Designed by Frank Matcham. One of London’s most popular variety theatres. Here, in January 1921, the magician P. T. Selbit performed the illusion of "sawing a lady in half" - its first public performance.
The rising popularity of television in the 1950s caused the closure of many theatres including this one. The building was then used as a scenery store until it was demolished in April 1965 and replaced with a block of flats given the appropriate name of Vaudeville Court.
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Finsbury Park Empire Theatre
Site of the Finsbury Park Empire Theatre, 1910 - 1960, home to music hall and...
The National Theatre company was founded in July 1962 and the first performance was given at the Old Vic on 22 October 1963.There is a permanent exhibition about the history of the National Theatre...
Poet and dramatist. Born in Dublin to John Butler Yeats. Â A member of The Rhymers' Club. Died in Roquebrune, France.
Escape artist.  Born Erik Weisz in Budapest.  Later names include: Ehrich Weiss, Harry Weiss.  The family moved to the US in 1878. He had a very close relationship with his mother, to whom he alwa...
Venue for concerts, plays and lectures, designed by, funded by, and named for W. F. R. Stanley.
born in Paris in 1844. Oscar Wilde wrote Salome for her. Died 1923.
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