London Theatres in 1900: The Empire, Leicester Square

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Arthur H. Beavan continued his survey of London's theatres, in Imperial London, published in 1901, with this look at the Empire, Leicester Square:

The entrance of the Empire Theatre, also in Leicester Square, gives little indication of its gorgeous interior.

As a lounge for men about town, it is the most fashionable variety theatre in London.

Here ballet (sometimes costing a small fortune to produce) has its home; acrobatic feats, animated pictures, performing birds and animals, and wonderful "turns" by continental artistes, are the incidents in a long evening's amusement.

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