query: who built the first public playhouse in london

pos: The Theatre The Theatre The Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse in Shoreditch (in Curtain Road, part of the modern London Borough of Hackney), just outside the City of London. It was the second permanent theatre ever built in England, after the Red Lion, and the first successful one. Built by actor-manager James Burbage, near the family home in Holywell Street, The Theatre is considered the first theatre built in London for the sole purpose of theatrical productions. The Theatre's history includes a number of important acting troupes including the Lord Chamberlain's Men, which employed Shakespeare as actor and playwright. After a dispute

pos: The Theatre a Foxtons office. Berry, Herbert. "John Brayne and his other brother-in-law." Shakespeare Studies (2002): 93+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. The Theatre The Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse in Shoreditch (in Curtain Road, part of the modern London Borough of Hackney), just outside the City of London. It was the second permanent theatre ever built in England, after the Red Lion, and the first successful one. Built by actor-manager James Burbage, near the family home in Holywell Street, The Theatre is considered the first theatre built in London for the sole purpose of theatrical productions. The Theatre's history

pos: West End theatre 1986. Box office revenues also exceeded £700,000,000. Famous screen actors, British and international alike, frequently appear on the London stage. Theatre in London flourished after the English Reformation. The first permanent public playhouse, known simply as The Theatre, was constructed in 1576 in Shoreditch by James Burbage. It was soon joined by The Curtain. Both are known to have been used by William Shakespeare's company. In 1599, the timber from The Theatre was moved to Southwark, where it was used in building the Globe Theatre in a new theatre district formed beyond the controls of the City corporation. These theatres

neg: Lisle's Tennis Court Lisle's Tennis Court Lisle's Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. Originally built as a real tennis court, it was used as a playhouse during two periods, 1661–1674 and 1695–1705. During the early period, the theatre was called Lincoln's Inn Fields Playhouse, also known as The Duke's Playhouse, The New Theatre or The Opera. The building was demolished and replaced by a purpose-built theatre for a third period, 1714–1728. The tennis court theatre was the first public playhouse in London to feature the moveable scenery that would become a standard feature of Restoration

neg: Red Lion (theatre) Red Lion (theatre) The Red Lion was an Elizabethan playhouse located in Whitechapel (part of the modern Borough of Tower Hamlets), just outside the City of London. Built in 1567, by John Brayne, formerly a grocer, this theatre was a short-lived attempt to provide a purpose-built playhouse, the first known in London, for the many Tudor touring theatrical companies. The Red Lion had been a farm, but a single gallery multi-sided theatre (constructed by John Williams), with a fixed stage by , standing above the audience, was built by John Reynolds, in the garden of the farmhouse. The stage was

neg: Red Lion (theatre) was a "receiving house" for touring companies, whereas "The Theatre" accepted long-term engagements, essentially in "repertory", with companies being based there. The former was a continuation of the tradition of touring groups, performing at inns and grand houses, the latter a radically new form of theatrical engagement. Red Lion (theatre) The Red Lion was an Elizabethan playhouse located in Whitechapel (part of the modern Borough of Tower Hamlets), just outside the City of London. Built in 1567, by John Brayne, formerly a grocer, this theatre was a short-lived attempt to provide a purpose-built playhouse, the first known in London, for

neg: The Theatre John Hind was one of the creditors for the construction of The Theatre, however, almost nothing else is known about him except that there was also a contract between him and Burbage/Brayne which entailed that he arrange players for them. One of their schemes was to put on plays in The Theatre while it was still being built, to raise money for further construction. Although Burbage's son later claimed the Theatre as the first permanent playhouse in the London conurbation, it may not have been the first permanent theatre to serve Londoners. The Newington Butts playhouse may have been built

neg: Prescot Playhouse Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, or William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, as a purpose-built venue for their actors, known as Lord Strange's Men or the Earl of Derby's Men, when they were forced out of London by the 1592 plague outbreak. Lord Strange's Men are known to have been performers of some of Shakespeare's earliest plays. The playhouse was possibly the only purpose-built, free-standing theatre in England outside London at that time. By 1609 the building had been converted into a dwelling. George believes that it probably remained in use as a playhouse until that year. Graham and

neg: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Sam Wanamaker Playhouse The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor theatre forming part of Shakespeare's Globe, along with the Globe Theatre on Bankside, London. Built making use of 17th-century plans for an indoor theatre, the playhouse recalls the layout and style of the Blackfriars Theatre, although it is not an exact reconstruction. Its shell was built during the construction of the Shakespeare's Globe complex, notable for the reconstruction of the open-air Globe Theatre of the same period. The shell was used as a space for education workshops and rehearsals until enough money was raised to complete the playhouse. It opened

neg: Curtain Theatre Curtain Theatre The Curtain Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse located in Hewett Street, Shoreditch (part of the modern London Borough of Hackney), just outside the City of London. It opened in 1577, and continued staging plays until 1624. The Curtain was built some south of London's first playhouse, The Theatre, which had opened a year before, in 1576. It was called the "Curtain" because it was located near a plot of land called Curtain Close, not because of the sort of front curtain associated with modern theatres, but of its proximity of the City walls, curtain or curtain wall referring

neg: Shakespeare in performance the Globe Theatre, the first London playhouse built by actors for actors, on the south bank of the Thames at Southwark. The Globe opened in autumn 1599, with "Julius Caesar" one of the first plays staged. Most of Shakespeare's greatest post-1599 plays were written for the Globe, including "Hamlet", "Othello" and "King Lear". The Globe, like London's other open-roofed public theatres, employed a thrust-stage, covered by a cloth canopy. A two-storey facade at the rear of the stage hid the tiring house and, through windows near the top of the facade, opportunities for balcony scenes such as the one in

neg: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse In the winter 2015-16 season Shakespeare's four late tragicomic plays – "Pericles", "Cymbeline", "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest" – were staged. Sam Wanamaker Playhouse The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor theatre forming part of Shakespeare's Globe, along with the Globe Theatre on Bankside, London. Built making use of 17th-century plans for an indoor theatre, the playhouse recalls the layout and style of the Blackfriars Theatre, although it is not an exact reconstruction. Its shell was built during the construction of the Shakespeare's Globe complex, notable for the reconstruction of the open-air Globe Theatre of the same period. The

neg: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Letters Patent to two parties licensing the formation of new acting companies. One of these went to Thomas Killigrew, whose company became known as the King's Company, and who built a new theatre in Drury Lane. The Letters Patent also granted the two companies a shared monopoly on the public performance of legitimate drama in London; this monopoly was challenged in the 18th century by new venues and by a certain slipperiness in the definition of "legitimate drama," but remained legally in place until 1843. The new playhouse, architect unknown, opened on 7 May 1663 and was known from the

