King's Theatre was a live entertainment venue on the corner of Hammersmith Road and Rowan Road, London W14. With a seating capacity of 3,000, it was built in 1902 as a

music hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Bri ...

History

The theatre was designed by

W. G. R. Sprague William George Robert Sprague (1863 – 4 December 1933) was a theatre architect. Biography He was born in Australia in 1863 the son of actress Dolores Drummond who returned with acclaim to London in 1874. Sprague was an articled clerk ...

for entrepreneur J. B. Mulholland, who also built the New Wimbledon Theatre. The first show was a pantomime, ''Cinderella'', which opened on 26 December 1902. In 1954 it was refitted by the

BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board ex ...

as a temporary studio while their Television Theatre complex was being upgraded. It also served as a recording studio for radio programs. The BBC sold the building in 1959 and it was demolished in 1963.

References

{{coord, 51.4934, -0.2197, display=title Demolished theatres in London Theatres in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham