Temple Of Varieties

• Theatre ID
  1206
• Built / Converted
  1860
• Dates of use
  • : ?-1873
• Current state
  Demolished
• Current use
  demolished
• Address
  Church Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1, England

Details

This was a wooden building throughout. The site was back-to-back with the Imperial/People's Hall in Glass Street. No description of the interior has been found.

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• Other names
  Imperial Circus Royal Victoria Music Hall, Prince of Wales Concert Hall, Newsome's Circus, Alexander Concert Hall, Royal Alexander Music Hall Circus, Cooke's Circus, Theatre Royal (Circus MH), Royal Pottery Music Hall (late circus)
• Events
  • Use: ?-1873
  • 1865 Owner/Management: F Prince, lessee & manager
  • 1866 Alteration: reopened as circus; renovated & redecorated, roof repaired (architect unknown).
  • 1866 Owner/Management: F H Hammond, lessee
  • 1868 - 1870 Owner/Management: V Wentworth, general manager
  • 1868 Owner/Management: Newsome, proprietor
  • 1868 Alteration: stage formed for concert-type music hall (architect unknown).
  • 1869 Alteration: renovation (architect unknown).
    • Turner & Ward - Consultant: New Woodwork
    • G Scarratt - Consultant: Painting
    • Johnson (from London Astley’s) - Consultant: Decorations
  • 1869 - 1873 Owner/Management: Alfred Eugene & James Frederick Cooke, proprietors
  • 1870 Alteration: unspecified alterations and redecorations (architect unknown).
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1870 - 1873 Owner/Management: Steele, land owner
  • 1870 Owner/Management: John Windley
  • 1870 - 1872 Owner/Management: W H Wilson, proprietor; K I Dorr, general manager
  • 1872 Owner/Management: T Rogers & J Warrilow, proprietors (until when not known).
• Capacities
  • Later: 1863: c.1000
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Unreliable anecdotes
  Care must be taken not to confuse this with the People’s Hall or Imperial, Glass Street. The sites were back to back.