Editing Chiswick (section)

=== Public houses and theatres ===

[[File:Mawson Arms 01.JPG|thumb|upright=0.6|The [[Mawson Arms]], briefly the home of the poet [[Alexander Pope]]]]

There are several historic [[public house]]s in Chiswick, some of them [[listed building]]s, including the [[Mawson Arms]],<ref>{{NHLE |desc=Ye Fox And Hounds And Mawson Arms And Nos. 112–118 |num=1358692 |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> the [[George and Devonshire]],<ref>{{NHLE |desc=The George And Devonshire Arms Public House |num=1358664 |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> the [[Old Packhorse]]<ref>{{NHLE|desc=The Old Packhorse Public House |num=1240781 |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> and [[The Tabard (Chiswick)|The Tabard]] in Bath Road near Turnham Green station. The Tabard is known for its [[William Morris]] interior and its Norman Shaw exterior; it was built in 1880.<ref name="English Heritage">{{NHLE |desc=Tabard Hotel public house |num=1079594 |access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> Three more pubs are in [[Strand-on-the-Green]], fronting on to the Thames river path.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Hounslow London Borough Council |url=http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/conservation.pdf |title=Conservation Areas |access-date=1 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213140222/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/conservation.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Chiswick had two well-known theatres in the 20th century.{{sfn|Clegg|1995|pp=95–97}} The [[Chiswick Empire]] (1912 to 1959) was at 414 Chiswick High Road. It had 2,140 seats,<ref>{{cite book |last=Looby |first=Patrick |title=Britain in Old Photographs, Chiswick & Brentford |publisher=Sutton Publishing |date=1997 |isbn=0-7509-1151-4}}</ref> and staged [[music hall]] entertainment, plays, reviews, opera, ballet and an annual Christmas [[pantomime]]. The Q Theatre (1924 to 1959) was a small theatre opposite Kew Bridge station. It staged the first works of [[Terence Rattigan]] and [[William Douglas-Home]], and many of its plays went on to the West End.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roe |first=Ken |title=Q Theatre |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/28233 |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref>

The 96-seat [[Tabard Theatre]] (1985) in Bath Road, upstairs from the Tabard pub but a separate business, is known for new writing and experimental work.<ref name=Tabard>Tabard Theatre – [http://www.tabardweb.co.uk/history.htm History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719164638/http://tabardweb.co.uk/history.htm |date=19 July 2014 }}. Retrieved on 20 August 2010.</ref>