The Theatres Trust

Façade of the Empire Theatre, Southampton

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  • Image ID
    971
  • Image title
    Façade of the Empire Theatre, Southampton
  • Description
    Black and white magazine photograph showing the façade of the Empire Theatre, Southampton plus caption text. The photograph is taken from opposite the main entrance. Above the flat canopy, which carries advertising signage, the main frontage is of five bays, in red brick and stone, plus demi-octagonal corner towers which carry vertical electric EMPIRE THEATRE name-signs; from second-story level, the bays are divided by pilasters which rise from lion heads. The production advertised is So This Is Love starring Guy Fane and Teddy Fox. Caption text identifies the architects as W[illia]m and T R Milburn.
  • Depicted theatre
    Mayflower
  • Depiction date
  • Copyright holder
    not specified
  • Creator

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