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LONDON MUSIC HALLS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4237

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: LONDON MUSIC HALLS

Date(s): 19--

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.15 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Various.

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Buildings featured include the:
Ritzy Cinema, Brixton;
The Palace, Denmark Hill;
Empire Music Hall, Camberwell;
Peckham Crown Theatre;
Hippodrome, Peckham;
Bingo Club, Peckham;
Empire, New Cross Road;
Broadway Theatre, Deptford;
Wellington Street, Woolwich;
Grand Theatre, Woolwich;
Hippodrome and Brownhill Road, Catford;
The Oxford, Oxford Street;
Palladium, London;
The Empire, Leicester Square;
The Alhambra, Leicester Square;
Daly's Theatre;
The Hippodrome, London;
Theatre Royal, Haymarket;
His Majesty's Theatre;
Lyric Theatre;
The Globe Theatre;
Cambridge Cross and Palace Theatre;
Wyndhams Theatre;
Garrick Theatre;
The Coliseum;
Duke of York's Theatre;
The Opera House, Covent Garden;
Drury Lane Theatre;
Vaudeville Theatre;
Adelphi Theatre;
Gaiety Theatre;
Waldorf Theatre, Kingsway;
The Old Vic;
St. James Theatre;
Imperial Theatre;
Euston Music Hall;
Camden Theatre, Camden;
Deacons Music Hall;
Sadler's Wells;
Collin's Music Hall, Islington;
Marlborough Theatre, Holloway;
Empire, Holloway Road;
Hackney Empire, Mare Street;
Finsbury Park Empire;
Alexandra Theatre;
The Palace, Stoke Newington Road;
Hippodrome, Golders Green;
Tottenham Palace;
Walthamstow Palace;
Hippodrome, Poplar;
Hippodrome, Harlesden;
Palace, East Ham;
Walham Green, The Broadway;
Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate;
Grand Theatre, Fulham;
Shepherd's Bush Empire;
Kings Theatre, Hammersmith;
Chiswick Empire;
Ealing Hippodrome;
Grand Music Hall, Clapham Junction;
Hippodrome, Balham;
Duchess Theatre, Balham;
Wimbledon Theatre;
Prince of Wales Theatre, Richmond-upon-Thames;
Grand Theatre, Croydon;
Prince of Wales Theatre, Kennington;
Borough Theatre, Stratford; and
Grand Opera House, Croydon.

Actors featured include:
Sir Henry Irving;
Harry Tate;
Kitty Colyer;
Mr and Mrs Kendal;
Eugene Stratton;
Hetty King;
Marie Lloyd;
Alec Burley;
Little Tich;
George Robey;
Fanny Fields;
Fred Terry;
Julia Neilson;
Gertie Gitana;
Elsie Craven;
Beerholm Tree;
Sir Charles Wyndham;
Arthur Bouchier;
Maud Allen;
Fred Emney;
Harry Fragson;
Harry Randall;
Walter Passmore;
Camille Clifford;
Cyril Maude;
Gladys Cooper;
Seymour Hicks;
Ellaline Terriss;
George Alexander;
Lewis Waller;
Henry J. Wood;
Ellen Terry; and
Mrs Patrick Campbell.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

This collection consists of a series of 203 copy negatives of postcards of theatres, music halls and vaudeville performers in London and the suburbs. The collection is accompanied by a set of detailed type-written notes about the London Theatres many of which are illustrated by the negatives.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The original order has been maintained.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the Archive in September 1999.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper

Personal names
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper

Corporate names

Places
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper
Tree | Sir | Herbert Beerbohm | 1852-1917 | Knight | actor and theatre manager (real name Beerbohm) | Herbert Draper