history

Seat Names

The seats in the Theatre were endowed by donations - in cash or in kind - of 15 guineas or more by the following supporters.

• Abergavenny County High School
• Abergavenny Three Arts Club
• The Adelphi Guild Theatre Ltd.
• Mrs. L. Anson
• Ambrose Appelbe, Esq.
• Arisaig Dramatic Club
• Miss C. G. Astley-Nicholson
• Aston. Charities Trust
• Major & Mrs. H. P. Atkins
• Geoffrey Baker, Esq.
• Miss M. H. de B. Ballance
• Mark Barber, Esq.
• Major A. G. Barrett
• V.V. Barnett, Esq.
• B.B. Chemical Co. Ltd.
• Mr. & Mrs. A. R. Bedford
• Benham & Co. Ltd.
• Michael Benthall, Esq.
• Bennett Bros. (Hinckley) Ltd.
• The late Mrs. W.E.Billinghame
• Miss Enid Blyton
• Boden-Davies Ltd.
• Mrs. M. Bonwick
• C. Brinkman & Co. Ltd.
• Brintons Ltd.
• British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd.
• B.S.A. Tools Ltd.
• Mrs. Angela Bull
• Major Arthur Bull
• Sir Montague Burton
• Burgess Products Ltd.
• W. P. Butterfield Ltd.
• Miss Phyllis Calvert
• Miss M. C. Cartwright
• Cayless Bros. (Battersea) Ltd.
• Chance Brothers Ltd.
• Chiswick Products Ltd.
• Miss Agatha Christie
• Ronald Colman, Esq.
• The Compass Players Ltd.
• C. R. Cooper (Hinckley) Ltd.
• Miss E. B. Cotton
• E. J. L. Cotton
• W. H. Cotton & Sons Ltd.
• J. A. Crabtree & Co. Ltd.
• Crescent Theatre
• The Crown Bedding Co. (Birmingham) Ltd.
• Mrs. H. K. Darly
• A. Davenport & Sons Ltd.
• A. R. J. Davenport
• The Very Rev. Dr. Arthur Davies
• Denny, Mott & Dickson Ltd.
• Eatoughs' Ltd.
• Electric Construction Co. Ltd.
• Electric Hose & Rubber Co. Ltd.
• The Electric Lamp Manufacturers Association Of Grt. Britain Ltd.
• The Viscount Esher
• Evered & Co. Ltd.
• Evertaut Ltd.
• Dr. H. D. Fleming
• Miss Margot Fonteyn
• The Charles Henry Foyle Trust
• Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Foyle
• Fryer Textiles Ltd.
• A. F. Gadsby, Esq.
• Geo. Tucker Eyelet Co. Ltd.
• "Geneva"
• Genwind Ltd.
• Gestetner Ltd.
• Miss G Gethin-Davies
• P. Gildesgame, Esq.
• Charles Gillett, Esq.
• A. P. Good, Esq.
• Gough & Co. (Hanley) Ltd.
• Miss B. M. Grant
• Miss Joyce Grenfell
• Guest, Keen & Baldwins Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
• Mr. & Mrs. C. P. Harries
• Mrs. N. L. Harrison
• Wilfred Harrison
• Mrs. J. Goodier Haworth
• Robert Helpmann, Esq.
• The Hertfordshire Rubber Co. Ltd.
• James Hilton & Sons (Leigh) Ltd.
• Hinckley Community Guild
• Hinckley Junior Music Lovers
• Hinckley Music Lovers
• Hinckley Working men's Club
• Holywell Textile Mills Ltd.
• Hood & Mason Ltd.
• Mr. & Mrs W. D. Horton
• Imperial Typewriter Co. Ltd.
• Philip Incledew, Esq.
• The Lord Inverclyde
• Israel & Oppenheimer Ltd.
• Sir Barry Jackson
• T. Jennings & Sons Ltd.
• Augustus John, Esq.
• Miss Rosamund John
• Miss Glynis Johns
• Jones & Attwood Ltd.
• N. C. Joseph Ltd.
