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| − | + | A brick structure originally opened as the [[Globe Theatre]] on 24 June 1889 in 47/49 Fox Street. This theatre was was destroyed in a fire on 7 September 1889 after three seasons. | |
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| + | In June 1892 it was reopened as [[The Globe]], but gradually degenerated to become a second-rate music hall and eventually closed. | ||
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| + | On the 1st December 1894 it once more re-opened, now known as the[[Empire Palace of Varieties]]. on the 1894 and its bar became an informal stock exchange. It appears to have burnt down again in 1903. | ||
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Revision as of 11:14, 23 May 2015
History
A brick structure originally opened as the Globe Theatre on 24 June 1889 in 47/49 Fox Street. This theatre was was destroyed in a fire on 7 September 1889 after three seasons.
In June 1892 it was reopened as The Globe, but gradually degenerated to become a second-rate music hall and eventually closed.
On the 1st December 1894 it once more re-opened, now known as theEmpire Palace of Varieties. on the 1894 and its bar became an informal stock exchange. It appears to have burnt down again in 1903.
Sources
Only a reference on p.124 of Fletcher, 1994
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