View of Waterloo Road, Waterloo, looking south-east from the junction with The Cut (formerly New Cut). Left, the four-storey Olive Branch pub on the corner with Lower Marsh, advertising Reid's Stout and Watney's Ales. This was demolished in 1961 and the site is now a public open space, Waterloo Millennium Green. Behind on Coral Street are tenement buildings, Davidge House and Greet House, which remain. On Morley Street are older five-storey tenements the Quinn Buildings. These have been demolished and replaced with modern flats. Stopped at traffic lights are a Post Office van, and van from AERIALITE, Television and Radio Equipment and a car. On the right the corner of the Old Vic Theatre with a poster advertising the 1955-56 Season: Julius Caesar, Merry Wives of Windsor, The Winter's Tale, Henvy V, Troilus and Cresida, and Othello starring Richard Burton. The Old Vic was first built in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre; was renamed in 1833 as the Royal Victoria Theatre. It was rebuilt in 1871 by J T Robinson and reopened as the Royal Victoria Palace. It was remodelled by Elijah Hoole in 1880 and its name changed again to the Royal Victoria Hall although by this time it was known as 'The Old Vic'. It was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War and reopened after restoration by Pierre Sonrel in 1951. Old Vic Theatre Grade II* listed no 1068710.