neg: Southwark Playhouse of a Section 106 agreement when the station is completed in 2018. In July 2012 it was announced that, due to the redevelopment of London Bridge Station, Southwark Playhouse would not be able to keep its home underneath the arches of the station. After a high-profile public campaign backed by Stephen Fry and Andy Serkis, a space was secured in the new station complex as part of a Section 106 agreement with Network Rail which will allow the theatre to return to its London Bridge premises when the redevelopment is completed in 2018. From 2013 to 2018 Southwark Playhouse is

neg: The Playhouse, Colchester The Playhouse, Colchester The Playhouse, also known as the A.B.C. is a former theatre in Colchester, Essex, that has been a Wetherspoon's pub since 1994. The Playhouse Theatre was built in 1929 by John Fairweather; and the first production in 1929 was the Winter Garden Theatre's So This Is Love. In 1930, The Playhouse became a cinema, the interior was redesigned in 1931, and in 1932, the cinema was taken over by Associated British Cinemas. The building was redeveloped in 1962, and renamed the A.B.C. In 1981, the building was taken over by EMI, who used it as a bingo

neg: Pioneer Playhouse in 2012. Robby Henson, her son, directs at least one play at the theater every summer. Pioneer Playhouse The Pioneer Playhouse, located in Danville, Kentucky, is the oldest outdoor theater in the state of Kentucky. The Pioneer Playhouse was built by Col. Eben C. Henson who established the outdoor theater in 1950. Notable alumni actors include John Travolta, Lee Majors, then known as Harvey Yeary, and Jim Varney. In 1962, Pioneer Playhouse became the first theater in the nation to be accorded the legal status of State Theater by act of Legislation. Since Henson's death in 2004 the theater has

neg: Pioneer Playhouse Pioneer Playhouse The Pioneer Playhouse, located in Danville, Kentucky, is the oldest outdoor theater in the state of Kentucky. The Pioneer Playhouse was built by Col. Eben C. Henson who established the outdoor theater in 1950. Notable alumni actors include John Travolta, Lee Majors, then known as Harvey Yeary, and Jim Varney. In 1962, Pioneer Playhouse became the first theater in the nation to be accorded the legal status of State Theater by act of Legislation. Since Henson's death in 2004 the theater has been run by Henson's widow, Charlotte. Her daughter Holly served as artistic director until her death

neg: Irish literature Great Hall in Dublin Castle. Mountjoy started a fashion, and private performances became quite commonplace in great houses all over Ireland over the following thirty years. The Werburgh Street Theatre in Dublin is generally identified as the "first custom-built theatre in the city," "the only pre-Restoration playhouse outside London," and the "first Irish playhouse." The Werburgh Street Theatre was established by John Ogilby at least by 1637 and perhaps as early as 1634. The earliest Irish-born dramatists of note were: William Congreve (1670–1729), author of "The Way of the World" (1700) and one of the most interesting writers of Restoration

neg: Calcutta Theatre Calcutta Theatre The Calcutta Theatre or The New Playhouse, was an historic theatre in Calcutta (now named Kolkata) in India, founded in 1775. It was the second theatre in the city of Calcutta. The first theatre in Calcutta, The Playhouse, was a modest local at the Lal Bazar, founded in 1756. It was replaced by the Calcutta Theatre, which was founded in 1775. It was situated near the Northern section of Clive Street and to the north of Writers Buildings, and built funded by the subscriptions sharers of one hundred rupees each. David Garrick of London recommended a Bernard Massinck

neg: Boar's Head Theatre High Street. Berry notes that "it became a playhouse partly because of where it was — just outside the City of London … a few feet beyond the ordinary jurisdiction of the lord mayor and his aldermen." As Alexander Leggatt notes, the Boar's Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599. In 1616, the lease of the space to Oliver Woodliffe, one of the men responsible for expanding the theatre, expired,

neg: Prescot Playhouse Prescot Playhouse The Prescot Playhouse was an Elizabethan theatre in the town of Prescot, which was then in Lancashire. The playhouse was built before 1603, probably in the mid-1590s, and probably remained in theatrical use until 1609. It was one of the few free-standing theatres in England outside London, and probably hosted performances by the playing companies maintained by the Earls of Derby. The theatre's existence was discovered in court records by F. A. Bailey, a local historian, in 1952. The records describe the plot of land on which it stood as long on its north and south sides, on

neg: War Memorial Plaza rebuilt in brick and stone in 1813, (replacing first playhouse built of wood in 1795), designed by famous local architect Robert Cary Long, with a front facade in stone of Greek Revival style which was the most notable playhouse in Baltimore for decades. It is said that the first public singing of the future National Anthem reputedly by Ferdinand Durang, (c.1785-1831), occurred on the stage here in late September 1814, near the end of the War of 1812, when the poem of ""The Defence of Fort McHenry"" written by American Georgetown lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key, when he

neg: Shakespeare's Globe Dead’s" first season was performed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, which is the indoor Jacobean style theatre. The play selected for that occasion was Robert Daborne’s "A Christian Turn'd Turk". The Globe's productions are often screened in cinemas and released on DVD. In 2015, the venue launched Globe Player, a video-on-demand service enabling viewers to watch the plays on laptops and mobile devices. Replicas and free interpretations of the Globe have been built around the world: Shakespeare's Globe Shakespeare's Globe is the complex housing a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse associated with William Shakespeare, in the London

neg: Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham Playhouse is a theatre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It was first established as a repertory theatre in 1948 when it operated from a former cinema in Goldsmith Street. Directors during this period included Val May and Frank Dunlop. The current building opened in 1963. The architect of the current theatre, constructed as an example of Modern architecture. was Peter Moro who had worked on the interior design of the Royal Festival Hall in London. When the theatre was completed, it was controversial as it faces the gothic revival Roman Catholic cathedral designed by Augustus Pugin. However, the

neg: Rochester Community Players Theater, built in 1903. In 1926, RCP purchased the Playhouse, located at 820 South Clinton Avenue in Rochester. The Playhouse was built as a church, but had been used as a machine shop for the eight years prior to RCP's purchase. The first RCP production at the Playhouse was "Captain Applejack" by Walter Hackett, opening November 1, 1926. The last RCP production at the Playhouse before it was sold in 1984 was "Spoon River Anthology", by Edgar Lee Masters, which opened May 11, 1984. RCP staged approximately 500 productions at the Playhouse. From 1984 to 1992 RCP's productions were staged

neg: The Rose (theatre) The Rose (theatre) The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre (1576), the Curtain (1577), and the theatre at Newington Butts (c. 1580?) – and the first of several playhouses to be situated in Bankside, Southwark, in a liberty outside the jurisdiction of the City of London's civic authorities. The Rose was built in 1587 by Philip Henslowe and by a grocer named John Cholmley. It was the first purpose-built playhouse to ever stage a production of any of Shakespeare's plays. The theatre was built on a messuage

