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Oxford Music Hall was a music hall located in Westminster, London at the corner of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road. It was established on the site of a former public house, the Boar and Castle, by Charles Morton, in 1861. In 1917 the music hall was converted into a legitimate theatre and renamed the New Oxford Theatre, but in 1926 it closed and was demolished. The site was occupied by the first Virgin Megastore from 1979 and closed in 2009. In September 2012 a branch of the budget fashion retailer Primark opened on the site.〔("Primark's success continues as bargain High Street giant launches 'posh' flagship store in Oxford Street" ), ''The Daily Mail''. accessed 26 October 2012〕 ==Early history== After the success of the Canterbury Music Hall many music halls imitating the formula opened in London. The Oxford Music Hall was designed by Messrs . The architecturally ambitious hall included deep balconies on three sides and a wide stage in front of an apse.〔("Oxford Music Hall (London)" ) (Theatres Trust), accessed 30 September 2008〕 It opened on 26 March 1861 as Morton's competitor to the nearby Weston's Music Hall despite Henry Weston's appeal to the magistrates that there were already too many music halls in the area.〔("Weston's Music Hall" ), Arthur Lloyd, accessed 30 September 2008〕 The singers Charles Santley and Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa performed at the opening.〔("The League of Notions" (review of 1921 production at The New Oxford Theatre) ), Footlight Notes, no. 316, 4 October 2003〕 The hall quickly became one of London's most popular music halls. ''The Times'' commented in April 1861 that, like its rivals, the hall was "more or less thronged. 'The Oxford Music Hall', in Oxford-street, is the latest development on a grand scale of a species of entertainment now in great favour with the public."〔"Easter Entertainments", ''The Times'', 2 April 1861, p. 10〕 The hall was run by Morton and his brother-in-law, Frederick Stanley, who continued to run the Canterbury, with acts moving between the two halls in coaches.〔("Charles Morton" ), Arthur Lloyd, accessed 30 September 2008〕 Many notable performers of the day appeared at the Oxford Music Hall, including Marie Lloyd, George Robey and Arthur Roberts, and the hall was famous for its lively barmaids.〔("The Oxford Music Hall" ), PeoplePlayUK theatre history site〕 The barrister Arthur Munby visited the hall in March 1862 and found that: The hall burned down on 11 February 1868 and again on 1 November 1872; each time it was rebuilt by the same firm of architects;〔 and over the years the hall was enlarged. By 1873, a square proscenium replaced the apse, and benches replaced the supper tables – with a broad promenade running where the rear balcony boxes had been – reflecting changes in the way music halls were used.〔 ''The Entr'acte'' commented in 1881: "As a structure, the Oxford is, in our humble opinion, the handsomest hall in London."〔("The Oxford Music Hall, London" ) (review of 1881 programme by ''The Entr'acte'', 20 August 1881, p.11b), ''Footlight Notes'', no. 323, 22 November 2003〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oxford Music Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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