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Empire Theatre, Corner of Smallbrook Street and Hurst Street, Birmingham Also know as Day's Crystal Palace / New Empire Palace of Varieties / Empire Palace / Birmingham Empire
Above -The Empire Palace Theatre, Birmingham - From an illustration in the Playgoer of 1901 / 1902 - Courtesy Iain Wotherspoon.
Right - The Empire Palace Auditorium in 1895 - Click to enlarge. The Theatre was built on the site of a former Public House called the White Swan which was subsequently taken over by James Day who built a large Concert Hall on part of the pub's site. Day installed a large Crystal Ball and mirrored walls and the Hall was named Day's Crystal Palace Concert Hall, opening on the 18th of October 1862. |
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Above - Both sides of a Music Hall Token for Day's Crystal Palace, Smallbrook Street, Birmingham - Kindly sent in for inclusion on the site by Graham Sharp |
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The Empire Theatre, designed by the renowned Theatre Architect Frank Matcham and built at a cost of £18,000 opened the following year. Left - Programme for the Empire Palace Theatre, Birmingham, Feb 25th 1895 - Click for details. The Empire Theatre was a successful Variety House for many years but was destroyed by enemy action in 1941 and subsequently demolished in 1951. Right - Programme for the Birmingham Empire, April 4th 1910 - Click for details.
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