Vauxhall History brings you an opportunity to rediscover the extraordinary murals at Morley College.
The Young Vic
The Young Vic was the brainchild of Frank Dunlop, who in the late 1960s was Administrative Director with the National Theatre Company then at the Old Vic. He had started his career as director of a young theatre company in Manchester, and subsequently his productions exhibited a liveliness appreciated by youngsters. Dunlop’s concept was to […]
South Bank
The article is reproduced from a 1991 booklet Lambeth’s Theatrical Heritage with the kind permission of the Streatham Society. Copies of this very interesting booklet are still available from the Streatham Society website. It was appropriate to hold a festival of self-appraisal in 1951 – a century after the Great Exhibition. It was conceived whilst […]
Royal National Theatre
The article is reproduced from a 1991 booklet Lambeth’s Theatrical Heritage with the kind permission of the Streatham Society. Copies of this very interesting booklet are still available from the Streatham Society website. The concept of an English National Theatre was first proposed in 1848 by Effingham Wilson, a London publisher. He conceived its being […]
Gatti’s Theatre
The article is reproduced from a 1991 booklet Lambeth’s Theatrical Heritage with the kind permission of the Streatham Society. Copies of this booklet are available from the Streatham Society website (£1.80). The Italian Gatti family established a chain of inexpensive restaurants and cafes, which were successful until superceded by the Lyons’ teashops in 1894. The […]
Canterbury Theatre
The article is reproduced from a 1991 booklet Lambeth’s Theatrical Heritage with the kind permission of the Streatham Society. Copies of this very interesting booklet are still available from the Streatham Society website The passing of a law in 1843 allowed a modest growth in proto-music halls, probably the most important being the Cyder Cellars […]
Bower Saloon
The article is reproduced from a 1991 booklet Lambeth’s Theatrical Heritage with the kind permission of the Streatham Society. Copies of this very interesting booklet are still available from the Streatham Society website The Bower was a popular pleasure haunt of the 19th century. It was originally attached to the Duke’s Tavern in Stangate Street, […]
Lilian Mary Baylis
Lilian Baylis was born in London into a family that ran a concert party, the Gypsy Revellers. In 1891 the family emigrated to South Africa where Baylis worked as a teacher of music and dance. When she returned to London in 1989 she jointly ran the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall in London (a temperance […]
Astley’s Amphitheatre
While the Romans had circles or circuses as venues for entertainments of all sorts, there is no direct link to the modern circus, which is only about 235 years old. Following the collapse of the Roman Empire small fairs had travelled from town to town with the odd attraction – a juggler or acrobat. But […]
