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Timeline

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  • Streatham Hill Playhouse Ltd raises extra funds

    The Bioscope “MORTGAGES AND CHARGES” section in 1931 notes that Streatham Hill Playhouse Ltd raised extra funds. 18th March 1931 Edition  STREATHAM HILL PLAYHOUSES (sic). LTD.—Registered January 30th, £30,000 (not ex.), 2nd debenture to Branch Nominees, Ltd., as… Read More

  • Fans mob visiting stars

    Ivor Novello appeared frequently at Streatham Hill Theatre.  On the last night of I Lived with You (which ran in week beginning 11th July 1932), Novello was visited by Douglas Fairbanks Jnr and his wife Joan Crawford, together… Read More

  • W. G. R. Sprague, theatre architect, dies

    William George Robert Sprague, the renowned theatre architect, has died only four years after his last theatre opened. Sprague was the architect of Streatham Hill Theatre (along with W. H. Barton) which opened in November 1929. Sprague lived… Read More

  • Gielgud in another of the 1930’s great performances

    In w/b 27th April 1936 Gielgud was to return in another of the decade’s great performances, that of Romeo in Romeo & Juliet. At the original production at the New Theatre, acting honours were shared with Laurence Olivier,… Read More

  • Theatre closes due to Declaration of War

    In the week beginning 4th September 1939 the theatre closed due to the declaration of war with Germany the day before. The government ordered all places of entertainment to be closed due to fear of bombing. SHARE LINK… Read More

  • First appearances in London since war began

    Flyer for ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ at the Streatham Hill Theatre from 23rd October 1939, annotated by Lucy Awdry: ‘All Star Cast, their first appearance in London since war began’. In September 1939 all cinemas and theatres… Read More

  • D’Oyly Carte Programme in Spring 1940

    In weeks beginning 26th February, and 4th and 11th March 1940, the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company presented a repertory programme of Gilbert and Sullivan operas: The Yeoman of the Guard, The Mikado, The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance,… Read More

  • Streatham Hill Playhouse Ltd Wound-up

    According to the National Archives, in 1942 the company which originally built Streatham Hill Theatre was wound-up. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=%22streatham+hill+playhouse%22 SHARE LINK VIA XFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail

  • Serious Bomb Damage: 3rd July 1944

    At 6.30am on the morning of Monday 3rd July 1944 a flying bomb destroyed the side wall of the theatre. Sleeping inside the theatre was an air-raid warden and his family on fire-watch duty. The bomb blew a gaping… Read More

  • Repaired theatre reopens: 23rd December 1950

    Repairs after the bomb damage from 1944 were delayed as homes took priority for rebuilding. The theatre was rebuilt with a few changes from the original plans. The Streatham Hill Theatre eventually reopened on Boxing Day 1950 with… Read More

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