Portsmouth's glorious old theatres remembered | Nostalgia

A glimpse of just a handful of some of Portsmouth’s fabulous old theatres.

Of course, two of them are still very much with us today, the Theatre Royal in Guildhall Walk and The Kings in Albert Road, Southsea.

The Hippodrome Theatre in Commercial Road (now Guildhall Walk). The caption on the card read: '1st House, Easter Monday, 1911.'placeholder image
The Hippodrome Theatre in Commercial Road (now Guildhall Walk). The caption on the card read: '1st House, Easter Monday, 1911.'

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