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- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Imperial Theatre [London] (Q8974) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +799 Imperial Theatre [London] (Q8974) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1876 by A. Bedborough as part of the amusement complex Royal Aquarium. 1898 rebuilding by Walter Emden. 1901 interior rebuilding by Frank Verity. Demolished 1906. [Later, Central Hall Westminster was built on the site.] - [The Imperial Theatre interior was moved to Canning Town, where a new Imperial Theatre opened in 1909. Later renamed Imperial Palace. Destroyed by a fire in 1931. Replaced by a cinema.], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Hope playhouse [London] (Q8507) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +537 Hope playhouse [London] (Q8507) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1613-1614, replacing the Beargarden. Used as a theatre and a bull and bear baiting ring. Possibly demolished 1656 (or at the latest before 1714)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Hippodrome [London] (Q8478) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +857 Hippodrome [London] (Q8478) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1900 by Frank Matcham for Edward Moss as a hippodrome for circus and variety performances, including a tank for aquatic performances. 1909 conversion into a variety theatre by Frank Matcham (ca. 1340 seats). 1958 demolition of the original interior and conversion into the cabaret restaurant, Talk of the Town. Later used as a discotheque and nightclub. 2009-2012 rebuildings. Re-opened 2012 as Hippodrome Casino. Used as a gaming casino and f... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Haymarket Theatre Royal [London] (Q8119) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +690 Haymarket Theatre Royal [London] (Q8119) Created claim: Note (P44): Present theatre built 1821 by John Nash. 1847-1853 various alterations. 1871 redecoration by G. Somers Clarke. 1880 major auditorium rebuilding by C. J. Phipps. 1905 interior rebuilding by C. Stanley Peach with S. D. Adshead. 1994 interior restauration and stage alterations by John Rowe-Parr. 888 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Globe Theatre [London, UK] (Q7846) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +940 Globe Theatre [London, UK] (Q7846) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1599 by Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, using timber from The Theatre in Shoreditch (London's first permanent playhouse that was thus demolished). Apparently named after the figure of Hercules bearing the globe, as showed on the theatre's sign. Destroyed by a fire on 29 June 1613 after two cannons had been fired off during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII. - [In 1614, a new Globe, built from tiles, was erected on the same site. Demo... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Garrick Theatre [London] (Q8213) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +633 Garrick Theatre [London] (Q8213) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1889 by Walter Emden with C. J. Phipps for W. S. Gilbert. Named in honour of the English actor, producer, dramatist, and poet, David Garrick (1717-1779). Opened 24 Apr 1889 with the play The Profligate. Originally 807 seats, today 700 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Gaiety Theatre, London (Q34408) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +485 Gaiety Theatre, London (Q34408) Created claim: Note (P44): New Gaiety Theatre built 1903 by Runtz and Ford (with consultant R. Norman Shaw). Demolished 1957., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Fulham Grand Theatre [London] (Q8972) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +453 Fulham Grand Theatre [London] (Q8972) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1897 by W. G. R. Sprague. Closed ca. 1950. Demolished in 1958., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Ealing Theatre [London] (Q8971) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:38, 11 September 2025 diff hist +553 Ealing Theatre [London] (Q8971) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1899 by an unknown architect as Ealing Hippdrome. Later renamed Ealing Theatre. 1906 rebuilding, probably by Crewe. Later name: Lyric Palladium. Demolished 1958., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Dukes Theatre [London, UK] (Q8373) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +738 Dukes Theatre [London, UK] (Q8373) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1671 by Sir Christopher Wren, on the former grounds of Dorset House (which had been destroyed by the Great Fire). Also known as Dorset Garden Theatre. Used for performances by The Duke's Players. After 1682, mostly used for entertainment shows, wrestling shows, and musical competitions. 1689 renamed Queen's Theatre. 1000 seats. Demolished 1709., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane [London, UK] (Q33459) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,049 The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane [London, UK] (Q33459) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1811-1812 by Benjamin Dean Wyatt, as fourth theatre on the site (replacing the 3rd theatre of 1794). Opened 10 Oct 1812 with Shakespeare's Hamlet. 1814 and 1818 various alterations. 1820 addition of a portico by James Spiller (also attributed to Sir John Soane). 1822 auditorium alteration by Samuel Beazley. 1831 addition of a colonnad on Russel St front. 1837 interior re-decoration by Crace. 1841-1851 minor alterations. 1870 interior alter... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Dominion Theatre [London] (Q9946) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,007 Dominion Theatre [London] (Q9946) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1928-1929 by William Milburn jr. (of W. and T. R. Milburn) for Moss Empires on the site of a brewery and a cinema. Opened 1929 with a musical. 1930 converted into a cinema by W. R. Glen. 1933 sold to Gaumont British. 1933 installation of a cinema organ by W. E: Trent. 1945-1948, 1958, and 1972 alterations. From 1981, again used as a theatre, mainly for live shows. Also used as a guest venue by the Welsh National Opera company. From 1986, u... