Frank Matcham blue plaque

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Standing at the corner of Cranbourne Street, you're looking at one of Frank Matcham's most ambitious theatrical achievements - the London Hippodrome, which he designed and opened in 1900 as a circus variety theatre complete with a 100,000-gallon water tank for aquatic spectaculars. Here, Matcham pus...

Location

Hippodrome Casino (ex Theatre), Cranbourne Street

Inscription

Frank Matcham (1854-1920) theatre architect designed this theatre