neg: Geffen Playhouse Geffen Playhouse The Geffen Playhouse (or the Geffen) is a not-for-profit theater company founded by Gilbert Cates in 1995. It produced in two venues, both owned by University of California Los Angeles. The Playhouse is located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was named for donor David Geffen. The current executive director is Gil Cates Jr. The Geffen Playhouse was built in 1929 as the "Masonic Affiliates Club", or the MAC, for students and alumni at UCLA. One of the first 12 structures built in Westwood Village, it was designed by architect Stiles O. Clements. Originally named

neg: Shakespeare's Globe by the actor and director Sam Wanamaker, built about from the site of the original theatre and opened to the public in 1997, with a production of "Henry V". The site also includes the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, an indoor theatre which opened in January 2014. This is a smaller, candle-lit space based on the indoor playhouses of Jacobean London. The Sackler Studios, an educational and rehearsal studio complex, is situated just around the corner from the main site. There is also an exhibition about Shakespeare's life and work. In 1970, American actor and director Sam Wanamaker founded the Shakespeare Globe

neg: Peter Moro my former students whose ideas of design were sympathetic to my own." He was made a RIBA Fellow in 1948. From 1952 to 1984 he led Peter Moro and Partners, designing Fairlawn Primary School, Lewisham in 1957. His design for his own house at 20, Blackheath Park, a pavilion with a raised living floor, was one of the first post-war buildings to be listed. The practice also designed public housing for the Greater London Council and the London Borough of Southwark. In 1964, Moro completed his first theatre, The Playhouse, Nottingham. It was one of the earliest theatres to be

neg: Playhouse 90 laws. Soon afterward, however, CBS received an oral opinion from its legal counsel that no laws had been violated, and the show continued. Writers for the series included Robert Alan Aurthur, Rod Serling, Whitfield Cook, David E. Durston, Sumner Locke Elliott, Horton Foote, Frank D. Gilroy, Roger O. Hirson, A. E. Hotchner, Abby Mann, JP Miller, Paul Monash, and Leslie Stevens. Playwright Tad Mosel, who wrote four teleplays for "Playhouse 90", recalled, "My first "Playhouse 90" was glamour... Glamour had come to television because CBS had built this magnificent Television City in Los Angeles... Television had come to deserve buildings

neg: BBC Sessions (The Who album) Tracks 2, 4, and 5 recorded 24 May 1965, at Aeolian Hall, London. Track 3 recorded 15 June 1965, at Aeolian Hall, London. Tracks 6, 7, and 8 recorded 22 November 1965, at Aeolian Hall, London. Tracks 9, 10, and 11 recorded 15 March 1966, at Aeolian Hall, London. Tracks 12 and 13 recorded 13 September 1966, at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, Westminster, London. Tracks 14, 15, 16, and 17 recorded 17 January 1967, at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, London. Tracks 1, 18, 19, and 26 recorded 10 October 1967, at De Lane Lea Studios, Kingsway, London. Tracks 20, 21,

neg: Werburgh Street Theatre Werburgh Street Theatre The Werburgh Street Theatre, also the Saint Werbrugh Street Theatre or the New Theatre, was a seventeenth-century theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Scholars and historians of the subject generally identify it as the "first custom-built theatre in the city," "the only pre-Restoration playhouse outside London," and the first Dublin theatre. The Werburgh Street Theatre was established by John Ogilby at least by 1637 and perhaps as early as 1634. It was a roofed and enclosed building, or what was then called a "private theatre" like the contemporaneous Cockpit Theatre or Salisbury Court Theatre in London (as opposed to

neg: Green's Playhouse closed in 1985. The building was demolished in September 1987 following a fire that rendered the building structurally unsafe. It is now the site of multiplex cinema complex. Artistes who performed at Green's Playhouse, 1967–1973 Green's Playhouse Green's Playhouse was an entertainment complex comprising a cinema, ballroom, tea rooms and other facilities. The Playhouse was at 126 Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland, commissioned by "George Green Ltd", designed by the architect John Fairweather, and built by the "Cinema Building Company". Opened in 1927, the Playhouse operated until the 1970s, a decline in audience numbers in the 1960s necessitated diversification as a

neg: St Leonard's, Shoreditch the 12th century. The church was situated near The Theatre, England's first purpose-built playhouse, built in Shoreditch in 1576, and the nearly contemporary Curtain Theatre (built in 1577). Several members of the theatrical profession from the Elizabethan period are buried in the church, including: These, with others of their profession from the period, are commemorated by a large classical memorial erected by the London Shakespeare League in 1913, inside the church, which serves as a reminder of Shoreditch's Shakespearian heritage. The Shoreditch Vestry levied a special poor rate in 1774 for the purpose of setting up a workhouse for the

neg: Golden Bough Playhouse a digital projection system, and a revolving stage. Fundrasing for the second stage, to include a reconfiguration of the audience seating and the lobby, began in 2017. If the money is raised, work could potentially begin in 2019, with a re-opening in 2020. Golden Bough Playhouse The Golden Bough Playhouse is a historic theatre in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California on Monte Verde St., between 8th and 9th Avenues. The playhouse occupies the site of the former Carmel Arts and Crafts Clubhouse, Carmel's first cultural center and theatre, built in 1906-07 on Casanova Street, and the Arts & Crafts Hall, built in 1923-24

neg: Golden Bough Playhouse Golden Bough Playhouse The Golden Bough Playhouse is a historic theatre in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California on Monte Verde St., between 8th and 9th Avenues. The playhouse occupies the site of the former Carmel Arts and Crafts Clubhouse, Carmel's first cultural center and theatre, built in 1906-07 on Casanova Street, and the Arts & Crafts Hall, built in 1923-24 on an adjacent lot on Monte Verde Street. The early Carmel bohemians participated in events held at these facilities, including writers Mary Austin and George Sterling. The dramatic presentations there achieved national attention as early as 1914, and an article in The Mercury

neg: Spanish Trail Playhouse 2006 In August of 2006, under the leadership of Kevin Russell, work began to bring the Spanish Trail Playhouse back to Washington County and its citizens. A womanless Beauty Contest, held at the Historic Chipley High School Auditorium, raised over $1,000.00 toward the reestablishment. The Spanish Trail Playhouse became incorporated through the State of Florida on April 8, 2007. The first public organization meeting, held at the Washington County Public Library, took place on September 4, 2007. A second meeting followed on December 3, 2007. In an effort to introduce the playhouse to the community, the group sponsored a Halloween

neg: The Alnwick Playhouse was originally built in 1925 as a 700-seat cinema and occasional music hall. The Playhouse eventually closed in 1979. The NTC Touring Theatre Company bought the building and converted the ground floor. The upper floor was leased out to The Alnwick District Playhouse Trust who re-opened the newly refurbished Alnwick Playhouse in December, 1990. It has remained open since then. The Alnwick Playhouse The Alnwick Playhouse is an arts centre, theatre and cinema in the town of Alnwick in Northumberland, England. It is also the headquarters of the NTC Touring Theatre Company. The building itself consists of many different parts.

