Imperial Cinema

• Theatre ID
  2038
• Built / Converted
  1898
• Dates of use
  • 1898 - 1900: as music hall
• Current state
  Demolished
• Current use
  demolished
• Address
  St John's Hill, Clapham, Wandsworth, London, SW11, England

Details

Before cinema conversion, a rectangular, flat-floored room with pilastered walls and ceiling divided by corniced beams. Single, plain, slightly concave-fronted balcony at end. Proscenium concert stage. Built for Messrs Munts as a concert hall, alongside their pianoforte showrooms and factory. Licensed for a short time to Dan Leno and Herbert Campbell who used it as a music hall before building the nearby Grand Theatre of Varieties (q.v.). Later converted to a cinema.

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• Other names
  Munts's Hall, Grand Hall of Varieties, Ruby Cinema
• Events
  • 1898 - 1900 Use: as music hall
  • Design/Construction: (date and architect unknown).
  • 1898 - 0 Design/Construction: converted to music hall (architect unknown).
  • 1890 - 1899 Owner/Management: Dan Leno & Herbert Campbell
  • 1985 - 1986 Demolition:
• Capacities
  • Later: 1951: 800
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Proscenium Flat