The Grand Theatre (1903)

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17
2014
The new Grand Theatre - the fourth theatre on the site - was opened on 26 December 1900 with a production of the pantomime 'Robinson Crusoe'.

The Huddersfield Daily reported the next day: - Nearing the end of the first performance of 'Robinson Crusoe' at the Grand Theatre, Islington, on Wednesday, a fire broke out. From all parts of the house an alarm was raised. All present rose to their feet as large pieces of inflammable material were seen dropping from flies. The fire-proof curtain was promptly lowered, and the band struck up the National Anthem. The actors and actresses crowded into the stage boxes. Mr. Jones, playing 'Friday,' clambered on to the stage from the front and appealed to the audience not to rush for the doors as there was no danger. Then Mr. Charles Townley, the author, came forward explaining that the management, owing to the electric installations not being completed, had used gas batten, and one of the sky borders had unfortunately caught fire. The officials had shown their efficiency by the celerity with which the fire had been extinguished. This is the fourth fire that has occurred at this theatre, and Wednesday's was the first performance given since the building was gutted some few months back.

Thankfully the fire was quickly put out and the performance continued, and the Theatre would go on to stage pantomime, drama, and variety productions until it was renamed the Islington Empire in 1908.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Angel Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line.
Collins’ Music Hall Collins’ Music Hall was a notable Islington venue.
Philharmonic Hall The Philharmonic Hall was a major music hall throughout the 1860s and early 1870s.
Spa Green Estate, EC1R The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.
White Conduit Fields White Conduit Fields in Islington was an early venue for cricket and several major matches are known to have been played there in the 18th century.
White Conduit Street (1950s) A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington in the 1950s.

