Mercury Theatre (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
The Mercury Theatre
Mercury Theatre
The Mercury Theatre was a theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and John Houseman. After a string of live theatrical productions, in 1938 the Mercury Theatre progressed into their best-known period as The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a radio series that included one of the...

was the Welles and Houseman New York stage & radio theater company of 1937-1946.

Mercury Theatre may also refer to:
  • Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
    Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
    The Mercury Theatre was a small theatre in Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill Gate, London, notable for the productions of poetic dramas between 1933 and 1956, and as the home of the Ballet Rambert until 1987.- History :...

    , London, 1933-1987
  • Mercury Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 1910-1992
  • Mercury Theatre, Colchester
    Mercury Theatre, Colchester
    The Mercury Theatre is a theatre in Colchester, built in 1972. It originated with the Colchester Repertory Company, formed in 1937. After considerable campaigning and fundraising a theatre, designed by Norman Downie was constructed...

    , England, opened 1972
  • St James' Hall, Sydney
    St James' Hall, Sydney
    St James' Hall, sometimes written as St James's Hall, was a building which stood at 171 Phillip Street, Sydney, near King Street. It figured prominently in the history of small theatre in Australia...

     for period 1952–1954 (renamed by Peter Finch
    Peter Finch
    Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...

    )
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK