Everyman Cinema

The Everyman Theatre was founded by Norman MacDermott, who had been a businessman for twelve years before his first venture into theatrical production in 1918. In 1920 he acquired the lease of a redundant drill hall near the Hampstead tube station in north London and converted it into what The Times called "a very serviceable theatre". It was MacDermott's aim to establish a repertory company – an innovation in London – comparable with the Birmingham Repertory and Abbey Theatre, Dublin companies. The Everyman opened for its first performance on 15 September 1920. The play was The Bonds of Interest by the Spanish dramatist Jacinto Benavente, which the Theatre Guild had presented in…