The Theatres Trust

Auditorium of the Almeida Theatre

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  • Image ID
    7082
  • Image title
    Auditorium of the Almeida Theatre
  • Description
    Black and white engraving showing the auditorium of the Islington Scientific and Literary Institute, later known as the Almeida Theatre. The engraving is taken from the rear wall and from a position to stage right. This 'auditorium' is better described as a semicircular lecture theatre: rows of steeply raked bench seating curve around a central position for the speaker; in the front wall - the diameter of the semicircle - two entrances and, beyond an upper level balustrade, the library can be seen; a chandelier is suspended from an oval lighting well in the ceiling.
  • Depicted theatre
    Almeida
  • Depiction date
  • Copyright holder
    not specified
  • Creator

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