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Greenwich Theatre
Greenwich Theatre is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich · 0.3 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Greenwich Theatre is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Address: Crooms Hill, London, SE10 8ES. Wheelchair accessible (per OpenStreetMap). Coordinates: 51.4795°, -0.0076°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Greenwich Theatre is an English theatre located in Croom's Hill close to the centre of Greenwich in south-east London. Theatre first came to Greenwich at the beginning of the 19th century during the famous Eastertide Greenwich Fair at which the Richardson travelling theatre annually performed. The current Greenwich Theatre is the heir to two former traditions. It stands on the site of the Rose and Crown Music Hall built in 1855 on Crooms Hill at the junction with Nevada Street. However, it takes its name from the New Greenwich Theatre built in 1864 by Sefton Parry on London Street, opposite what was then the terminus of the London and Greenwich Railway.
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Background
Description
On 21 October 1969, the theatre re-opened with Martin Luther King, a new piece of musical theatre written by Ewan Hooper, Artistic Director. Alan Vaughan Williams directed. From 1969, the theatre became a showcase for many new dramatic works. Early plays included Chekhov's Three Sisters and Jean Genet's The Maids, featuring Glenda Jackson, Susannah York and Vivien Merchant - many of the Greenwich cast featured in the subsequent film version. In 1975, Vivien Merchant and Timothy Dalton headed the cast of a revival of Noël Coward's The Vortex. Greenwich Theatre also saw the première of John Mortimer's A Voyage Round My Father and, on 5 November 1981, Rupert Everett appeared in the 1981…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4795, -0.0076
- District
- Greenwich
- Parish
- Greenwich, unparished area
- Postcode
- SE10 8ES
- Parliamentary constituency
- Greenwich and Woolwich
- Established
- 1969
- Nearest railway station
- Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich — 0.3 km
- Official site
- www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk
Sources
- osm: w1075176773 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Greenwich Theatre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Greenwichtheatre.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Greenwich Theatre?
- Greenwich Theatre is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SE10 8ES), in the parish of Greenwich, unparished area.
- When was Greenwich Theatre built?
- Built or established in 1969.
- Who owns Greenwich Theatre?
- Greenwich Theatre is owned by |capacity = 421.
- How do I get to Greenwich Theatre?
- The nearest railway station is Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SE10 8ES.