neg: Northumberland Avenue Northumberland Avenue Northumberland Avenue is a street in the City of Westminster, Central London, running from Trafalgar Square in the west to the Thames Embankment in the east. The road was built on the site of Northumberland House, the London home of the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland between 1874 and 1876, and on part of the parallel Northumberland Street. When built, the street was designed for luxury accommodation, including the seven-storey Grand Hotel, the Victoria and the Metropole. The Playhouse Theatre opened in 1882 and become a significant venue in London. From the 1930s onwards, hotels disappeared from

neg: Downtown San Diego city’s first electric lights and first streetcars were established in New Town. In 1912 the Spreckels Theater opened downtown, the first modern commercial playhouse west of the Mississippi. A new commercial pier, the Broadway Pier, was built by the city in 1913. In the 1910s, Downtown became one of the many San Diego neighborhoods connected by the Class 1 streetcars and an extensive San Diego public transit system that was spurred by the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 and built by John D. Spreckels. These streetcars became a fixture of the neighborhood until their retirement in 1939. In 1964 the multi-story

neg: Liverpool the late 1700s. In the arts, Liverpool was home to the first lending library, athenaeum society, arts centre and public art conservation centre. Liverpool is also home to the UK's oldest surviving classical orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the oldest surviving repertory theatre, the Liverpool Playhouse. In 1864, Peter Ellis built the world's first iron-framed, curtain-walled office building, Oriel Chambers, the prototype of the skyscraper. The UK's first purpose-built department store was Compton House, completed in 1867 for the retailer J.R. Jeffrey; it was the largest store in the world at the time. Between 1862 and

neg: Pasadena Playhouse dormitories. The varied staging capabilities offered by its five venues led the Playhouse to become one of the first companies in California to experiment with new theatrical forms such as theatre-in-the-round. The Playhouse also built and operated one of the first television stations in Southern California. In addition to training the Air Force to use television and radio equipment, the Pasadena Playhouse supplied the majority of Southern California's early TV stations with the first trained technicians in the business. Due to changes in Actors' Equity Association laws, and the opening of drama departments in many schools and universities across the

neg: Bell Savage Inn Kenilworth. Amongst artists who drew or painted the inn were: Robert Laurie (1755–1836), Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, George Shepherd, John Maggs (1819–1896), and Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1831–1846). Bell Savage Inn The Bell Savage Inn was a former public house in London, England, from the 15th century to 1873, originally located on the north side of what is now Ludgate Hill, in the City of London. It was a playhouse during the Elizabethan Era, as well as a venue for various other entertainments. It was also an important coaching inn. Other names by which it has been known throughout history include:

neg: Mark Kennedy (police officer) was the staged at Nottingham Playhouse in February 2016. Mark Kennedy (police officer) Mark Kennedy (born 7 July 1969), undercover names Mark Stone and Mark Flash, is a former London Metropolitan Police officer who, whilst attached to the police service's National Public Order Intelligence Unit, (NPOIU) infiltrated many protest groups between 2003 and 2010 before he was unmasked by political activists as an undercover policeman on 21 October 2010 and his identity was confirmed by the media outlet three days later. According to "The Guardian" newspaper, Kennedy was born in Camberwell, South London, on 7 July 1969, joined the Metropolitan

neg: Playhouse Theatre (New York City) Producers" (1967) for staging their musical, "Springtime for Hitler." In 1969, the Playhouse Theatre was razed to accommodate the Rockefeller Center expansion. Another theatre, located at 359 W. 48th St., was called Playhouse Theatre from 1970–83. Playhouse Theatre (New York City) The Playhouse Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 137 West 48th Street in midtown-Manhattan. Charles A. Rich was the architect. It was built in 1911 for producer William A. Brady who also owned the nearby 48th Street Theatre. After Brady died in 1944, it was sold to the Shubert Organization. It housed an ABC radio station from 1949

neg: The Playhouse, Colchester hall. After renovation, the building reopened as a Wetherspoon's pub in 1994. The Playhouse, Colchester The Playhouse, also known as the A.B.C. is a former theatre in Colchester, Essex, that has been a Wetherspoon's pub since 1994. The Playhouse Theatre was built in 1929 by John Fairweather; and the first production in 1929 was the Winter Garden Theatre's So This Is Love. In 1930, The Playhouse became a cinema, the interior was redesigned in 1931, and in 1932, the cinema was taken over by Associated British Cinemas. The building was redeveloped in 1962, and renamed the A.B.C. In 1981, the

neg: Live in London (Leonard Cohen album) tour in January 2008. The first show took place at the Fredericton Playhouse in New Brunswick. Cohen played dates in Canada and Europe to enthusiastic crowds who were delighted to see him on stage again. "Live in London" is Cohen's first full concert show release as well as his first released DVD. The album was recorded July 17, 2008 at London's O2 Arena, and was released in both DVD and as a two-CD set. The album was long listed for the Polaris Music Prize. Cohen's humility and self-deprecating sense of humor is evident in the between-song banter throughout the London

neg: Playhouse Theatre Playhouse Theatre The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square. The Theatre was built by F. H. Fowler and Hill with a seating capacity of 1,200. It was rebuilt in 1907 and still retains its original substage machinery. Its current seating capacity is 786. Built by Sefton Henry Parry as the Royal Avenue Theatre, it opened on 11 March 1882 with 1200 seats. The first production at the theatre was Jacques Offenbach's "Madame Favart". In its early seasons, the theatre hosted comic operas, burlesques and farces for several

neg: BBC Sessions (Cream album) was later included as the third disc in the "limited edition box set" release of Cream's 2005 compilation album "I Feel Free – Ultimate Cream" (also known as "Gold"). Tracks 1–5 recorded 8 November 1966 at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, London. Track 6 recorded 28 November 1966 at Aeolian 2, London. Tracks 7–10 recorded 9 December 1966 at Maida Vale 4, London. Tracks 11–14 recorded 10 January 1967 at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, London. Tracks 15–18 recorded 30 May 1967 at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, London. Tracks 19–23 recorded 24 October 1967 at Aeolian 2, London. Tracks 24–26 recorded 9

neg: Blackfriars Theatre the playhouse. The Children of the Chapel played in the theatre beginning in the autumn of 1600 until the King's Men took over in 1608. They successfully used it as their winter playhouse until all the theatres were closed in 1642 when the English Civil War began. Blackfriars Theatre was built on the grounds of the former Dominican monastery. The monastery was located between the Thames and Ludgate Hill within London proper. The black robes worn by members of this order lent the neighbourhood, and theatres, their name. In the pre-Reformation Tudor years, the site was used not only for

