Plaque

Frank Matcham - Coliseum

Inscription

Frank Matcham (1854 - 1920) theatre architect, designed this theatre.
Frank Matcham Society

We thank our colleague for spotting and snapping this on a recent visit to the ENO. It's located on the landing by the dress circle bar.

WC2, St Martin's Lane

The Matcham plaque is inside, on the landing for the dress circle bar.

The 1950 film Night and the City shows Richard Widmark entering Brydges Place, the extremely narrow passage immediately to the south of this site.

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Frank Matcham - Coliseum

Theatre architect. Born Newton Abbot, Devon. Never qualified as an architect ...

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