottie Cherry - New Information and Image Added

Alhambra Theatre, Brighton - New Information and Image Added

Foresters Music Hall, London - New Information and Image Added

Middlesex Music Hall, London, (The New London Theatre stands on the site) - New Information and Image Added

5th August 2008

Day's Crystal Palace, Birmingham - New Images Added

Terry's Theatre, Strand, London - Page Updated and New Article and Images Added

Walter Emden' Theatres added to the Theatre Architects page and Page Restructured

1st August 2008

Windmill Theatre Feature Updated and All Revudeville Souvenir Programmes Added Here

29th July 2008

Streatham Hill Theatre - Page reworked and Many New Images Added

Brixton Theatres - Page Updated and Many New Images Added

28th July 2008

Peckham Crown Theatre / Gaumont Cinema - New Image Added

Trocadero Super Cinema, New Kent Road, Elephant & Castle - New Image, Video, and Information Added

26th July 2008

Duke of Yorks Theatre, Brighton - New Page Added

Glasgow Empire Theatre - New Image Added

Empire Theatre of Varieties, Hastings - New Image Added

Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre - New Image Added

25th July 2008

Wrexham Hippodrome - Page Updated and Video Added

Opening of the then new Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre in 1965

Elephant & Castle Theatre - New Image Added

Trocadero Super Cinema, New Kent Road, Elephant & Castle - New Image Added

24th July 2008

The National Theatre on London's South Bank - New Page Added with many Articles and Images

Scarborough's Theatres and Halls - Page Restructured and New Images, Articles and Theatres Added

23rd July 2008

Eastbourne Theatres - Page Updated and New Article and Images Added

Elephant & Castle Theatre - Page Updated and New Images Added

Trocadero Super Cinema, New Kent Road, Elephant & Castle - New Page Added

The Gaiety Theatre site from the 1800s to the present day - New Image Added

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - New Image Added

22nd July 2008

St. James's Theatre, London - Page Updated and New Images Added, and New Poster Added Here

18th July 2008

Burials Page - Many people Added

16th July 2008

Adelphi Theatre, London - Page Restructured and New Images of the Century Theatre / Third Adelphi Theatre Added

Metropole Theatre, Manchester - New Image Added

Queens Park Hippodrome, Manchester - New Image Added

Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham - New Image Added

Moss Empires in the 50s - New Image Added

Twilight of the Touring Review - New Image Added

15th July 2008

Adelphi Theatre, London - Many New Images Added

Imperial Theatre, Westminster - New Image Added

11th July 2008

Harry Lloyd's Paintings of the Titanic in 1912 - New Images and Information Added Here and Here

9th July 2008

Croydon Grand Theatre and Opera House - New Image and Information Added

Stockport Davenport Theatre - Error Corrected

7th July 2008

Kennington Theatre - New Images Added

Arthur Lloyd's Biography Updated with new image of his birthplace Added

Arthur Lloyd's Addresses in Edinburgh - New Images Added

Arthur Lloyd's Addresses - New Images Added

Burial Page Updated with details for Vesta Tilley, Lupino Lane, and Vesta Victoria Added

25th June 2008

Liverpool Theatres - Section Reworked and many new images and several new Theatres Added - Details Below:

Liverpool Empire Theatre - New Programme Added

Lyric Theatre, Liverpool - New Page Added

Hengler's Circus, Liverpool - New Page Added

Royal Muncaster Theatre, Bootle - New Page Added

Prince Of Wales Theatre, Liverpool - New Image Added

Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool - New Image Added

Star Theatre, Liverpool - Two New Images Added

Grand Opera House, Liverpool - New Image Added

Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool - Two New Images Added

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool - New Image Added

22nd June 2008

London Music Hall, Shoreditch - New Image of a Typical Music Hall Audience Added

21st June 2008

Review of Arthur Lloyd in Glasgow Added

Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham - New Image Added

Tivoli Theatre, Birmingham / Later Hippodrome - New Images Added

Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham - New Images Added

19th June 2008

Kennington Theatre - New Page Added with Articles and Many Images

Cecilia Loftus Added to Burials Page

18th June 2008

Glasgow New Metropole Theatre - New Image Added

17th June 2008

Birmingham's Theatres and Halls - Content Restructured - New Theatres, Articles and Images Added

15th June 2008

Royal Osborne Theatre, Manchester - New Image Added

11th June 2008

Robert Briggs and the invention of the Panic Bolt - New Page Added

Woolwich Theatre - New Images Added

Phyllis Dixey - Burial Information Added

9th June 2008

Novello Theatre, London - Page Restructured and New Image Added

6th June 2008

Holywell Street and Wych Street, London - Page updated and New Images Added

4th June 2008

Gaiety Theatre, Manchester - New Information and many new Images Added

Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh - New Article Added

29th May 2008

Grand Theatre, Glasgow - Page Updated

Burials Page - Information on Ivor Novello Added

24th May 2008

Thirty Three Years in Tasmania and Victoria by George Thomas Lloyd - Page Updated

23rd May 2008

Novelty Theatre / Kingsway Theatre, Holborn - New Page Added

22nd May 2008

London Pavilion - Page Restructured and New Images Added

London Opera House / Peacock Theatre, Kingsway - New Image Added

21th May 2008

Her Majesty's Theatre, London - New Image Added

Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London - New Image Added

20th May 2008

Glasgow Alhambra Theatre - New Article Added and page Restructured.

