Person    | Male  Born 20/1/1866  Died 9/1/1942

Sir Oswald Stoll

Categories: Theatre

Countries: Australia

Theatre manager impresario. Born Melbourne, Australia. Moved when young to England and helped his mother manage a music hall in Liverpool. Very successful and merged with his competitor to form the Stoll Moss Group, managing an Empire or Coliseum in most large towns. He arranged for his mother to make the first ticket sale in each new box office. Founder of the Royal Variety Performance in 1912. Died at home 33 Putney Hill.

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Sir Oswald Stoll

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Hackney Empire pavement plaque - Sir Oswald Stoll

Sir Oswald Stoll - theatre impresario & philanthropist

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London Coliseum

London Coliseum Home of English National Opera since 1968, The London Colise...

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Palace Theatre Walthamstow

Palace Theatre Walthamstow

Designed by Wylson and Long, it was located at 195 - 197 Walthamstow High Street. Known in rhyming slang as 'Aunty Alice', It opened as a cinema and music hall, and became a playhouse in 1952. It c...

Building, Cinema, Theatre

1 memorial
Sir Henry Irving

Sir Henry Irving

Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near poverty and was afflicted with a pronounced speech impediment. The first actor to be knighted. 1878 - 1902 he managed the Lyc...

Person, Theatre

8 memorials
Charles Kemble

Charles Kemble

Actor, theatre manager and playwright. born Wales. Married Maria Theresa De Camp. Father to Fanny. Died at home in Savile Row.

Person, Theatre, Wales

1 memorial
Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

Born Darjeeling, India.  She and her husband Laurence Olivier, managed the St James's Theatre from 1950 to its closure in 1957. She led a vigorous but unsuccessful campaign to try and save it.  Die...

Person, Cinema, Theatre

5 memorials

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everyone at The Cricketers

everyone at The Cricketers

The Cricketers, 18 Northwold Road. If the picture source is anything to go by this pub (renamed Jan's) was struggling in 2009.

Group, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial