interior royal exchange manchester Theatre Great Hall Victorian cotton textiles
The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed Victorian building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann’s Square, Market Street and Cross Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre, and the Royal Exchange shopping centre. The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange, primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles. The first exchange was built near to the present site in 1792. The first exchange was replaced by a second, larger, exchange that was constructed between 1806 and 1809. The second exchange was enlarged between 1847 and 1849. The second exchange was in turn replaced, by a third exchange by Mills & Murgatroyd, constructed between 1867 and 1874. The building was then extended and modified by Bradshaw Gass & Hope between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading room in England. The building was seriously damaged during World War II when it took a direct hit from a bomb during a German air raid. The interior was subsequently rebuilt with a much smaller trading area The top stages of the clock tower, which had been blasted off, were replaced in a much simpler form. Trading ceased in 1968, and the building was threatened with demolition. The building remained empty until 1973 when it was used to temporarily house a theatre company. The Royal Exchange Theatre was founded in 1976 by a group of artistic directors — Michael Elliott, Caspar Wrede, Richard Negri, James Maxwell and Braham Murray — a group whose origins lay in the 59 and later 69 Theatre Companies whose work had had such an impact first in London and then Manchester. In 1979, the artistic directorship was augmented by the appointment of Gregory Hersov. Of the original group, Hersov and Braham Murray are still members. The theatre features a seven-sided steel and glass module that squats within the Great Hall of the building. It is a pure theatre in the round in which the stage area is sur
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