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| Shakespeare Theatre, Kendal | ||
| Shakespeare Theatre | ||
| Street:- | Highgate | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | village hall (meeting room) | |
| locality type:- | theatre | |
| coordinates:- | SD51399251 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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| MN photo:- |
This was built as a theatre, designed by John Robinson, opened 1829. Edmund Kean played
here, 1832. It lasted only five years; closed partly from lack of support, but also
from the opposition of Quakers and the Temperance movement. |
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