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Auction: 21144 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 421

Great Britain: Hackney Empire Palace Ltd., £5 shares, 19[01], #430, signed by Oswald Stoll as Director, brown. This well known theatre and music hall was built in 1901 and saw performances by Charlie Chaplin and Laurel & Hardy amongst others. Closed in 1956 and was taken over by television company A.T.V., but after various changes was reinstated as a theatre in 1986. Sir Oswald Stoll, 1866-1942, theatre manager, later owned Cricklewood Studios, Stoll Pictures well known in the silent film era. Founded the Stoll Moss Group theatre company. Stoll founded the Royal Variety Performance which is still an annual production today. Slight edge nicks, AVF.

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