London Theatres in 1900: The Wyndham

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Arthur H. Beavan continued his survey of London's theatres, in Imperial London, published in 1901, with this look at the Wyndham Theatre:

Take Wyndham's, in Charing Cross Road, as a type of up-to-dateness.

The auditorium is decorated in the Louis XVI style, the scheme of colour being a light blue - in which all seats, including the pit and gallery, are upholstered - with cream and gold.

The balconies are on the cantilever system, and not a column is to be seen in the building, while the rake of stage and seats has been so worked out that from every point a good view of the stage can be obtained.

The ceilings are painted in oils, the subjects being treated in the Watteau style.

All round the two tiers, to which the theatre is confined, are electric hanging candelabra of Louis XVI, pattern, with rose-coloured shades.

There are twelve boxes, in three tiers, the Royal box with its private room being on the prompt side.

The electric light is used throughout the building; the provisions for egress have had to meet the sternest requirements of the County Council, and altogether the theatre is both taking to the eye, and commodious in its seating arrangements.

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