Frank Matcham
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Frank Matcham was a renowned British theatre architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for designing many of the UK's most famous and ornate playhouses and music halls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frank Matcham canonical | 12 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| birthCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1854-11-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Devon
ⓘ
Newton Abbot ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | blue plaques on several theatres in the UK ⓘ |
| deathCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1920-05-18 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster
|
| designed |
Grand Opera House, Belfast
ⓘ
surface form:
Belfast Grand Opera House
Bristol Hippodrome ⓘ Buxton Opera House ⓘ Liverpool Empire Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Grand Theatre, Blackpool ⓘ Hackney Empire ⓘ Birmingham Hippodrome ⓘ
surface form:
Hippodrome, Birmingham
King's Theatre, Glasgow ⓘ
surface form:
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
London Coliseum ⓘ London Palladium ⓘ Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith ⓘ
surface form:
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (original building)
The Richmond Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
Richmond Theatre
Victoria Palace Theatre ⓘ |
| designedApproximately | over 80 theatres ⓘ |
| employer | J. T. Robinson (architect) (early career) ⓘ |
| familyName | Matcham ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
theatre design ⓘ |
| fullName | Frank Matcham self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank ⓘ |
| heritage | many works now listed buildings ⓘ |
| influenced | design of modern British theatres ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advanced stage technology in theatres
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innovative sightlines in theatres ⓘ ornate auditorium designs ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1877 ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design of British theatres
ⓘ
design of music halls ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
theatre architect ⓘ |
| spouse | Fanny Elizabeth Moore ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richmond Theatre
subject surface form:
His Majesty's Theatre (Aberdeen)