Names of theatres

0 I think theatres might gerenally be named after people, than places. In London, for example there's the Prince Edward Threatre, the Shakespear Globe, Royal Albert hall - all named after people. There's also the London Palladium - named after a place. 0-

0 The only one I can think of is the Barbican theatre. Most theatres are named after people or artistic 'subjects', or locally relevant names regarding location but not really place names (i.e. the Towngate theatre or the Orchard Theatre). 0-

0 05000 perhaps? 0240hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_TheatrecThe Broadway Theatre

0 Your all responses made me think about a rule I have in my book: "The article is omitted when the theatre takes its name from a place (e.g. town, or urban district, or area) or a person ...".02br
00It appears that this rule is not very strong, as in your examples the theatres take "the".02br
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00With best wishes,02br
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0Ah, we are back to that rule are we, it's being discussed elsewhere with regards to airports.02br
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00I think we've found that in practise they often do take the article. Even if it is not part of the official name, people add it on anyway.0-

0 So, what is the exception? When the theatres don't take "the"?02br
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00Have a nice day,02br
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0 It's probably more to do with the difference between the official name of the theatre, and the way people refer to it informally. For example, my local theatre's name is Theatre Royal, Bristol. But everyone would say, "I'm seeing a play at the Theatre Royal", and by extension many people would write The Theatre Royal. 0-

0 Thanks, Lil.0-