Interior showing the Leicester Street entrance area of the Empire Theatre

Date:: Mar 1896

Location:: Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2

Reference:: BL13493

Type:: Photograph (Albumen Print)

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Description

The Empire Theatre was designed by the architect Thomas Verity and opened in April 1884. In 1887 it was renamed the Empire Theatre of Varieties.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Verity, Thomas

Keywords

Entrance Hall, Victorian Music Hall, Victorian Theatre