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The Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. It is a Grade II* listed building. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 747 Ã— 599 pixels Full resolution (2044 Ã— 1640 pixel, file size: 1,023 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Old Vic West End... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 747 Ã— 599 pixels Full resolution (2044 Ã— 1640 pixel, file size: 1,023 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Old Vic West End... Lambeth North tube station at the south end of Baylis Road. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... London Waterloo railway station is a major railway station and transport interchange complex in London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Old Vic Theatre at the western end of The Cut (in Lambeth). ... The BFI London IMAX cinema towards the north-west end of Waterloo Road. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

It was also the name of a repertory company that was based at the theatre, and provided the basis of the Royal National Theatre company. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ...

History

Origins

The theatre was founded in 1818 by James Jones and James Dunn (formerly managers of the Surrey Theatre in Bermondsey), and Thomas Serres, then Marine painter to the King who managed to secure the formal patronage of Princess Charlotte and her husband Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg naming the theatre the Royal Coburg Theatre. The theatre was a "minor" theatre (as opposed to one of the two patent theatres) and was thus technically forbidden to show serious drama. Nevertheless, when the theatre passed to William Bolwell Davidge in 1824 he succeeded in bringing legendary actor Edmund Kean south of the river to play six Shakespeare plays in six nights. The theatre's role in bringing high art to the masses was confirmed when Kean addressed the audience during his curtain call saying "I have never acted to such a set of ignorant, unmitigated brutes as I see before me." When Davidge left to take over the Surrey theatre in 1833 it was bought by Daniel Egerton and William Abbott who tried to capitalise on the abolition of the legal distinction between patent and minor theatres and also in 1833 the theatre was renamed the Royal Victorian Theatre after the heir to the throne Princess Victoria. In 1880, under the ownership of Emma Cons, it became The Royal Victoria Hall And Coffee Tavern and was run on "strict temperance lines"; by this time it was already known as the "Old Vic". 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... London, in Blackfriars Road, Lambeth. ... Bermondsey is a place in the London Borough of Southwark. ... Engraving from a portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, in the National Portrait Gallery, attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (January 7, 1796 â€“ November 6, 1817) was the only child of the ill-fated marriage between George IV (at that time the Prince of Wales... Leopold I of the Belgians (Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) (b. ... The patent theatres were the theatres that were licenced to perform spoken drama after the English Restoration of Charles II in 1660. ... Edmund Kean (March 17, 1787 â€“ May 15, 1833) was an English actor, regarded in his time as the greatest ever. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 â€“ 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Old Vic Theatre. ... A cartoon from Australia ca. ...

Old Vic company

With Emma Cons's death in 1912 the theatre passed to her niece Lilian Baylis, who emphasized the Shakespearean repertoire. The Old Vic Company was established in 1929, led by Sir John Gielgud. Between 1925 and 1931, Lilian Baylis championed the re-building of the then-derelict Sadler's Wells Theatre, and established a ballet company under the direction of Ninette de Valois. For a few years the drama and ballet companies rotated between the two theatres, with the ballet becoming permanently based at Sadler's Wells in 1935. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Old Vic Theatre. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 â€“ 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning English theatre and film actor, and is generally regarded as one of the great British actors in history. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... The London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera The English National Opera (ENO) is Londons second opera company, after the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. ... Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ... At age 16 Dame Ninette de Valois (June 6, 1898 â€“ March 8, 2001) was the Irish founder of Londons renowned Royal Ballet. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

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Wartime exile

The Old Vic was damaged badly during the Blitz, and the war-depleted company spent all its time touring, based in Burnley, Lancashire at the Victoria Theatre during the years 1940 to 1943. In 1944, the company was re-established in London with Sir Ralph Richardson and Lord Laurence Olivier as its stars, performing mainly at the New Theatre until the Old Vic was ready to re-open in 1950. In 1946, an offshoot of the company was established in Bristol as the Bristol Old Vic. Heinkel He 111 German bomber over the Surrey Docks, Southwark, London (German propaganda photomontage). ... Burnley is a large market town in the north-east of Lancashire in north-west England with a population of 89,542[1] (2001 census). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 â€“ 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, did their best to make the transition to film. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907â€“11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and Newport. ... The Coopers Hall (right) became the theatre foyer in the 1970s. ...

National Theatre company

In 1963, the Old Vic company was dissolved and the new National Theatre Company, under the artistic direction of Lord Olivier, was based at the Old Vic until its own building was opened on the South Bank near Waterloo Bridge in 1976. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907â€“11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... The National Theatre is one of the collection of arts buildings that make up the South Bank Centre. ... This article is about the bridge in London For other uses, see Waterloo Bridge (disambiguation). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

In July 1974 the Old Vic presented a rock concert for the first time. National Theatre director Sir Peter Hall and producer Martin Lewis arranged for the progressive folk-rock band Gryphon to premiere Midnight Mushrumps the fantasia inspired by Hall's own 1974 Old Vic production of The Tempest starring Sir John Gielgud for which Gryphon had supplied the music. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For the Australian politician, see Peter Hall (politician) Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall (born 22 November 1930) is a British theatre and film director. ... Martin Lewis. ... Gryphon were a British progressive rock band of the 1970s, notable for their unusual sound and instrumentation. ... The Tempest is a play written by William Shakespeare. ... John Gielgud as photographed in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten Sir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH (April 14, 1904–May 21, 2000) was an English theatre and film actor, regarded by many as one of the greatest of his time. ...

Reopening

After the departure of the NT, the Old Vic continued as a home for classic and new drama, and was significantly restored under the ownership of Toronto department-store entrepreneur 'Honest Ed' Mirvish during the 1980s. In 1998, the building was bought by a new charitable trust, The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000. In 2000, the production company Criterion Productions was renamed Old Vic Productions plc, though relatively few of its productions are at the Old Vic theatre. Edwin Honest Ed Mirvish (July 25, 1914 - ) is a businessman and philanthropist who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Current developments

In 2003, the actor Kevin Spacey was appointed as new artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre Company receiving considerable media attention. Spacey said he wanted to inject new life into the British theatre industry, and bring British and American theatrical talent to the stage. He appears in two shows per season, and performs some directorial duties on other shows. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Kevin Spacey (born Kevin Spacey Fowler[1] on July 26, 1959) is a two-time Academy Award winning American actor (film and stage) and director. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ...

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