Athenaeum Theatre Glasgow
This collection includes over 200 programmes, 114 presscuttings, 32 photographs, numerous presscuttings, leaflets and some correspondence.
In 1886 the Athenaeum, a further education college specialising in music and drama, moved to new premises in St. George's Place, in 1893 the college extended the site with a new building facing Buchanan Street. The Athenaeum was established to 'provide a source of mental cultivation, moral improvement and delightful recreation to all classes' with the inaugural address delivered by Charles Dickens. It was from the Athenaeum's School of Music that the Scottish National Academy of Music was formed in 1929. The new Academy of Music grew in prestige and in 1944 its position as an Academy of international standing was recognized by King George VI, who approved that the prefix 'Royal' be added to the Academy's title, making it the 'Royal Scottish Academy of Music'.
In the 1940s it was a temporary home to both Glasgow Unity Theatre and the Glasgow Citizens' company, which began life with a production of James Bridie's Holy Isle on 11 September 1943.
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