Moss Empires

Moss Empires
The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square

Moss Empires was a British company formed in Edinburgh from the merger of the theatre companies owned by Sir Edward Moss and Sir Oswald Stoll in 1898. This created the largest British chain of music halls. The business was successful, controlling 33 music halls, and by 1905 almost every sizeable town in Great Britain had an Empire, or Coliseum theatre, managed by Stoll, and many newly constructed and designed by Frank Matcham.The group grew to over 50 theatres, until Stoll withdrew his to run them as a separate business. After some 30 years the Moss and Stoll companies reunited under Prince Littler. The company ended its promotion of music halls during the 1960s, due to increasing competition from other entertainment media.

The first Royal Command Variety Performance was planned for Sir Edward Moss`s Edinburgh Empire in the Coronation year 1911 but it burned down and instead was held at the London Palace Theatre in 1912, owned then by Sir Alfred Butt , a competitor of Moss, who later joined its alliance; with many subsequent performances being given at the London Palladium. In 1945 Val Parnell became managing director of Moss Empires.

The company continues as Really Useful Theatres, formed from the merger of the Stoll Moss Group with RUG Theatres, during January 2000. They continue to manage seven theatres, the London Palladium, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the Palace, the New London, the Adelphi, Her Majesty's and the Cambridge Theatre.

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London

Provinces

Former Moss Empire Venues

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