neg: John Stanley Coombe Beard closed in December 1981 and after standing empty for some time, was converted into a pub; it was one of the Australian-themed Walkabout chain until October 2013, when the building was sold. Picture Playhouse, Gerrards Cross (1925): The Picture Playhouse, now the Everyman Gerrards Cross, was opened in October 1925. It was smaller than many of their London sites, with a capacity of 570 seats when it first opened. It was taken over by Southan Morris in 1947, then the Essoldo chain who drastically altered the exterior of the building in 1969. In 1979, under the ownership of Classic Cinemas,

neg: Betty Blue Eyes co-production between the Mercury Theatre Colchester, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Salisbury Playhouse and West Yorkshire Playhouse. In February 2018, the first German-speaking production, directed by Christian Brey, will open at Musiktheater Linz, Austria under the title "Betty Blue Eyes - Das Musical mit dem Schwein". The German translation is provided by Roman Hinze. Featuring 20 songs on the physical CD with an additional two bonus tracks available as digital downloads only from the London production of Betty Blue Eyes, the cast album was released by First Night Records on 3 October 2011. The recording was made at the Novello Theatre

neg: John Street Theatre the United States performing and, if it was necessary, erecting theatres, across America. Douglass had built two temporary theatres in New York - on Cruger's Wharf and on Beekman Street - but his third New York theatre, the John Street Theatre, was the city's first permanent playhouse. The John Street Theatre was modelled after Douglass's own Southwark Theatre in Philadelphia (the first permanent theatre in the United States), which was itself modelled on the theatres of London. No pictures survive of the building's exterior, Dunlap described it as "principally of wood, an unsightly object, painted red." It was set 60

neg: Northumberland Avenue Northumberland Avenue; the Ministry of Defence and the Air Ministry formerly occupied the triangular-shaped Hotel Metropole on the street. Other buildings include the Nigerian High Commission at No. 9 and a London School of Economics halls of residence. The Playhouse Theatre on Northumberland Avenue was built by Sefton Parry and opened in 1882 as the Avenue Theatre. George Alexander produced his first play here. In 1905, the theatre was destroyed after part of Charing Cross Station fell on it, and was rebuilt two years later. Alec Guinness first performed on stage at the theatre. It was used for BBC broadcasts

neg: Popeye Playhouse Popeye Playhouse Popeye Playhouse is a children's television show which aired weekday mornings on the American television station WTVJ in South Florida from 1957 until 1979. It was hosted by its producer and announcer, Chuck Zink, who played the character Skipper Chuck. The show was built around life in the Playhouse, where the Skipper would tell stories, meet guests, and indulge in silly stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets. This local children's show went on the air live in January 1957. Originally, the show was aired in an afternoon time slot from 5:00PM to 6:00PM, prior to Ralph

neg: Playhouse Theatre (New York City) Playhouse Theatre (New York City) The Playhouse Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 137 West 48th Street in midtown-Manhattan. Charles A. Rich was the architect. It was built in 1911 for producer William A. Brady who also owned the nearby 48th Street Theatre. After Brady died in 1944, it was sold to the Shubert Organization. It housed an ABC radio station from 1949 to 1952. "Sauce for the Goose" was the opening production on April 15, 1911, closing after 2 performances that day. The Playhouse Theatre was also used for interiors and exteriors in the Mel Brooks film, "The

neg: Popeye Playhouse had a 22-year run, making it one of the longest-running local South Florida original program series. Popeye Playhouse Popeye Playhouse is a children's television show which aired weekday mornings on the American television station WTVJ in South Florida from 1957 until 1979. It was hosted by its producer and announcer, Chuck Zink, who played the character Skipper Chuck. The show was built around life in the Playhouse, where the Skipper would tell stories, meet guests, and indulge in silly stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets. This local children's show went on the air live in January 1957. Originally,

neg: Ogunquit Playhouse end to the tournament, Hartwig started the Manhattan Theatre Colony and brought it to the town of Ogunquit. In 1937, the theatre moved to a new building at its present-day location on Main Street in Ogunquit, Maine. The Ogunquit Playhouse was the first, and remains the only, summer theatre from the summer stock era built exclusively as a seasonal theatre. After Walter's death in 1941, Maude carried on his legacy at the Playhouse. In 1950, John Lane became the general manager and eventually took ownership of the Playhouse with his business partner, Henry Weller. Together they focused on modernizing and

neg: Playhouse Square Way in honor of the longtime Cleveland resident to commemorate the entertainer's 100th birthday. Playhouse Square and Cleveland's public broadcasting stations conducted a joint capital campaign to transform the One Playhouse Square Building into the Idea Center at Playhouse Square. Opened in 2005, it is now the home for Playhouse Square's community engagement and education programs and the downtown headquarters for Cleveland radio stations WCPN and WCLV, as well as TV station WVIZ, incorporated together as ideastream. In 2008, the HealthLine opened with a station at Playhouse Square. The line connects Public Square to University Circle via the Cleveland Clinic.

neg: Leeds Playhouse by public subscription, but the project still needed support from Leeds City Council. The Council eventually promised £25,000, and £5,000 annually if necessary. This, along with grants from the Arts Council and the Gulbenkian Foundation, meant that the project could go ahead and the Leeds Playhouse opened in 1970 in premises loaned to the Leeds Theatre Trust by the University of Leeds. The first performance was held on Wednesday 16 September 1970 with Tony Robinson, who later went on to play Baldrick in the television series "Blackadder", starring as Simon in Alan Plater's play "Simon Says", directed by Bill Hays.

neg: NPR Playhouse NPR Playhouse NPR Playhouse was a series of radio dramas from National Public Radio. The series was a successor to the NPR series "Earplay" and was discontinued in September 2002. Beginning on March 1, 1981 , the "Playhouse" production of the first of the "Star Wars" radio dramas, a 13-part 6½-hour version of the original "Star Wars" film, generated the largest response in NPR's history, with an audience averaging over 750,000 listeners per episode. A 14th episode was produced for this series consisting of an audio documentary of the production. The series author, Brian Daley, also wrote the script to

neg: Charles Playhouse Charles Playhouse The Charles Playhouse is a theater at 74 Warrenton Street Boston in the Boston Theater District. The venue comprises an approximately 500-seat mainstage, which hosts the Blue Man Group, and a 200-seat second stage the hosts "Shear Madness", both long-running shows. In 1957, the Charles Playhouse opened at 54 Charles Street. In 1958, the company moved to the current Warrenton Street location. The Warrenton Street building was originally built in 1839, as the Fifth Universalist Church from a design by architect Asher Benjamin. In 1864, it became the second home of Congregation Ohabei Shalom, the first synagogue in

neg: Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre combines elements from the design of these earlier theatres with modern technology. It opened in September 2014. Gdańsk was one of the most important destinations for English travelling players in the first half of the 17th century. Their first documented visit was in 1601. Typically they would perform at the courts of Königsberg and Warsaw during winter, and in Gdańsk or Elbląg in the summer. Performances in Gdańsk took place during St. Dominic's Fair, in August. Gdańsk's first public playhouse was built during this period. Known as the Fencing School ("Fechtschule"), it hosted a variety of other entertainments and activities

