 Méliès signed a contract with the Warwick Trading Company to produce  a reenactment of the coronation ceremony for Edward VII and was  required to have it ready by 26 June, the scheduled date of the  coronation. Méliès and Urban, his English partner, visited  Westminster Abbey in order to ensure accurate measurements. The sets  were then built at Méliès studios at Montreuil in France. Urban,  the financing partner, insisted that his own camera be used during  filming. The filming was completed on time, but the coronation was  postponed until 9 August. The film was delayed as well, premiering  as the headliner act at the Alhambra music hall in London, then  beginning a long tour of the rest of the UK and the world.