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Crewe became known as one of the most dynamic architects of the 1890s-1900s, specialising entirely in theatres and later cinemas. He also designed the Paris Alhambra for Thomas Barrasford , which opened in 1904.
Crewe died in Willesden, Middlesex, 10 January 1937. A biographical file on William Robert "Bertie" Crewe is available on request at the Enquiry Desk, Royal Institute of British Architects Library, London.
Bertie Crewe, the well-known architect, tells us that the idea of engaging in theatrical architecture occurred to him some twenty-three years ago, when he was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. There he met all the leading French designers of theatres, and from them gained much valuable knowledge.
Bertie Crewe was born during the 1860s and educated at Merchant Taylor's School in London. He was articled to Clement Dowling and attended Atelier Lacoux, Paris. Returning to London he found employment as assistant in the office of Thomas Walter Laurence Emden for two years and then to William George Robert Sprague a distinguished theatre ...
The Pavilion Theatre of Varieties was designed by Bertie Crewe, a prominent theatre architect, trained by Frank Matcham, who designed Glasgow’s King’s Theatre. It was a continued collaboration between Crewe and theatre magnate Thomas Barrasford, following the Liverpool Royal Hippodrome and Newcastle Pavilion.
Overview. Bertie Crewe. (c. 1860—1937) Quick Reference. ( c. 1860–1937). Essex-born English architect. He became an important and prolific designer, responsible for over 100 theatres and music-halls as well as several early cinemas.
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Crewe became known as one of the most prolific architects of his day, specialising entirely in theatres and later cinemas. Between them, he and his contemporaries W.G.R. Sprague and Thomas Verity were responsible for the majority of the theatres and variety palaces of the building boom of 1885 to 1915. In 1888 he assisted Walter Emden with the ...
