28th January 2020
Comedy tops the bill at The Manchester Hippodrome in 1923
Sir Oswald Stoll and the Moss Empire Theatres. Sir Oswald Stoll who owned the Manchester Hippodrome Theatre joined up with Edward Moss and Richard Thornton to create Moss Empire Theatre Company in 1900. Eventually they opened 28 variety theatres throughout the country. In 1912 Sir Oswald Stoll was responsible for putting on the first Royal Command Performance. Amongst other...