Traps anyone ???
Derry & Sheena Barbour
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>if you're looking for original stage machinary, you can't beat the "Tyne
>Theatre & Opera House" in newcastle. It was installed in 1867 and is still
>complete and working to this day.
>
And The Playhouse, Charing Cross, London
And The Gielguid Theatre, London (ex-Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue)
And Her Majesty's Theatre, London
And The Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, London
And the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
And the Alexandra Palace Theatre (derelict)
And The Alhambra, Bradford
And the Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds
And the Daneside Theatre, Congleton
etc, etc
This is not counting the newer ones with more sophisticated machinery -
and some which have them but don't want anybody to know about them as
some director may want to use them and "we would rather they did not
know about it".
Anyway, revenons a nos moutons -
Any Theatres ABROAD (outside the UK) which still have 1900s Stage
Machinery?
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Derry & Sheena Barbour
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Martin Theobald
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>And the Daneside Theatre, Congleton
>
What have they got at the Daneside then?
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Derry & Sheena Barbour
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>On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:20:24 +0000, Derry & Sheena Barbour
><barb...@thespis.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>And the Daneside Theatre, Congleton
>>
>What have they got at the Daneside then?
>
>Martin T. (Undoctor address if replying.)
Grave trap CS.
- Or they did have according to their returned proof form for the
British Performing Arts Yearbook we did up till 1998.
Derry Barbour
Ruud de Koning
1766, and if I'm well informed the only intact 18th-century theatre still in
use. You have seen nothing untill you've seen this!
The UNESCO has classified the theatre as one of the most valuable building
complexes in the world.
Ruud
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> In article <88uc8q$rn$1...@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>, Ultimate Group <mail@ulti
> matedreams.freeserve.co.uk> writes
> >if you're looking for original stage machinary, you can't beat the "Tyne
> >Theatre & Opera House" in newcastle. It was installed in 1867 and is
still
> >complete and working to this day.
> >
>
> And The Playhouse, Charing Cross, London
> And The Gielguid Theatre, London (ex-Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue)
> And Her Majesty's Theatre, London
> And The Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, London
> And the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
> And the Alexandra Palace Theatre (derelict)
> And The Alhambra, Bradford
> And the Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds
> And the Daneside Theatre, Congleton
>
> etc, etc
>
> This is not counting the newer ones with more sophisticated machinery -
> and some which have them but don't want anybody to know about them as
> some director may want to use them and "we would rather they did not
> know about it".
>
> Anyway, revenons a nos moutons -
>
> Any Theatres ABROAD (outside the UK) which still have 1900s Stage
> Machinery?
>
>
Rob Loxley
one?
Rob
Derry & Sheena Barbour wrote in message ...
Ruud de Koning
Peter Herman
>
> Don't forget Drottningholm Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. Still in use since
> 1766, and if I'm well informed the only intact 18th-century theatre still in
> use. You have seen nothing untill you've seen this!
>
> The UNESCO has classified the theatre as one of the most valuable building
> complexes in the world.
>
> Ruud
machinery is a true marvel! The best thing about Drottningholm,
however, is that all this 18th century machinery is still in regular
use. They do plays, opera and dance from the theatre's period so you
get to see the machinery used in the production style for which it was
built. We saw "Cosi" there in the '80s when we lived in Stockholm
during our first sabbitical and it is one of our "life list" list
theatre memories. We have been back several times since, though not as
often as we would wish because tickets sell out quickly for the short
summer season.
The other thing about the theatre space is that it is a scene painter's
dream. The entire theatre is painted to look like marble! If you are
anywhere nearby, it is worth a trip, and they do back stage tours in a
number of languages. For those of you who can't afford the trip, the
theatre was used for the Ingmar Bergman filming of Mozart's Magic Flute
which is available on video. Rent it and you will get a good view of
the theatre in action, not to mention a truely charming production of
the opera (sung in Swedish)
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Ruud de Koning
"Any Theatres ABROAD (outside the UK) which still have 1900s Stage
Machinery?"
But: (!)
Drottningholms Theatre is well equipped with three different traps linked by
rope to a horizontal, handworked axle under stage. Each trap has a sliding
hatch lowered below the level of the stage before being drawn off to one
side; the hole fits the trap as it rises.
(From: "Drottingholm Court Theatre", Ove Hidemark, Per Edstrom, Birgitta
Schyberg.
ISBN 91-7988-071-1. A beautifull book in color with all the technical
drawings in it too.)
Things have changed. The backstage tours are only possible for studies. It
is still worth wile the visit. Try to get in contact with the theatre and
explain you're in the theatre business.
You're right about the painting. Wonderfull! And: even the original walpaper
is still there! (In those days, if you moved, the wallpaper moved with you.
Therefor they hung it sort of loose. It was a very expensive and exclusive
decoration.)
I didn't know about the video: thanks! I'll try to get it in to our
collection.
Ruud
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