Liverpool Empire
Grand Portland-stone variety theatre with a vast two-tier auditorium, hosting touring musicals.
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This guide to the Liverpool Empire on Lime Street follows the money behind one of Britain's biggest theatres, from the variety-hall businessmen who bought the corner in eighteen ninety-six to the music-hall chain that grew from their deal. It touches on Edward Moss, Richard Thornton and Oswald Stoll, and on the decision taken here in nineteen twenty-four. Best heard facing the stone front and its steel canopy.
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