1915
Bertie Crewe
Destroyed Easter 1916
Dublin
Dublin theatres
Francis Bergin
Henry Street Dublin
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1927 – Former Gorevan’s Department Store, Camden Street, Dublin
1915 – Coliseum Theatre, Henry St., Dublin
Architect: Bertie Crewe & Francis Bergin
This theatre was opened in April 1915, Easter Monday 1915 to be exact, and was destroyed in the 1916 Easter Rising. Shown here, in a photograph from the Capuchin Archive after its destruction. Also known as the Premier Palace Theatre.
Bertie Crewe was a London theatre architect who produced a couple of works in Ireland, including – a proposal for South Anne Street in Dublin; and a completed building, the Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Belfast. The Belfast theatre has been demolished.
