Frank Matcham * 22 Nov 1854, Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom * 17 May 1920, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom Probably the most prolific theatre architect of all times, Frank Matcham built 82 theatres as original architect and was involved in minor and major rebuildings of 79 further theatres between 1873 and 1913.

Isle of Man

Douglas Gaiety Theatre

United Kingdom

Aberdeen His Majesty's Theatre Belfast Grand Opera House Blackpool Grand Theatre Palace Theatre (interior redesign) Tower Ballroom Bristol Prince's Theatre (rebuilding) Brighton Hippodrome (rebuilding) Bristol Hippodrome Bury Theatre Royal and Opera House Buxton Opera House Cardiff Empire Theatre Chatham Chatham Empire Theatre Eastbourne Devonshire Park Theatre (rebuilding) Edinburgh Festival Theatre Glasgow King's Theatre Harrogate Royal Hall Hull Palace Theatre Ipswich Hippodrome Lancaster Grand Theatre (alterations) Leicester Leicester Palace Theatre Liverpool Empire (old) (rebuilding) Olympia London Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington Alhambra Theatre (rebuilding) Brixton Theatre Canterbury Music Hall (rebuilding) Chiswick Empire Croydon Hippodrome (rebuilding) Finsbury Park Empire Granville Theatre, Walham Green Hippodrome Holborn Empire (rebuilding) Ilford Hippodrome Islington Empire Lewisham Hippodrome London Coliseum (English National Opera) London Palladium Lyric Hammersmith (auditorium) Marlborough Theatre New Cross Empire Richmond Theatre Victoria Palace Theatre Willesden Hippodrome Woolwich Empire (rebuilding) Manchester Ardwick Empire Hippodrome Palace Theatre (rebuilding) Newcastle upon Tyne Theatre Royal (rebuilding) Nottingham Theatre Royal (rebuilding) Portsmouth New Theatre Royal (rebuilding) Sheffield Theatre Royal (rebuilding) Wakefield Theatre Royal and Opera House

Selected Bibliography

GLASSTONE, Victor: Victorian & Edwardian Theatres - An Architectural and Social Survey. 136 pp., 210 b/w pictures, 8 colour tables. ISBN 0-500-27066-X. London: Thames & Hudson 1975. (U.S.A.: Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1975). WALKER, Brian (ed.): Frank Matcham - Theatre Architect. Belfast: Blackstaff Press 1980. EARL, John / SELL, Michael (ed.): The Theatres Trust Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950. A Gazetteer. 290 pp., many pictures. ISBN 0-7136-5688-3. London: A & C Black 2000. BARBOUR, Derry and Sheena: Frank Matcham. Theatre Architect. With a works list. www.arts-info.co.uk/pages/FrankMatcham2000.asp (in the Internet Archive) Wikipedia The Frank Matcham Society Homepage Permanent link: https://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/2507 CARTHALIA Homepage