Manchester Ardwick Empire Theatre – Variety Show – 1915

About this Ardwick Empire variety programme

An original variety show programme from the Ardwick Green Empire Theatre, Manchester, dated 31 May 1915, with Jennie Jones, Jack Lane and Julien Henry on the bill. Music hall and variety offered wartime audiences a nightly mix of comedians, singers and speciality acts. A First World War era music hall programme and a nice piece of Manchester theatre memorabilia for collectors of old theatre programmes.

Condition: Good, cfld, cr, a bit grubby, tiny split at bottomof spine (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Ardwick Empire opened in 1904 and was designed by the renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham.
• In 1935 it was renamed the New Manchester Hippodrome.