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Garrick Theatre (Leman St)

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93:. During rebuilding from 1852 to 1854, the neighbour, a gun manufacturer, obtained an injunction against the proprietor, Lawrence Levy, to restrict the height of the adjacent wall so as not to impede light to his premises. The theatre was managed by Lawrence Levy from 1854 until 1864. He returned to manage the theatre between 1867 and 1868. In 1856 E.B. Gaston was Stage Manager. The second theatre had a capacity of 462, although when Lawrence Levy put the theatre up for sale in 1866–1868, he claimed it "will hold 1,600 persons" and "can be made to hold 2,500", and then in 1868 was claiming "Was built for a circus" and "Holds 1,700 persons; can be made for 8,000". 111:. Although Lawrence Levy had died in 1873, the theatre was still part of his estate in 1882 when his trustee testified at the Old Bailey in the trial of two men called Culver and Jacobs. They had been claiming to hold the lease of the theatre, and had fraudulently been taking payments from actors on the promise of providing them with engagements. The site of the theatre is today occupied by the old Leman Street Police Station, built in 1891. 228: 107:
in 1875, the theatre remained empty until 1879. Actress-manageress May Bulmer then ran the theatre until it was demolished, having a personal success in the light opera
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is reputed to have begged pass outs from theatre leavers, to sell them on to others for a halfpenny.
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Advertisements in The Era, e.g. 1 July 1866, 6 January 1867, 2 February 1868
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Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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The first theatre burned down in 1846, and was rebuilt to open as
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The Times 30 July 1852 page 6 and 24 March 1854 page 11
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and some indication of the fare available at the time.
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51°30′43″N 0°4′9″W / 51.51194°N 0.06917°W / 51.51194; -0.06917
Whitechapel
David Garrick
Goodman's Fields Theatre
Richard III
melodramas
Barney Barnato
bankruptcy
Collection of University of Exeter
University of Kent - Playbill collection
Rhodes and Barnato - in Cecil Rhodes by Ian D. Colvin
Victorian Web - Theatres in Victorian London
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Former theatres in London
Theatres completed in 1831
1881 disestablishments in England
Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
19th century in London

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