Photograph of workmen errecting scaffolding on the Stage.

After the Theatre was saved by The Council for the Preservation of Ancient Bristol and CEMA architect J. Ralph Edwards set about restoring it.

Local ship chandlers were able to supply new rope, pulley blocks and essentials for Stage machinery, which couldn’t be purchased otherwise due to rationing. New scenery was given by Sadlers Wells and The Old Vic in London.

This item was digitised by Bristol Archives as part of Bristol Old Vic’s “Protecting and Sharing the Heritage of Britain’s Oldest Theatre ” project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.