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amongst the best in the kingdom, and Mr W. G. R. Sprague was commissioned. He recommended that the handsome
Grecian style exterior of the old Victoria Theatre might be preserved. He therefore designed the newer, bigger Lyceum Theatre to be created within the walls of the old Victoria Theatre. This was a unique undertaking and sets it apart from Sprague's other theatres. The Lyceum Theatre was demolished in 1967 to make way for the building of a new Cinema by ABC which cost £250,000
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Traditional proscenium arch theatre, this 1,068-seat listed building is
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The Lyceum
Theatre on Bridge Street, Newport was built in 1896 at a cost of £20,000 on the site of the former Victoria Hall, later the Victoria Theatre, which had opened 20 years earlier in 1876 but been destroyed by fire. It was determined from the outset that the new theatre should hold a place
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Sprague, but possibly his largest and one of the best-equipped in London, outside of the West End. Became a bingo hall in 1962. Grade 2 listed. Bingo closed in 2017.
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described him as "Britain's youngest theatrical designer, with more London houses to his credit than any other man in the same profession."
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871:"Mr. W. Morton's Benefit"
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405:Grade II Listed status
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