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Lucan & McShane biography

"On Your Way, Riley!" (Play based on the life of Lucan and McShane)

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Arthur Lucan's birthplace in Sibsey, Lincolnshire

[Picture courtesy of Roy Rust]
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He moved to Boston with his family when he was five years old. It was at the town's Shodfriars Hall (pictured below) - which housed a theatre - within sight of his home, where the young Arthur Towle first trod the boards.

Shodfriars Hall, Boston, Lincolnshire - a modern view.

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THE TIVOLI THEATRE, KINGSTON UPON HULL

Although The Tivoli Theatre, Kingston Upon Hull, no longer exists - the building, called Tivoli House,  is now the site of  Skeltons bakery and cafe - a  memorial  bust to him stands on the spot where he died.

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Tivoli Theatre, Hull, poster featuring an appearance by Lucan and McShane commencing on 20 November 1950.

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Film poster from My Son The Vampire (1952)

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Theatre poster for an appearance at the Empire, Middlesbrough

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February 2008

Tivoli Theatre - Article from the 'Flashback' column of the Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 13 February 2008

Crowds flocked to the Tivoli Theatre

[Features photograph of the Tivoli dated 1913.]

"...the photograph was taken by Victor Biggins, of Hull, the Kingston Variety Co. Ltd leased the theatre, and that the managing director is Harry Slingsby.
...the postmark on the back of the card is March 1, 1913, the year before war started.
The Tivoli (or to be more exact its site) has a long history, which according to the book 'Last Complete Performance' by Robert Curry (Hutton Press Ltd and Hull College of Further Education, 1992, £6.95), goes back to the middle of the 19th century.
It reads "Hull's newest ampitheatre was built at the corner of Paragon Street and South Street and was first opened to the public on October 12, 1846, with a military spectacle, 'The Wars Of The Punjab', circus performances and a farce entitled ' The Weaver Of Lyons'"
It was claimed the place could accomodate more than 3,000 people.
As years went by it underwent several changes of name, including the Royal Ampitheatre, the Queen's Theatre and the Royal Queen's Theatre.
More structural changes followed, and in 1871, says Mr Curry, the Imperial Hotel was built on the auditorium site and the stage part, from the western end adjoining South Street, became the fourth Theatre Royal built by Mr Sefton Parry in the style of London's Globe Theatre and opened on November 27 that year.
The Theatre Royal closed in February 1909 and in 1912 was adapted as the Tivoli Music Hall, opening on August bank holiday.
The bill on that occasion included the famous comedian Rob Wilton.
From the postmark date we have already been given, this picture could refer to that event with large crowds present."

Article by Rex Booth in the 'Flashback' column.

January 2008