Talk:Bristol Old Vic

Note moved from article text
I have removed the note below, left by an IP editor, from the article text and placed it here as it really shouldn't be within the article itself but doesn't deserve to be entirely lost. Please note that I have no expertise in this area so I don't intend to edit the article further, I'm just researching Bristol attractions for work. MorganaFiolett (talk) 10:22, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

(NB: Note added by Mark Howell-Meri M. Litt, 14th Aug. 2008: kathleen Barker, "The Theatre Royal Bristol, 1766-1966" Society for Theatre Research, 1974, shows that Garrick's stage carpenter, James Saunders, actually drew the architectural plans for the Theatre Royal Bristol in 1764, as the Minutes of meetings of the theatre proprietors indicate. On 3 Dec. 1764: "were produced an Elevation Ground Plan and Section of a Theatre Drawn by Mr Saunders Carpenter of Drury Lane Play House. Resolved to Execute the Playhouse agreeable to the Above mentioned Plan..." (cited by Barker, 8. I have seen the original.)

I have read every page of the Proprietors' "Minute Books" and it is clear that Thomas Paty never made any drawings for this theatre. He clearly was not the architect in the sense we imagine today - the professional creator of architectural plans. The term "architect" in the eighteenth century meant someone responsible for decorating and making the theatre appear beautiful.)

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
I wonder if others would agree that Bristol Old Vic Theatre School should have its own article. It shares a common origin with the Theatre Company, but since the 1990s has been separated financially and in organization.Jezhotwells (talk) 18:36, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * No replies - I will work on separating the articles. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Now separated. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:56, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Article split
I am thinking that this article should be split into Theatre Royal, Bristol and Bristol Old Vic. One article about the theatre, and one about the present occupying company. I will be interested in comments here. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:59, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Bristol Wiki Meetup
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250th anniversary
I've just noticed (and added) a Guardian article about the theatre pointing out the 250th anniversary of it opening will be in May 2016 - should we try and get this article to FA before then?&mdash; Rod talk 10:53, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

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Weston Studio capacity
I've put 188 in the infobox as the capacity of the new Weston Studio in the barrel vaults of the Coopers' Hall. I haven't seen a confirmed figure since the new redevelopment opened, but this was the number planned when the old Studio (the New Vic) closed in 2016. Goodbye to our Studio, 2016 It'll do for the time being. --rbrwr&plusmn; 19:03, 1 November 2018 (UTC)