NEARBY STREETS
Angel Arcade, EC1V Angel Arcade is named, along with many ’Angel’ streets of the area, after the famous pub (Angel)
Angel Building, EC1V Angel Building is a block on St John Street (Angel)
Angel Corner House, N1 Angel Corner House is located on Islington High Street (Angel)
Angel Gate, EC1V Angel Gate is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Angel House, N1 Angel House is a block on Pentonville Road (Angel)
Angel Mews, N1 Angel Mews is an ancient side street in Islington (Angel)
Angel Square, EC1V Angel Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Angelis Apartments, N1 Angelis Apartments is located on Graham Street (Angel)
Arlington House, EC1R Arlington House is located on Arlington Way (Angel)
Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936 (Finsbury)
Asman House, N1 Asman House is a block on Colebrooke Row (Islington)
Aztec Row, N1 Aztec Row is part of Berners Street, Islington (Islington)
Barford Street, N1 Barford Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Barnsbury Road, N1 Barnsbury Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Baron Street, N1 Baron Street is named after Joseph Barron, landlord of the White Lion inn during the late eighteenth century (Angel)
Batchelor Street, N1 Batchelor Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Benyon House, EC1R Benyon House is sited on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)
Berners House, N1 Berners House is a block on Barnsbury Road (Islington)
Berners Road, N1 Berners Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Bethany House, WC1X Bethany House is a block on Lloyd Square (Finsbury)
Bevin Court, WC1X Bevin Court is a modernist housing project designed in the post-war period by the Tecton architects (Pentonville)
Bevin Way, WC1X Bevin Way was called after prominent Labour politician Ernest Bevin (Pentonville)
Boreas Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Bradleys Close, N1 Bradleys Close is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Bridel Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Bromfield Street, N1 Bromfield Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Burgh Street, N1 This is a street in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Business Design Centre, N1 The Business Design Centre is a Grade II listed building located between Upper Street and Liverpool Road (Islington)
Cable House, WC1X Cable House is a block on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Camden Passage, N1 Camden Passage was built as Cumberland Row in 1767 (Angel)
Camden Street, N1 Camden Street once laid at the northern end of Camden Passage (Angel)
Camden Walk, N1 Camden Walk is one of the streets of the N1 postal area (Angel)
Chadwell Street, EC1R Chadwell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Pentonville)
Chalbury Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Chantry Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Chapel Market, N1 Chapel Market is a daily street market in Islington (Islington)
Chapel Place, N1 Chapel Place lies off the north side of Chapel Market towards Liverpool Road (Islington)
Charles Lamb Court, N1 Charles Lamb Court is a block on Gerrard Road (Islington)
Charlotte Terrace, N1 Charlotte Terrace is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Charlton Place, N1 Charlton Place runs east from Upper Street (Islington)
City Garden Row, N1 City Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Claremont Close, EC1R Claremont Close occupies a location that was initially developed in the 1820s as Claremont Mews, primarily serving Claremont Terrace and the northern side of Myddelton Square (Angel)
Claremont Square, N1 Claremont Square is a square and reservoir on Pentonville Road (Pentonville)
Claremont Street, EC1R A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Cloudesley Place, N1 Cloudesley Place is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Cloudesley Street, N1 Cloudesley Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Colebrook Row, N1 Colebrooke Row is a street of late 18th and early 19th century terraced houses (Islington)
Colebrooke Place, N1 Colebrooke Place is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Coombs Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Copenhagen House, N1 Copenhagen House is a block on Charlotte Terrace (Islington)
Corbet House, N1 Corbet House is a block on Maygood Street (Islington)
Cruden Street, N1 Cruden Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Cruikshank Street, EC1R Cruickshank Street was named after George Cruikshank, 19th century illustrator who lived on nearby Amwell Street (Pentonville)
Cynthia Street, N1 Cynthia Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Pentonville)
Dalby House, EC1V Dalby House is a block on City Road (Angel)
Danbury Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Danbury Street, N1 Danbury Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Denmark Grove, N1 Denmark Grove is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Devon House, N1 Devon House is a block on Upper Street (Angel)
Devonia Road, N1 Devonia Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Dewey Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Dignum Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Donegal Street, N1 Donegal Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Doves Yard, N1 Doves Yard is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Duncan Street, N1 Duncan Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Duncan Terrace, N1 Duncan Terrace is named after Admiral Duncan the commander of the Naval Fleet at the Battle of Camperdown against the Dutch in 1797 (Islington)
Eckford Street, N1 Eckford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Edward House, EC1V Edward House is a block on Wakley Street (Angel)
Elia Mews, EC1V Elia Mews is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Elia Street, N1 Elia Street was named for local poet, Charles Lamb (Angel)
Elsinore House, N1 Elsinore House is a block on Barnsbury Road (Islington)
Elystan Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Falcon Court, N1 Falcon Court is a block on City Garden Row (Angel)
Fisher House, N1 Fisher House is a building on Barnsbury Road (Islington)
Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Gard Street, EC1V Gard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Gerrard Road, N1 Gerrard Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Godson Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Graham Street, N1 Graham Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Grant Street, N1 The present Grant Street is the remnant of Warren Street, an L-shaped road running between Chapel Market and White Conduit Street, renamed Grant Street in 1936 (Islington)
Grantbridge Street, N1 Grantbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Great Percy Street, WC1X Great Percy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Green Man Tower, EC1V Green Man Tower can be found on Goswell Road (Angel)
Half Moon Crescent, N1 Half Moon Crescent is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Hall Street, EC1V Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Hanover Yard, N1 Hanover Yard is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Harvest Lodge, N1 Harvest Lodge a plain brick, four-storey block of flats was built in 1962 (Islington)
Haverstock Place, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Haverstock Street, EC1V Haverstock Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Hayward House, N1 Hayward House is a four-storey block of flats immediately north of St Silas’s Church (Islington)
Henry Place, N1 Henry Place predated the Barnsbury Estate (Islington)
Hermes Street, N1 Hermes Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Pentonville)
Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street (Finsbury)
Hermitage House, N1 Hermitage House is a block on Gerrard Road (Islington)
Hill House Apartments, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Pentonville)
Holford Street, WC1X Holford Mews, Holdford Place and Holford Street were all named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme (Finsbury)
Holford Yard, WC1X Holford Yard is named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme in the 18th century (Pentonville)
