Talk:John Brayne

The George Inn

is it "The George Inn" or "the George Inn"? The article at present is using both. Eric Corbett 18:28, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Good point. It's 'The George inn' in some RS, and 'the George Inn' in others. I'll change it to the latter in the article for consistency. NinaGreen (talk) 19:30, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

There's a similar question hanging over "The Theatre". I notice that even that article is inconsistent in whether it's The Theatre or the Theatre. If it was actually called Theatre rather than The Theatre then obviously that article title is wrong as well. Eric Corbett 19:41, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

That's a good question, and I don't have the answer to it. I've often wondered whether it actually had a formal name as the Curtain, the Globe, the Rose, the Swan and the Fortune did. Or was it merely referred to in contemporaneous documents as the theatre in Shoreditch in a generic sense? NinaGreen (talk) 21:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

I think it's clear from the bulk of the literature that the theatre's name was Theatre, just as the London Palladium's name above the front entrance is Palladium, not The Palladium. So I'm convinced that we should be referring to it as the Theatre rather than The Theatre. Eric Corbett 22:31, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

It seems to me you could well be right about that. I'll keep an eye out in RS as I run across them to see how it's referred to. NinaGreen (talk) 22:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)