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...
 Before the Aldwych development in 1906 the street pattern was very different. The site between the current Lyceum Theatre and the current corner, Silken Hotel, was occupied by the Lyceum Theatre,...
Actor. Born Frederick John Inman in Preston Lancashire. He made his stage debut at the age of 13. First appeared on television in the 1960s and achieved fame at home and eventually worldwide as the...
Actor. Born Edith Mary Evans at 12 Ebury Square. In a stage and screen career spanning sixty-six years, she appeared in many memorable productions. Her most famous role was probably that of Lady Br...
Eleanor Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynne, whatever.  Born Hereford. Rumoured to have lived at Lauderdale House as the mistress of Charles II, where she dangled Charles, her first-born, from a window at Lauderda...
Body-builder and entertainer. Born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He left Prussia to avoid military service and travelled through Europe perfecting his p...
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