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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.  
 
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 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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On the 1st December 1894 it once more re-opened, but now known as the [[Empire Palace of Varieties]].
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 11:20, 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, but now known as the Empire Palace of Varieties.

Sources

Only a reference on p.124 of Fletcher, 1994



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