Inglebert Street, EC1R Inglebert Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Islington Green, N1 Islington Green is both a small green and a series of roads which surround it (Angel)
Islington High Street, N1 Islington High Street is part of the main road through Islington at Angel (Angel)
James’s Gardens, N1 James’s Gardens was established in the 1810s. (Angel)
Jessop Court, N1 Jessop Court is a block on Graham Street (Angel)
John’s Place, N1 John’s Place lead through an archway to Charles Street (Islington)
Lambs Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Lloyd House, WC1X Lloyd House is located on Lloyd Street (Finsbury)
Lloyd Street, WC1X Lloyd Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Mandeville Houses, N1 Mandeville Houses, fronting Mantell Street and Liverpool Road was the earliest housing scheme built by Finsbury Borough Council (Islington)
Manningford Close, EC1V Manningford Close is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Mantell Street, N1 Mantell Street, originally Sermon Lane, is now part of Tolpuddle Street (Islington)
Masons Place, EC1V Masons Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Maygood Street, N1 Maygood Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Maynard House, N1 Maynard House is located on Penton Street (Islington)
McBeath House, EC1V McBeath House is a block on Goswell Road (Angel)
Messiter House, N1 Messiter House is a block on Pultney Street (Islington)
Midway House, EC1V Midway House is a block on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Molton House, N1 Molton House is a block on Copenhagen Street (Islington)
Moreland Street, EC1V Moreland Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story (Finsbury)
Myddelton Square, EC1R Myddelton Square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square (Finsbury)
Nelson Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Nelson Terrace, EC1V Nelson Terrace is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Newstead House, N1 Newstead House is sited on Liverpool Road (Islington)
Noble House, N1 Noble House is sited on Islington High Street (Angel)
Noble Yard, N1 Noble Yard is a yard lying off Charlton Place (Angel)
Noel Road, N1 Noel Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Northeast Place, N1 Northeast Place matched the adjacent Northwest Place (Angel)
Northwest Place, N1 Northwest Place, off Chapel Market, was formerly West Place (Angel)
Oakley Crescent, EC1V Oakley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Old Royal Free Square, N1 Old Royal Free Square is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Olive Court, N1 Olive Court is a block on Liverpool Road (Islington)
Owen Street, EC1V Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Paget Street, EC1V Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Parkfield Street, N1 Parkfield Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Payne House, N1 Payne House, along Charlotte Terrace and dating from 1937, is part of the Barnsbury Estate (Islington)
Payne Street, N1 Payne Street appeared on the map in 1837 (Islington)
Penton Grove, N1 The narrow loop of Penton Grove, now reduced to an L-shaped alley, was laid out on the site of one of the bowling greens belonging to Prospect House (Dobney’s). (Islington)
Penton House, N1 Penton House is a block on Hermes Street (Islington)
Penton Street, N1 Penton Street is a through-route leading on to the narrower Barnsbury Road which continues its line northwards into Islington (Islington)
Pentonville Road, N1 Pentonville Road connects Kings Cross and the Angel, Islington (Pentonville)
Peregrine House, EC1V Peregrine House is a block on Hall Street (Angel)
Peter’s Street Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Pierrepoint Arcade, N1 Pierrepoint Arcade is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Pierrepoint Row, N1 Pierrepoint Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Pierrepont Arcade, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Pride Court, N1 Pride Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Prideaux House, WC1X Prideaux House can be found on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Prideaux Place, WC1X Prideaux Place is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Prospect House, N1 Prospect House is a block on Donegal Street (Islington)
Pultney Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Queens Head Street, N1 Queens Head Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Quick Street Mews, N1 Quick Street Mews lies off Quick Street (Angel)
Quick Street, N1 Quick Street is named for the favourite comedian of King George III, John Quick (Angel)
Raleigh Street, N1 Raleigh Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Rawstorne Place, EC1V Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Rawstorne Street, EC1V Rawstorne Street was named after a local 18th century bricklayer called Thomas Rawstorne (Finsbury)
Remington Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Remington Street, EC1V Remington Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Risinghill Street, N1 Risinghill Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Ritchie Street, N1 Ritchie Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
River Street, EC1R River Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rocliffe Street, N1 Rocliffe Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Roding House, N1 Roding House is a residential block dating from the 1930s (Islington)
Rodney House, N1 Rodney House is sited on Donegal Street (Islington)
Sadler House, EC1V Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Samford House, N1 Samford House is a block on Charlotte Terrace (Islington)
Sanders House, WC1X Sanders House is a building on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Seabrooke Place, N1 Seabrook Place once connected Angel Mews and White Lion Street (Angel)
Shalford Court, N1 Shalford Court is a block on Shalford Court (Angel)
Sidney Grove, EC1V Sidney Grove is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
St Albans Place, N1 St Albans Place was home to a famous Islington strong man (Islington)
St Katharine’s House, N1 St Katharine’s House is at the corner of Penton Street and the eastern stub of what had been Wynford Road until that street was cut off to its west by the large Half Moon Estate (Islington)
St Katharines House, N1 St Katharines House is a building on Barnsbury Road (Islington)
St Peters Church Court, N1 St Peters Church Court can be found on Devonia Road (Islington)
St Peter’s Street, N1 Saint Peter’s Street runs between Essex Road and the Regent’s Canal (Islington)
St. Peter’s Street, N1 Willow Walk is a small Islington side street (Islington)
Sudeley Street, N1 Sudeley Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
The Laboratory Building, EC1R The Laboratory Building is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
The Mall Camden Passage, N1 Charles Street in Islington disappeared under the Hilton hotel (Islington)
Theseus Walk, N1 Theseus Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Tolpuddle Street, N1 Tolpuddle Street is a more recent street of Islington (Islington)
Torrens Street, EC1V Torrens Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Tudor Rose Building, N1 Tudor Rose Building is a block on Prebend Street (Islington)
Union Square, N1 Union Square (sometime Union Court) was approached by a narrow alley (Angel)
Venn House, N1 Venn House is a block on Pultney Street (Islington)
Vincent Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Vittoria House, N1 Vittoria House is a block on Charlotte Terrace (Islington)
Wakley Street, EC1V Wakley Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Warren Mews, N1 Warren Mews began in 1889 (Islington)
Wells House, N1 Wells House is a block on Upper Street (Islington)
White Conduit Street, N1 White Conduit Street was laid out and built up with houses and tenements from the mid-1790s (Islington)
White Lion Street, N1 White Lion Street is named after the former White Lion inn on Islington High Street (Angel)
Widford House, N1 Widford House is sited on Elia Mews (Angel)
Wollaton House, N1 Wollaton House is a building on Batchelor Street (Islington)
Worthington House, EC1R Worthington House is located on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)


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