Theatres · London
Westminster Theatre
Westminster Theatre in England London, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Westminster Theatre is a cinema or movie theatre in England London, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Westminster Theatre was a theatre in London, on Palace Street in Westminster.
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Background
History
The structure on the site was originally built as the Charlotte Chapel in 1766, by William Dodd with money from his wife Mary Perkins. Through Peter Richard Hoare it came into the hands of the family owning Hoare's Bank, and was called St Peter's Chapel. It was altered and given a new frontage, by John Stanley Coombe Beard for use as a cinema, St James's Picture Theatre, opened in 1924. The conversion was by a group with court connections including Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood. The film shown at the opening was Rob Roy. The Picture Theatre then became a venue for live drama in 1931 after radical alterations, at the hands of Alderson Burrell Horne (1863–1953). Horne was known in the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4986, -0.1409
- Address
- | location =
- Established
- 1766
- Official site
- theotherpalace.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7989225 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Westminster Theatre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westminster Theatre?
- Westminster Theatre is in London, United Kingdom.
- When was Westminster Theatre built?
- Built or established in 1766.
- Who owns Westminster Theatre?
- Westminster Theatre is owned by | operator =.