Sunday, June 29, 2008

Doorway (Hyde Theatre Royal)


Hyde Theatre Royal
the rescue plan is onward
to the last exit

text & photograph © 2008, gerald england

In response to the "doorway" prompt at One Single Impression.

For more information, view my photos from the Heritage Open Days at Hyde Theatre Royal or visit the Theatre Royal Onward website. Other relevant photographs can be found on Hyde Daily Photo

13 comments:

  1. How I love the atmosphere of old theatres!

    Your pic and words capture that feeling! Beautiful!

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  2. I see emergency exits on that side of the pond are quite similar to ours!

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  3. i love going to theatres too..and i missed it a lot these days :)

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  4. Your words prompt memories of past performances of theater going.

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  5. That is wonderful. Save our heritage! Thanks for stopping by my place. Hope you have a great new week! All you guys have been leave wonderful comments. Thanks for your support!!

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  6. old theatres_
    a poem well written(may there be no need ever for the rescue plan or the doors)..

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  7. Judging from what little I can see of it from your photo, It must be a charming theater. What kind of performances are produced there? I'll bet it would be a great place for Shakespeare! I don't think I would want to exit.
    Thank You.

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  8. Edward and others -- if you follow the links I provided you will see that the last live show was Annie Get Your Gun in October 1974. A second cinema was built upon the stage, resulting in Royal One and Royal Two twin cinemas. In 1992 the Theatre Royal closed completely and was soon on the market for sale. Following failure to attract a buyer and the listing of the building preventing its demolition, the theatre is still vacant and in need of extensive repair and restoration to return it to its former glory and enable the doors to open again. The Onward Trust formed in 1999 has worked tirelessly since then and perhaps in about three years it is hoped to re-open part of the theatre.

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  9. I love that doorway photo-it has so much class and the words fit perfectly!

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  10. There's something secretive and special about the doorway. An interesting time and place -

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  11. A compact but powerful message to preserve what we love. A perfect protal to preservation!

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  12. thank you for the post and links... i agree it is important to save our heritage our past... glad to hear they are working tirelessly to complete their mission for all... to the last exit... thrz always another play...**smiling**

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  13. Wonderful photo and poem. Looks like a glorious old theatre with a rich history... you can sort of feel it in the walls on the picture you have used here. I hope you can rescue and restore her. She looks like she deserves to live on.

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