Bolton's Theatre Club

Bolton's Theatre Club in Drayton Gardens, Brompton, London launched in 1947 in a building originally opened in 1911 as the Radium Picture Playhouse.^[1]^[2] By operating as a club where membership was obligatory, the theatre was able to stage plays which might otherwise be prohibited under the Theatres Act 1843. Many of its plays transferred to the West End.^{[citation needed]}

After closure and conversion the building was reopened in 1955 as the Paris Pullman Cinema, which showed art-house films until its final closure and demolition in 1983. James Quinn was one of its directors.^[2]

Plays

1948 – Oscar Wilde by Leslie and Sewell Stokes (1937), with Frank Pettingell as Wilde, directed by Sewell Stokes.^[3]
1948 – Native Son by Richard Wright and Paul Green.^[4]
1948 – Hocus-Pocus by Jonquil Antony.^[4]
1949 – The Horn of the Moon by Vivian Connell, with Jack McNaughton, Denholm Elliott, John Wyse, Pamela Alan, Martin Boddey and Jessie Evans. Directed by Colin Chandler.^[5]
1953 – Dr John Bull, with John Louis Mansi and others.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Sheppard, F H W, ed. (1983). "Little Chelsea in Kensington". Survey of London: Volume 41, Brompton. London: London County Council. pp. 162–194. Retrieved 29 April 2019 – via British History Online.
^ ^a ^b "Paris Pullman Cinema in London, GB". Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ Jones, Derek, ed. (2001). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia (reprint ed.). Routledge. p. 1088. ISBN 978-1-136-79864-1.
^ ^a ^b "Chit Chat". The Stage. No. 3488. London. 19 February 1948. p. 4.
^ Howard, John (29 October 2016). "Theatre Clubs in 1950s London – The New Lindsey". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ Gaughan, Gavin (1 September 2010). "John Louis Mansi obituary". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ Over the Footlights List including Boltons

Plays

References

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