• G. W. Keeling, Esq.
• Kendall & Sons Ltd.
• Kenwood Electronics Ltd.
• Miss Marjorie King & Miss Diana Moore
• Lake & Elliot Ltd.
• Miss Gertrude Lawrence
• Leicester Drama Society Ltd.
• Christopher Leng & Sons Ltd.
• The Letter Filing Appliances Co. Ltd.
• The John Lewis Partnership
• The Littlewood Charitable Trusts
• Roger Livesey, Esq.
• Joseph Lucas Ltd.
• Compton Mackenzie, Esq.
• Miss Alicia Markova
• Miss Erica Marx
• R. I. Marx
• Miss Aline May
• Matthews & Yates Ltd.
• R. W. McCrone, Esq.
• John Mills, Esq.
• A. A. Milne, Esq.
• Minimax Ltd.
• Stephen Mitchell, Esq.
• Bernard & Shirley Moore
• The late Mr J. Moore
• W. Moore & Osborne Ltd.
• J. H. Moorhouse (Woolvo) & Co. Ltd.
• Stephen Murray, Esq.
• Major G. Stirling Newall
• Lt.-Col. F. P. Newcome
• Fred Newbold, Esq.
• Newton Brothers (Derby) Ltd.
• The Old Bleach Linen Co. Ltd.
• Sir Laurence Olivier
• Oxfordshire Rural Community Council
• The late Mrs. M. J. Parker
• Patley Pressings Ltd.
• J. Pearson & Sons Mirrors (M/c) Ltd.
• Harry H. Payne, Esq.
• The Portland Toy Theatre
• W. H. Paul Ltd.
• Miss Maud Randle
• Range Boilers Ltd.
• Terence Rattigan, Esq.
• Michael Redgrave, Esq.
• Redwing Ltd.
• The Reid & Sigrist Sports & Social Club
• J. F. Richardson, Esq.
• Ripaults Ltd
• Miss Flora Robson
• The Earl of Rosebery
• The Roscian Society
• Rubery, Owen & Co. Ltd.
• The Rustproof Metal Window Co. Ltd.
• Ben. A. Ryley, Esq.
• R. J. Ryley
• Shanks & Co. Ltd.
• Miss Moira Shearer
• The Sheffield Ingot Casting Co. Ltd.
• Simmonds & Stokes Ltd.
• Alfred Simpson Ltd.
• Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ltd.
• I. & D. Smallwood
• Somerset County Drama Committee
• Somerset Rural Community Council
• Steel Co. of Wales Ltd.
• Sir Louis Sterling
• Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd.
• Harold Stones, Esq.
• James Stott Ltd.
• Stourbridge Intimate Revue Co.
• J. W. Sutcliffe, Esq.
• "Sutton Coldfield"
• Swan, Pratt & Co. Ltd.
• Miss E. N. G. Swann
• Taunton Industries Fair Exhibitors 1949
• Dame Sybil Thorndike
• Dr. Alistair Thompson
• Mr. & Mrs. J. G. S. Thompkins
• The Tilley Lamp Co. Ltd.
• Stuart Tuner Ltd.
• Turners Asbestos Cement Co. Lts
• Peter Ustinov
• V. C. Panels Ltd.
• Versil Ltd.
• Charles Wade & Co. Ltd.
• Mrs. Dora Walker
• Mr. & Mrs. S. T. Walker
• T. Walker & Sons Ltd.
• The Walpamur Co. Ltd.
• Sir William Walton
• Alan & Rachel Ward
• The late Mr. George Ward
• Webb Bros. (Textiles) Ltd.
• Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd
• Wellington Tube Works Ltd.
• David Whitehead & Sons Ltd.
• Frank Wigglesworth & Co. Ltd.
• A. E. Wilkes, Esq.
• Miss Googie Withers & Mr John McCallum
• The Wood Fibre Wallboard Co. Ltd.
• Mrs. Emma Wootton
• Nicholas Worsley Ltd.
• The Yorkshire Copper Works Ltd.

(taken from a list issued 1.1.1952)