neg: Werburgh Street Theatre the yard of Kerfoot's Dining Rooms at 13 Werburgh St., Dublin. Werburgh Street Theatre The Werburgh Street Theatre, also the Saint Werbrugh Street Theatre or the New Theatre, was a seventeenth-century theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Scholars and historians of the subject generally identify it as the "first custom-built theatre in the city," "the only pre-Restoration playhouse outside London," and the first Dublin theatre. The Werburgh Street Theatre was established by John Ogilby at least by 1637 and perhaps as early as 1634. It was a roofed and enclosed building, or what was then called a "private theatre" like the contemporaneous

neg: John Brayne Margaret Stowers, by whom he had four children who were baptized at St Stephen Walbrook and died young: Robert (b.1565), Roger (b.1566), Rebecca (b.1568) and John (b.1573), and possibly a posthumous daughter, Katherine (d.1593). In 1567 Brayne hired two carpenters to build a playhouse in the yard of the Red Lion, a farmhouse east of Aldgate near Mile End. According to Berry this was the first professional playhouse in the British Isles specifically built for that purpose 'since Roman times'. It consisted of a stage, with scaffolds for seating the audience, and Brayne is thought to have spent no more

neg: London Zoo originally opened in 1913 and features an artificial rocky cliff made of concrete blocks for animal enrichment. It was originally designed for a multitude of different species including bears, penguins, sheep, goats and wild boar. There has been an aquarium at the zoo since 1853, the zoo's first aquarium was also the world's first public aquarium. The word "aquarium" was coined by Philip Henry Gosse who had also created and stocked the first public aquarium at London Zoo. The current aquarium was built in 1921 next to the Mappin Terraces, and was officially opened by King George V and his

neg: Matthew Newbury Matthew Newbury Matthew Newbury (born 22 May 1981) is a London-based property developer who, in 2011, was the first person in Britain to be fitted with a bionic leg. Newbury's business interests include a failed theatre production company . At a young age Newbury was working as a volunteer at the Norwich Playhouse, as well as spending the weekends travelling back and forth to London. He wanted to work in technical theatre, specifically in the West End. In 1997, whilst travelling back from London he was involved in a serious road traffic accident in which he lost his left leg

neg: Karena Johnson Karena Johnson Karena Johnson is a British Theatrical Director/Producer who first started working at London's Oval House Theatre. She was Acting Artistic director at Contact theatre and Artistic Director of Kushite Theatre Company as well as Associate Director at Nottingham Playhouse and Theatre Royal Stratford East. She was born in South London, and studied drama at the Royal Holloway, University of London and at the University of Leicester. She has programmed a succession of productions, including Dipo Agboluaje's Early Morning, a satire about Nigerian cleaners mounting a coup in the city of London. She has been involved in a number

neg: Peter Wyngarde an 18-year-old passenger travelling alone. After arrival in the UK on 14 December 1945, Cyril Goldbert is not found in any further UK public records. In an interview, Wyngarde said that he studied in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford for three months, before leaving to work in a London advertising agency, though there is no supporting evidence for the claim. In 1946, Wyngarde took his first professional roles in theatre productions, first appearing at the Buxton Playhouse, and the following year in a production of Noël Coward's "Present Laughter" at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. He appeared with Alec

neg: Highpoint (building) be managed by Essential Living. The other 115 will be rented as affordable housing units by the Peabody Trust. The Southwark Playhouse is expected to open a new venue in the building. Highpoint (building) Highpoint (also 80 Newington Butts, and previously referred to as 360 London) is a 142m, 46-storey, 458-apartment residential tower under construction in Elephant and Castle in the London Borough of Southwark in London on the site of the London Park Hotel. It is expected to be the tallest built for rent development in the country, and on completion in 2018, 343 units are scheduled to be

neg: Helen Schlesinger Harrogate, Miss Julie in Plymouth, the title role in The Second Mrs Tanqueray at Salisbury Playhouse and Jane in Wild Oats in the first production at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. After moving to London, Helen appeared in Becket at the Haymarket with Derek Jacobi and Robert Lindsay, and then joined Shared Experience, playing Maggie Tulliver in their production of The Mill on the Floss which played at the Tricycle Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith in London, and toured the UK, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. She went on to work with Shared Experience again at the National Theatre, playing Maria in

neg: Annabel Leventon she joined Tom O' Horgan's "La Mama Troupe" in New York and worked with them for seven months before returning to Britain. She was in the original London cast of "Hair" in 1968 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, which was also directed by Tom O'Horgan. She has also appeared in the original London production of "The Rocky Horror Show". Her first TV appearance was in "The White Rabbit" in 1967, and she went on to appear in "ITV Playhouse" (1969), "Comedy Playhouse" (1972), "Dixon of Dock Green" (1974), "The New Avengers" (1976), "Van der Valk" (1977), "Penmarric" (1979), "Minder" (1982), "Crown

neg: Dave Morris (comedian) Dave Morris (comedian) Dave Morris was a music hall comedian who made a successful transition to radio and television. He was born on 5 July 1896, son of Samuel Morris and Lily Reubens. Samuel, a tailor, lived at 110 Wilson Street, Middlesbrough. His first stage appearance was on 10 December 1908 at the Oxford Playhouse, Middlesbrough and his first London appearance in 1913 at the London Shoreditch. He started with a juvenile troupe, then as a blackface comic. He was called up into the Army in World War 1 and resumed his stage career in 1918, touring constantly in variety

neg: NPR Playhouse drama, leaving aside the sketches on "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Le Show" and the intermittent presentation of drama on the largely documentary series "The Next Big Thing". The series aired selected productions from the CBC horror-anthology series "Nightfall" in the early 1980s. NPR Playhouse NPR Playhouse was a series of radio dramas from National Public Radio. The series was a successor to the NPR series "Earplay" and was discontinued in September 2002. Beginning on March 1, 1981 , the "Playhouse" production of the first of the "Star Wars" radio dramas, a 13-part 6½-hour version of the original "Star Wars"

neg: Thom Thomas Theatre in London, England, and "Without Apologies", which premiered at The Pittsburgh Playhouse and later at the Dorset Theatre Festival directed by Edgar Lansbury which moved to a successful off-Broadway production at the Hudson Guild Theatre starring Carrie Nye and Pauline Flanagan. Both "The Interview" and "Without Apologies" are published by Samuel French, Inc. "A Moon To Dance By" is a play that was first shown at the New Harmony Theatre, Evansville, Indiana in 2004, starring Jana Robbins and, after revision, in 2009 with Jane Alexander at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and later at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick,

