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Description: | October 1895.
Image shows the cast for 'The Magic Cup' who have assembled for this group photograph in the prisoner's airing ground at the basement level of the new Morley Town Hall. The Town Hall was opened officially on 16th October 1895 and all kinds of entertainment was organised at this time of in celebration of the opening. The Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor and Mrs Charles Scarth, paid for the production of 'The Magic Cup' and it was performed free to the rate payers of Morley for several nights from the 21st October, 1895. The words and music were by Maurice Johnston, who also conducted the orchestra. His wife designed 'the rich and picturesque dresses'. The Principals in the cast were well known at the time and were from such Venues as Covent Garden, Drury Lane Theatre and London & Provincial Theatres. The prisoner's exercise yard was open to the elements and six cells opened directly on to it. An internal staircase gave access to the defendant's box in the Magistrate's Court on the ground floor.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Mayor Morley Town Hall Scarth | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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