Equipment Detail

LC / System LC  (1961)
Strand


Control Cabinet CLC/72
(from 1961 Lighting For Entertainment)

All electric remote control with one preset (48, 72 or 96 dimmers)
The System consists of a Dimmer Rack and a separate Control Cabinet. 
Mark 1: 1961
Mark 2: 1963

24 channel installations:
Richmond Yorkshire

48 channel installations:
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Birmingham Crescent
Cheltenham Everyman
Cork Opera House
Leicester Phoenix
Newcastle On Tyne Peoples Theatre
York Rowntree Theatre

72 channel installations:
ABC Great Yarmouth
Bradford Institute of Technology
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Duchess Theatre, London
Chichester Festival Theatre
May Fair Theatre, London
Manchester University
Oxford Playhouse
Prince Charles Theatre, London
Scala, London
Questors Theatre
Vanburgh Theatre, London
Yvonne Arnaud Guildford
Wimbledon School of Art

Related Venues:

Interesting Fact: What Does LC Stand For?

Documents


System LC Instructions 
[847kb PDF]
From Frederick Brown Collection

System LC Mark 2 Troubleshooting 
[3.1Mb PDF]
From Frederick Brown Collection

System LC Preset Control 
[907kb PDF]
From Frederick Brown Collection

1961 Lighting for Entertainment - page 17 (1961)
From Strand Archive

1961 Lighting for Entertainment - page 20 (1961)
From Strand Archive

1963 Lighting for Entertainment page 18 (April 1963)
From Strand Archive

1963 Lighting for Entertainment page 21 (April 1963)
From Strand Archive

Exhibits in the Backstage Heritage Collection


System LC  (1964)
Originally thought to be from the Great Yarmouth ABC Cinema (under review)
From Jim Laws Collection

System LC  
In the Theatre Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
From Adam Harrison Collection

Catalogue & Journal Entries for LC / System LC in the Backstage Heritage Collection


Lighting by the Book (Cue - 1979)

Microprocessing a Georgian Theatre (Cue - 1980)

Back to Control - Manual (Strand)

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