neg: Hugh Goldie He made his professional debut as a director in 1949 at the Sheffield Playhouse with Hobson's Choice, with a cast that featured Paul Eddington and Patrick McGoohan. After a spell as director at the Liverpool Playhouse, in 1950 he was appointed associate producer at the Oxford Playhouse, where the company included Ronnie Barker. Goldie worked on the original production of Christopher Fry’s A Sleep of Prisoners, and in 1953 directed his first London production, Love’s Labour’s Lost, at the Regents Park Open Air Theatre. From 1954 to 1957 he was resident director at the Theatre Royal Windsor, and when he

neg: Simply Heavenly Simply Heavenly Simply Heavenly is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Langston Hughes and music by David Martin, based on Hughes' novel "Simple Takes A Wife" and other Simple stories. It was first produced Off-Broadway at the 85th Street Playhouse for 44 performances from May 21, 1957, before transferring to the Playhouse Theatre on Broadway for 62 performances from August 20, 1957. A London West End production played at the Adelphi Theatre, running for 16 performances from 20 May 1958. The musical was revived by the Young Vic in London in March to April 2003. Its West End

neg: Queen (band) but due to public demand, the show ran until May 2014. "We Will Rock You" has become the longest running musical ever to run at this prime London theatre, overtaking the previous record holder, the musical "Grease". Brian May stated in 2008 that they were considering writing a sequel to "We Will Rock You". The musical toured around the UK in 2009, playing at Manchester Palace Theatre, Sunderland Empire, Birmingham Hippodrome, Bristol Hippodrome, and Edinburgh Playhouse. Sean Bovim created "Queen at the Ballet", a tribute to Mercury, which uses Queen's music as a soundtrack for the show's dancers, who interpret

neg: The Playhouse, Cheltenham it into a spa. 1806 saw the opening of the Montpellier Baths built by Henry Thompson. It boasted 14 warm baths, fitted with marble and Dutch tile, one large cold bath plus smaller ones and a boiler capable of heating up to 190°F. One of the resident amateur dramatic societies, The Playhouse Company, was founded in 1958. Plays it has performed include: The following companies have presented work at The Playhouse: The Playhouse, Cheltenham The Playhouse Theatre Cheltenham is a community theatre in Cheltenham, United Kingdom. It is a registered charity and has been run by volunteers since 1957. Built

neg: Fortune Playhouse Fortune Playhouse The Fortune Playhouse was a historic theatre in London. It was located between Whitecross Street and the modern Golden Lane, just outside the City of London. It was founded about 1600, and suppressed by the Puritan Parliament in 1642. The Fortune Theatre was contemporary with Shakespeare's Globe, The Swan and others; it stood in the parish of St Giles-without-Cripplegate, to the west of the Shoreditch locations of The Theatre and the Curtain Theatre, between Whitecross Street and Golden Lane in what is today named Fortune Street, just outside the City of London. Between 1600 and 1642, it was

neg: Peter Street (carpenter) Peter Street (carpenter) Peter Street (baptised 1 July 1553, died in May 1609) was an English carpenter and builder in London in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He built the Fortune Playhouse, and probably the Globe Theatre, two significant establishments in the history of the stage in London. He had a part in building King James's Banqueting House in Whitehall Palace and he may have been responsible for the settings for the king's royal masques. Street was the fourth of eight children of Thomas Street, a joiner from St Stephen's parish in the City of London. He was ten

neg: Frank Matcham own office in Belfast in 1884. Outside of London, and prior to 1886, Matcham had had only two designs commissioned: Hengler's Grand Cirque and the Royalty Theatre, both in Glasgow. In 1879 he started work on the redesign of the Royalty, a playhouse originally designed by James Thomson and one that had been built on the first floor of a four-storey building. The layout was problematic for Matcham as it had no ground floor and he had to make a series of adjustments. To compensate for this, he concentrated more on the theatre's ventilation system and came up with a

neg: Thomas Wilfred his Long Island studio (located on the Brice estate). The first public recital came in 1922 and featured performances on the Clavilux Model B for audiences at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. The press was highly receptive. In the audience that first night was Leopold Stokowski. The Clavilux was a complex instrument which allowed a person to create and perform "lumia" compositions. Later models B-H were touring and lecture models, the last one being built prior to W.W.II. Wilfred founded the Art Institute of Light, which had a recital hall in Chelsea, and then later at the Grand Central

neg: Timeline of Edinburgh history 1744: The first premises at Fountainbridge are built, with more than five looms; first known rules of golf drawn up in Edinburgh for the Gentlemen Golfers of Edinburgh for a competition at Leith Links 1745: Charles Edward Stuart enters the city and proclaims his father James VIII and III 1746: The British Linen Company is formed 1747: A theatre is established at Playhouse Close in the Canongate 1748: Moral philosopher and political economist Adam Smith delivers his first series of public lectures at the University 1749: A stagecoach service opens between Edinburgh and Glasgow 1750: Birth of the poet Robert

neg: Bell Savage Inn inner court was through another archway directly opposite the first. The Inn itself was the building surrounding the inner court, which was overlooked by 2 tiers of covered balconies, from which the guest rooms were accessed. The Bell Savage was one of the four inns of London that were used as playhouse in the late 16th century – in this case from 1575. The balconies surrounding the inner court served as the upper and lower circles, the rooms of the Inn became private "boxes" and the yard itself was the "pit". The stage would have been built against one side

neg: Gibbon's Tennis Court Gibbon's Tennis Court Gibbon's Tennis Court was a building off Vere Street and Clare Market, near Lincoln's Inn Fields in London, England. Originally built as a real tennis court, it was used as a playhouse from 1660 to 1663, shortly after the English Restoration. As a theatre, it has been variously called the "Theatre Royal, Vere Street", the "Vere Street Theatre", or (as in Samuel Pepys' diary) simply "The Theatre". It was the first permanent home for Thomas Killigrew's King's Company and was the stage for some of the earliest appearances by professional actresses. The theatre was destroyed by fire

neg: Stockwell Playhouse Stockwell Playhouse Stockwell Playhouse (known as the LOST Theatre until 2015) is a 180-seat Off West End Fringe theatre based in Stockwell, South London, dedicated to promoting and developing young and emerging talent. A variety of different shows are produced throughout the year there including One Act and Five Minute Festivals. In addition to the auditorium, the venue has two rehearsal spaces for hire by performers. There is also an award-winning bar space on the first floor called Bar 208, with a variety of drinks and beers on tap. The LOST Theatre was founded by Cecil Hayter in 1979 at

neg: Christopher Rich (theatre manager) already acquired a lease, with the patent granted by Charles II, of the deserted theatre erected by Sir William D'Avenant in Little Lincoln's Inn Fields. On the strength of this he erected a new theatre on about the same site in Portugal Row, his architect being James Shepherd, who had also built the playhouse in Goodman's Fields. Before it was finished Rich died, 4 November 1714, leaving the building to be opened by his sons, John Rich and Christopher Mosyer Rich. Christopher Rich (theatre manager) Christopher Rich (1657–1714) was a lawyer and theatrical manager in London in the late 17th

