Great National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch: Playbills and Posters

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/46
Held at	: Bishopsgate Institute   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library ›
Full title	: Great National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch: Playbills and Posters
Date(s)	: 1837-1862
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 13 items
Name of creator(s)	: Great National Standard Theatre | Shoreditch

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The National Standard Theatre, located in Shoreditch High Street, was originally built in 1837 with a horse shoe auditorium seating 3,400 but was destroyed by fire in 1866; rebuilt and reopened December 1867 with a seating capacity of 3000; rebuilt for a third time by Bertie Crewe with a capacity of 2,463; by November 1926 it was in use as a cinema called The New Olympia Picturedrome; building demolished in 1940.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Thirteen playbills and posters advertising various performances and acts appearing at the Great National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, including performances by Sims Reeves, Mrs Marriott, James Anderson and others (1837 - 1862).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

No further arrangement.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Finding aids:

Collection Level Description.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Collected by C.W.F.Goss as part of the Institute's London Collection.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.

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:
12 January 2006