Death in the Theatre
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Death in the Theatre

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Death in the Theatre

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"A richly entertaining account of tragic theatre accidents and murders most foul. If theatre walls could talk, what secrets would they reveal? Chris Wood provides fascinating answers with tales of brawling ushers, murderously jealous husbands, stampeding crowds and infant tragedies. A meticulously researched and vivid collection of lives lost in the palaces of dreams. A must-read for all lovers of the theatre, providing shocks and gasps of horror when real life proves to be more dramatic than any play on stage." - Hugh Bonneville "Immaculately researched and beautifully macabre. This is a real treat for anyone who is either a fan of the theatre or of untimely deaths. I loved it!" - Peter James Britain's theatrical wonderland has been a cornerstone of culture for centuries, delighting and thrilling audiences with an assemblage of exhilarating spectacles. Beyond the trodden boards, and tucked neatly behind the curtain however, lies a catalogue of real life destruction and grisly murder that our greatest tragedians would surely be proud to have presided over. Tread the bloodied boards of Britain's theaters and witness the deathly dramas that have played out so dramatically within them. Death in the Theatre collects an astonishing selection of startling tragedies from Britain's throng of theaters. There is something especially staggering when the player exits life on their adorned stage, and yet, with this by no means an infrequent occurrence, death has made many a fearful cameo appearance – stalking the stalls and grimly reaping the galleries in its macabre and relentless fashion. In 1910 a strange midnight tragedy was enacted in a London theater, where the brutal murder of an elderly stage carpenter prompted huge excitement among the theater-going world and indeed wider public. How did a children's magic show descend into such unspeakable horror that would leave 183 youngsters dead in a Sunderland theater, their tiny bodies brutally laid out in the dress circle for the bleakest of identity parades? Learn of outrageous tragedy such as the young man mauled to death by a lion in a Gloucester theater, and the unfortunate victim killed in the Dumfries Theatre Royal – quite literally – by the limelight.

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Publisher
Pen and Sword History
Year
2023
ISBN
9781399009126
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 The Haymarket Theatre, London 1794
  8. Chapter 2 Drury Lane, London 1826
  9. Chapter 3 Britannia Theatre, London 1860
  10. Chapter 4 Britannia Theatre, London 1868
  11. Chapter 5 Alnwick Theatre, Northumberland 1869
  12. Chapter 6 Alexandra Theatre, Sheffield 1872
  13. Chapter 7 Dumfries Theatre Royal, Dumfries 1878
  14. Chapter 8 Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne 1881
  15. Chapter 9 Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne 1887
  16. Chapter 10 Victoria Hall, Sunderland 1883
  17. Chapter 11 Theatre Royal, Exeter 1887
  18. Chapter 12 Manchester Amateur Theatre 1891
  19. Chapter 13 Novelty Theatre, London 1896
  20. Chapter 14 Grand Theatre, Glasgow 1889
  21. Chapter 15 Lyceum Theatre, Birmingham 1902
  22. Chapter 16 Grand Theatre, Blackpool 1903
  23. Chapter 17 Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool 1905
  24. Chapter 18 Coliseum, London 1905
  25. Chapter 19 Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Belfast 1907
  26. Chapter 20 Palace of Varieties Theatre, Gloucester 1907
  27. Chapter 21 Empire Palace Theatre, Edinburgh 1907
  28. Chapter 22 Camberwell Empire Theatre 1910
  29. Chapter 23 Jarrow Theatre Royal, South Tyneside 1911
  30. Chapter 24 Garrick Theatre, Hereford 1916
  31. Chapter 25 Theatre Royal, Portsmouth 1923
  32. Chapter 26 Fortune Theatre, London 1925
  33. Chapter 27 Alhambra Theatre, London 1928
  34. Chapter 28 Grand Theatre, Brighton 1929
  35. Chapter 29 Wood Green Empire Theatre, London 1930
  36. Chapter 30 Empire Theatre, Nottingham 1931
  37. Chapter 31 Palace Theatre, Blackpool 1932
  38. Chapter 32 Wakefield Theatre Royal and Opera House 1933
  39. Chapter 33 Leicester Square Theatre, London 1933
  40. Chapter 34 Richmond Theatre, Surrey 1939
  41. Afterword
  42. Bibliography
  43. Plates