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Portsmouth Guildhall is a multi-use building in the centre of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is located in a pedestrian square close to Portsmouth and Southsea railway station . Constructed in 1890, the building was known as Portsmouth Town Hall until 1926.
Dickens was born in Portsmouth and visited the theatre in 1838 to research Nicholas Nickleby. He was not only a brilliant writer but a consummate performer and would-be actor. His readings were legendary and made him a 19th-century celebrity. There is a belief that he may have performed at the Portsmouth Theatre but this is unlikely.
The foundation stone to mark the construction of the civic offices and the guildhall square was laid by the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Phyllis Loe, on 19 December 1972. [6] An existing statue of Queen Victoria , which had been sculpted by Alfred Drury in bronze, placed on a granite pedestal and unveiled by Lady Dupree in 1903, was relocated to a ...
Portsmouth Cathedral: 37 121 1887–1890 St Mary's Church, Portsea: 51 167 1890–1912 Portsmouth Guildhall: 53.5 176 1912–1969 240/250-ton Arrol crane, HMNB Portsmouth [38] 61 200 [39] 1969–1971 Europa House 63 207 1971–2005 Ladywood House 72 236 2005– Spinnaker Tower: 170 558
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL: Council's main offices. The council meets at Portsmouth Guildhall, in Guildhall Square. [37] The building was completed in 1890 for the old borough council. [38] The council's main offices are the Civic Offices, which were erected to the east of the guildhall and completed in 1976. [39] [40]
Set on a boat off Martha's Vineyard during filming in 1974, “The Shark Is Broken” is a moving comedy-drama, mirroring the way the movie segued from horror to playfulness so effortlessly.
At the 2007 Phoenix Film Festival On Broadway won the Sundance Channel Audience Award for Best Film, and Joey McIntyre won the Best Breakthrough Performance Award at the same festival. On Broadway had a theatrical release on March 14, 2008 in Boston at the Somerville Theater, West Newton Cinema, Sharon Cinemas 8 and Dedham Community Theater.
Tootsie is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Robert Horn.The musical is based on the 1982 American comedy film of the same name written by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson (uncredited), Elaine May (uncredited) and Murray Schisgal from the story by Gelbart and Don McGuire.