16th May 2008

Kidderminster, Worcestershire Theatres, Music Halls, and Cinemas - New Page Added with many Articles and Images

13th May 2008

Windmill Theatre Feature Updated yet again - This time with a new article and images on the film "Murder at the Windmill"

Information on Arthur Lloyd's Comic Sketch 'Her First Appearance' - New Page Added

12th May 2008

Kilburn Theatres - Page Updated and Gaumont State Cinema Added

Windmill Theatre Feature Updated again - And the Farewell Performance Programme Added to the bottom of this page

Burials Page Updated

11th May 2008

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography is now complete

10th May 2008

Horatio Lloyd - Two New Obituaries Added

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - Chapter 12 - Now has individual page

9th May 2008

Theatre Royal, Hope Street, Glasgow - New Image Added

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 - Now have individual pages

8th May 2008

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh - New Information Added

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 - Now have individual pages

7th May 2008

The Theatre Royal Drury Lane celebrates its birthday today, the first of four Theatres on the site opened on May the 7th, 1663, 345 years ago today. Coincidentally the Drury Lane page has been updated and slightly reconstructed.

Gaiety Theatre, Manchester - New Images Added

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - Chapter 7 - Now has individual page

6th May 2008

Leicester Square Theatres and Cinemas Index - New Image Added

Empire Theatre, Leicester Square - New Image Added

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 - Now have individual pages

5th May 2008

Collins' Music Hall - Page Updated

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Now have individual pages

4th May 2008

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - I am now working on making each chapter a single page on the site but until this is finished the remaining chapters will still be split into many individual pages.

Scotia Music Hall, Glasgow - Page Rebuilt and New Image Added

Royal Osbourne Theatre, Manchester - New Information and Images Added

Kilburn Empire - New Programme Added Here

2nd May 2008

Windmill Theatre Feature Updated - With New Info and Images Here, Here, And Here

Theatres in Guilford - Error Corrected and New Image Added

London Hippodrome in 2003 Feature - New Article added

Milton Colosseum, Cowcaddens Cross, Glasgow - Later - The Prince of Wales Theatre / The Grand Theatre / New Grand Picture House - New Page Added

1st May 2008

Scotia Music Hall, Glasgow - Page Rebuilt and New Article Added

30th April 2008

Royalty Theatre, Glasgow - Page Updated - New Article and Images Added

Prince's Theatre, Glasgow - Page Updated and New Image Added

The site of the Gaiety Theatre from the 1800s to the present day - New Image Added

29th April 2008

Theatre Royal, Hope Street, Glasgow - New Article and Images Added and Page Restructured

Embassy Theatre and Holborn Restaurant, Kingsway - Page Updated and New Images Added

28th April 2008

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - Transcription Finally Completed

Windmill Theatre Feature Updated yet again

27th April 2008

Windmill Theatre Feature - Feature Updated with Opening Night Programme and Several New Images Added

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - More Pages Transcribed

26th April 2008

Alston Street Theatre or Playhouse, Grahamston, Glasgow - New Page Added

24th April 2008

Theatre Royals, Edinburgh - Page Updated and Rebuilt

23rd April 2008

Theatre Royal, Queen Street, Glasgow - Page Updated and New Image Added

22nd April 2008

Collins' Music Hall - Page Updated and New Image Added

Windmill Theatre Feature - Front Page Updated

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - More Pages Transcribed

19th April 2008

Harry King Lloyd - Page Updated and New Image Added

Theatre Royal, Queen Street, Glasgow - New Page Added

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - More Pages Transcribed

18th April 2008

Special Feature on the memoirs of Percy G. Court, who began his career as a Stage Carpenter in the late 1800s and retired as a well-known theatre and tour manager in the late 1940s. This fascinating first hand account was originally hand written and has been transcribed from the original diaries and very kindly sent for inclusion on this site by Stephen Wischhusen. - Chapter Five Added - and the Feature is now Complete.

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - More Pages Transcribed

17th April 2008

Horatio Lloyd's Autobiography - More Pages Transcribed

16th April 2008

Chapter Four of Percy Court's Memoirs - Touring with The Royal Majestic Circus - New Page Added

His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen - New Images Added

Wood Green Empire - New Article Added

15th April 2008

Carlton Theatre, Haymarket, London - Page Updated

13th April 2008

Chapter Three of Percy Court's Memoirs - The War Years and Variety - New Page Added

Liverpool Theatres Index - Page Updated