Croydon Grand Theatre [London]
type: Item
label: Croydon Grand Theatre
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
description: theater in Croydon @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1733
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Wikidata source: Q32271070
GPS: Point(-0.0996 51.3697)
demolished: 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: 125 High Street, London, Croydon, CR0, England
Theatres Trust Database ID: 3252
city section: Croydon
opening date: 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: Croydon.htm#grand
Carthalia ID: 1090
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1896 by Brough. Opened 6 April 1896 under the direction of Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Mainly used for popular melodrama and light plays. In the 1920s used as a touring venue. Closed 1940-1942. After World War II used for seasons of repertory drama and an annual pantomime until 1957. Despite a petition for its rescue that was signed by nearly 100,000 people, the theatre was demolished in 1959.