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Born in Essex and partly trained by Frank Matcham, Crewe and his contemporaries W.G.R. Sprague and Thomas Verity, were together responsible for the majority – certainly more than 200 – of the theatres and variety palaces of the great building boom which took place in Britain between 1885 and 1915, peaking at the turn of the century. [1]
Crewe, William Robert 1863 - 1937. William Robert Crewe [commonly known as Bertie Crewe] was born in West Ham, Essex [now London], England in 1863 and was articled to Clement Dowling (1841-1906) in London. He also studied for three years at the Atelier Laloux in Paris.
Search for: 'Bertie Crewe' in Oxford 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. His buildings include the New Prince's (later Shaftesbury) Theatre, London (1911), the Hippodrome, Golders Green (1910 ...
Crewe, Bertie. Crewe, Bertie ( 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. His buildings include the New Prince's (later Shaftesbury) Theatre, London (1911), the Hippodrome, Golders Green (1910), and the first ...
From the ERA, March 28th 1908. r. 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 architect with whom Bertie Crewe was in partnership ...
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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 ...
