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Built in 18**. ** Renamed the [[Empire Palace of Varieties]] in 1894. ***???
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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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