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Deptford Broadway Theatre [London] (Q8970) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +716 Deptford Broadway Theatre [London] (Q8970) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1897 by W. G. R. Sprague. 1911 converted in a cinema, renamed Century Theatre. Demolished in the 1960s in favour of shops. - [Not to be confused with 1) the Broadway Picture Playhouse (1911-1935) and 2) the still extant Broadway Theatre (built 1932) on Catford Broadway in Catford, Lewisham, also known as Lewisham Theatre.], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Daly's Theatre [London] (Q8477) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +626 Daly's Theatre [London] (Q8477) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1893 by Spencer Chadwick with Charles John Phipps for the American theatre director, John Augustin Daly (1838-1899). Opened 27 June 1893. Demolished in 1937 in favour of a Warner Cinema (later Warner Village Cinema, now Vue West End)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Croydon Grand Theatre [London] (Q8969) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +783 Croydon Grand Theatre [London] (Q8969) Created claim: Note (P44): 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., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Criterion Theatre [London] (Q8171) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +912 Criterion Theatre [London] (Q8171) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1874 by Thomas Verity on the former site of the old St James's Market and the Mitre Tavern. Originally planned as a concert hall within a restaurant complex, it was soon decided to build a full-fledge theatre. First theatre in London to be built completely below ground level. Opened 21 Mar 1874. 1878 extension, 1884 rebuilding by Thomas Verity. 1903 renovations. During World War II used for radio broadcasts by the BBC. 1985 severely damage... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Royal Opera House [London] (Q7853) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,193 Royal Opera House [London] (Q7853) Created claim: Note (P44): Present theatre built 1857-1858 as Royal Italian Opera by Edward M. Barry. Opened 15 May 1858 with Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots. 1892 renamed Royal Opera. 1899-1902 rebuilding of stagehouse by E. O. Sachs. 1939 renamed Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Several minor changes of auditorium from 1955 to 1992. 1982 addition of rehearsal and dressing rooms and conversion of E. M. Barry's 1860 Floral Hall into a foyer by Gollins, Melvin and Ward. 1997-19... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Cambridge Theatre [London] (Q9305) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +508 Cambridge Theatre [London] (Q9305) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1930 by Wimperis, Simpson, and Guthrie. Interior decoration by Serge Chermayeff. Restored in the 1980s by Carl Toms., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre Royal [Bognor Regis] (Q8952) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +675 Theatre Royal [Bognor Regis] (Q8952) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1911 by W. T. Barlow. Opened 1911 as Kursaal. 1919 renamed Theatre Royal. 1941 converted into a cinema. 1947 rebuildings, re-opened as Rex Entertainment Centre. 1974 renamed Royal Movie Centre. Closed 30 Aug 1975. Demolished in 1975. Subsequently, Regis Centre was built on the site., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Old Globe Theatre [Dallas] (Q27353) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +480 Old Globe Theatre [Dallas] (Q27353) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1936 for the Texas Centennial Exposition, inspired by Shakespeare's London Globe (1614)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Fair Park Music Hall [Dallas] (Q11852) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +660 Fair Park Music Hall [Dallas] (Q11852) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 10 Oct 1925. 1954 rebuilding and additions. 1999 renovation. 3420 seats. From 1957 to 2009, home to the Dallas Opera (until it moved to the Winspear Opera House). Currently home to the Dallas Summer Musicals and used for touring musical productions and other events., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Kalita Humphreys Theater [Dallas] (Q27102) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +822 Kalita Humphreys Theater [Dallas] (Q27102) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1955-1959 by Frank Lloyd Wright as one of his last works. Opened 27 Dec 1959 with Thomas Wolfe's Of Time and the River. Named in honour of the American actress Kalita Humphreys (1914-1954) who had died in a plane crash in 1954. As a memorial, her parents gave a substantial donation towards the construction of the theatre. 497 seats. 1959-2009 home to the Dallas Theater Center. Since 2009 still used as a venue by that company., #quickstatem... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Old Stafford Opera House [Columbus] (Q27349) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +472 Old Stafford Opera House [Columbus] (Q27349) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1886 by N. J. Clayton for the millionaire R. E. Stafford. Originally 1000 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Olentangy Park Theatre [Columbus] (Q27352) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +452 Olentangy Park Theatre [Columbus] (Q27352) Created claim: Note (P44): Amusement park theatre, built ca. 1904. Destroyed by fire in 1940., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Ohio Theatre [Columbus] (Q26126) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,127 Ohio Theatre [Columbus] (Q26126) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1928 as Loew's Movie Palace by Thomas W. Lamb. Interior decoration by Anne Dornan. Opened 17 March 1928. Originally used for live stage shows and as a cinema. Plans to demolish the theatre in the late 1960s could be stopped by a citzen's campaign Save the Ohio that, within a year, raised more than US$ 2 million for its rescue. 1969 purchased by the newly formed Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA), subsequently renovated. Re... Tag: Purkii [1.0]