Organisation: Magic Lantern Narrowboat Theatre, entertainment venue

Organisation history

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

The Magic Lantern Narrowboat Theatre

Short name

Magic Lantern Narrowboat Theatre

Main area of activity

entertainment venue

Date of foundation

1977

Date of winding-up

c.1982

Main period and nation of relevant activity

1970s-80s, England

People linked to this organisation

LEAR, Anita (1950-2017) – owner, 1970s-1980s

LEAR, Doug – owner, 1977-1982

References

Herman Bollaert and Ditmar Bollaert, ‘Phantasmagoriae’ in NMLJ 2.3 (January 1983), p. 9

Mary Ann Auckland, ‘Projectionist extraordinaire: Anita Sancha (Lear) 1950-2017’ in Magic Lantern 16 (September 2018)

Dennis Crompton and Tony Dugdale, ‘Scene on board’ in NMLJ 2.1 (January 1981), pp. 7-10

Lucerna ID 1001348

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 July 2019

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Organisation: Magic Lantern Narrowboat Theatre, entertainment venue