Moss Empires
of Edinburgh
A theatre buildings business from the merger of the theatre companies owned by Sir Edward Moss, Richard Thornton and Sir Oswald Stoll.
1899 The company was registered December 15, 1899, to acquire the properties and business of the following companies.—
- Empire Theatre, Belfast
- Empire Palace, Birmingham
- Empire Theatre, Bradford
- Empire Theatre, Cardiff
- Empire Theatre, Newport
- Empire Theatre, Swansea
- Empire Theatre, Edinburgh
- Empire Theatre, Glasgow
- Empire Theatre, Liverpool
- Empire Palace, Leeds
- Palace Theatre, Manchester
- Palace Theatre, Hull
- Empire Theatre, Newcastle
- Empire Theatre, Holloway
- Empire Theatre, Stratford
- Empire, New Cross
- London Hippodrome
- London Palladium
- Empire Theatre, Nottingham
- Empire Palace, Sheffield
- Empire Palace, South Shields
- Grand Theatre, Walsall
- Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
- Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow
- Coliseum Theatre, London
- Olympia, Liverpool
- Empire Theatre, Sunderland
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
also: Empire, Ardwick, Manchester, Empire, Hackney, Empire, Holloway, Empire, Shepherd's Bush, Empire, Dublin, Empire, Coventry, Palace, Leicester, Palace, Bordesley, Palace, Camberwell, Granville, Walham Green, Hippodrome, Manchester, Glasgow Coliseum, Olympia, Liverpool, H.M. Theatre of Varieties, Walsall, Reading Theatre, Richmond Theatre, Philharmonic Hall, Cardiff, Zoo and Hippodrome, Glasgow.
Acquired further properties.
By 1958 Moss Empires was a principal shareholder in Associated Television[1]
1960 Acquired by Stoll Theatres Corporation[2]