Queens Theatre, Glasgow

55°51′25″N 4°14′31″W / 55.857°N 4.242°W / 55.857; -4.242 The Queens Theatre was a theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, situated in Watson Street near Glasgow Cross. It was built in the 1870s to cater for working class Glaswegians. The theatre opened as the Star Hall. It went on to be renamed the Shakespeare Music Hall, New Star Theatre of Varieties and the Peoples Palace Theatre before being named the Queens Theatre in 1897.[1]

In the late 1930s, the theatre staged a twice-nightly pantomime, with Sam Murray as the principal comedian and Doris Droy as supporting singer.[2]

The theatre was destroyed by fire in 1952.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Queens Theatre". arthurlloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ^ Brogan, Colm, "The Glasgow Comedians", in Allan, John R. (1938), Scotland 1938, Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh
  3. ^ "Queens Theatre". Mitchell Library. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

Further reading

  • MacDiarmid, Hugh, "The Scottish Renaissance: The Next Step", in Holroyd, Ian F., and Stedman, Iain F.B. (eds.), Jabberwock: Edinburgh University Review, Vol. III, No. 2, Summer 1950, Edinburgh University Students' Representative Council, pp. 3 - 7


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