neg: Al Mancini Crossing" (1990), "Loose Cannons" (1990), "The Public Eye" (1992) and "Falling Down" (1993). His last role, in 2005, was on an episode of "Joan of Arcadia". He taught acting for over 30 years at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, and wrote for television. Mancini was married and divorced twice, and he died of Alzheimer's disease on the day before his 75th birthday in London, Ohio. Al Mancini Alfred Benito "Al" Mancini (November 13, 1932 – November 12, 2007) was an American stage, television and film actor, born in Steubenville, Ohio. He was a 1950 graduate of London High School in London,

neg: Norman Springford Street Gardens ice rink. In June 2018, he was awarded the OBE for services to the Scottish tourism industry. Norman Springford Norman Springford (born December 1944) is the Chairman of The Ross Development Trust and former Executive Chairman of Apex Hotels. An accountant by profession, Norman Springford, worked for the Inland Revenue and then became the owner/manager of a number of public houses, bingo halls, and the Edinburgh Playhouse. He opened his first hotel, the Apex International Hotel, in Edinburgh in 1996. The group now own nine hotels across London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. In 2014 relinquished his position as

neg: Norman Springford Norman Springford Norman Springford (born December 1944) is the Chairman of The Ross Development Trust and former Executive Chairman of Apex Hotels. An accountant by profession, Norman Springford, worked for the Inland Revenue and then became the owner/manager of a number of public houses, bingo halls, and the Edinburgh Playhouse. He opened his first hotel, the Apex International Hotel, in Edinburgh in 1996. The group now own nine hotels across London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. In 2014 relinquished his position as Chairman of the company, handing over to his son Ian. In 2011 he was credited with saving the Princes

neg: Boy Meets Boy (musical) Rose and Ben Kavanagh as Clarence Cutler. The original production at the Actor's Playhouse in NYC received admiring reviews--save for a brutal pan in the New York Times by a critic who completely missed the joke. (About the acceptance of gay marriage in the 30s, Mel Gussow wrote, "So much for thirties realism.") Nevertheless, it proved popular with the public and ran for 2 years. Subsequent productions in Los Angeles and San Francisco received near-universal raves. It has often been revived regionally. A 2012 production performed at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London was well received by the British papers.

neg: Werburgh Street Theatre a large open-air "public theatre" like the Globe or the Red Bull). According to one report, the theatre "had a gallery and pit, but no boxes, except one on the stage for the then Lord Deputy of Ireland, the Earl of Strafford." Ogilby had come to Ireland in Strafford's entourage, and Strafford, who was fond of the theatre, gave him every encouragement. John Aubrey termed it "a pretty little theatre." No trace of it survives, but it was located on Werburgh Street near Dublin Castle. The playhouse was closely associated, during its short lifetime, with James Shirley, the prominent London

neg: Steve Witting High School drama club in Queens where he was encouraged by Alfred Christie, a teacher who ran Hampton Playhouse in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. In 1977 the seventeen-year-old Witting moved to New Hampshire to work at the Hampton Playhouse as an apprentice. During this time Witting met his future wife, Renee Rogers, who was also a Hampton Playhouse apprentice. Many summers throughout his career Witting returned to the Hampton Playhouse as either an actor or director until the Playhouse was demolished in 2001. Steve Witting Steve Witting is an American actor and director. He first found fame while starring in

neg: Prescot Playhouse Tyler propose a period of theatrical use of only 1597/8 – 1609. The Prescot Playhouse is the inspiration behind the Shakespeare North project to build a Shakespearean complex in Prescot, including a playhouse and an educational centre. As no architectural plans survive for the Prescot Playhouse, the new theatre's layout will be based on the 1629 design by Inigo Jones for the Cockpit-in-Court theatre in the Palace of Whitehall, London. In April 2016, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council granted planning permission for the new theatre. Prescot Playhouse The Prescot Playhouse was an Elizabethan theatre in the town of Prescot, which was

neg: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park the Pulitzer Prize-nominated "Coyote on a Fence" in 1998 and "Ace" in 2006. The Playhouse facility comprises two theatres, the larger Robert S. Marx Theatre and the smaller Shelterhouse. The Playhouse is among the members of the League of Resident Theatres. In addition to a full ten-month season of plays, the Playhouse also offers acting classes and programs for children. In 1973-1975, the Playhouse was the first professional regional theatre to be led by Harold Scott. Scott was followed by Michael Murray, who was artistic director at the Playhouse until 1985. Murray was co-founder of the Charles Playhouse in Boston

neg: Spanish Trail Playhouse Spanish Trail Playhouse The Spanish Trail Playhouse is a community theatre located in Chipley, Florida. The Playhouse was founded in 1962, but its first run ended in 1968. The Playhouse was re-chartered in 2007 and has performed a total of eleven consecutive seasons to date. The Spanish Trail Playhouse is a non-profit organization, with all of its staff operating as volunteers. THE CURTAIN RAISES IN 1962 The Spanish Trail Playhouse started in 1962. It began under the leadership of Ann Jensen, Howard Pelham, Mickey Balaban, and Ralph Nolan, who had a dream of bringing live theatre into the little town

neg: The Barnacle Historic State Park age of 12 and $1 for children ages 6–12. Tours are available at 10a, 11:30a, 1p, and 2:30p on a first-come, first-served basis. The entrance is on the Northbound side of Main Highway between Abitare and The Cloister Townhomes. There is no parking available in the park itself, except for those with disabilities. However, there is a public parking lot next to the Coconut Grove playhouse and street parking throughout the neighborhood. The Barnacle Historic State Park The Barnacle Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida at 3485 Main Highway. Built

neg: Haskell Playhouse diphtheria four years after her playhouse was built, and by 1916 her mother Florence was the only surviving Haskell still living in Alton. Florence demolished the family's home that year but kept the playhouse as a memorial to her daughter; she donated the land to the city to serve as a memorial park. The playhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1974. Haskell Playhouse The Haskell Playhouse is a children's playhouse located in Haskell Park in Alton, Illinois. Dr. W. A. Haskell, a physician and one of the wealthiest residents of Alton, commissioned the

neg: Prescot Playhouse Flat Iron Building. The playhouse was built and owned by Richard Harrington, the tenant of Prescot Hall, and younger brother of Percival Harrington, deputy steward of Prescot for the Earls of Derby. After Richard Harrington's death in February 1603, the playhouse passed to his wife, Elizabeth née Molyneux, a relative of Sir Richard Molyneux. The Earls of Derby were patrons of playing companies, and had a tradition of hosting performances at their principal residences, including at Knowsley Hall just north of Prescot. David George suggests that the playhouse was built sometime between 1593 and 1595, with the backing of either