Order of Proceedings at the Celebration of the 275th Anniversary of the Constitution of the Royal Cumberland Lodge No 41 - Thursday 10th April 2008
Programme 21½ x 15 (8 x 5¾ inches) approx, with white cover and blue & grey coloured lettering on the front cover 16 pages.
Condition: Excellent condition apart from slight handling marks to cover.
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This
item is one of a number of Masonic items donated by members and being
sold to raise money to aid the upkeep and maintenance of the Bath
Masonic Museum Collection, which is housed in the vaults of Bath Masonic
Hall, previously the original Bath Theatre Royal.
BATH MASONIC HALL
Built in 1750, it was the very first Provincial Theatre to receive a Royal Warrant by special act of Parliament, and was the Theatre in which many famous Regency actors and actresses made their names before transferring to the London Stage, including Sarah Siddons, John Henderson and Charles Incledon. It was closed as a Theatre in 1805, when the Theatre Royal Company transferred to the building that is still their current home in Bath. It was then acquired by the Benedictine Mission to Bath, and became one of the foremost Catholic Chapels in this country, post-emancipation, before being sold in 1865 to become the home to one of the oldest provincial Masonic Lodges in the country - Royal Cumberland Lodge No.41. The building is now open to the public for guided tours, together with the Masonic Museum established in 1925.