The New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, was a theatre in that British city's Fraser Street. The theatre opened in 1888 under the proprietorship of Mr Ellis Brammall jun. It was built by J H Havelock-Sutton (who went on to build the Park Palace Music Hall in 1893 and the Metropole Theatre in Bootle

Bootle

Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, and a 'Post town' in the L postcode area. Formally known as Bootle-cum-Linacre, the town is 4 miles  to the north of Liverpool city centre, and has a total resident population of 77,640.Historically part of...

 in 1911).

Among the distinguished names associated with the theatre was Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

Samuel Wanamaker was an American film director and actor and is credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London...

, who was appointed director of the New Shakespeare Theatre in 1957 and served in that role until 1959.

During the early sixties a campaign to save the theatre was led by Alan Durband

Alan Durband

Alan Durband was an important figure in the education and arts community in Liverpool. He was head of English at the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys and was co-founder of the Liverpool Everyman Theatre.-Early years and education:...

; in spite of considerable support, however, the theatre closed.

Following a fire which seriously damaged a large part of the structure, the theatre was demolished in 1976.