Australian-born British theatre manager (1866 - 1942)
Sir Oswald Stoll
Born
Oswald Gray
(1866-01-20)20 January 1866
Melbourne, Australia
Died
9 January 1942(1942-01-09) (aged 75)
Putney, England
Burial place
Putney Vale Cemetery
Occupation
Theatre manager
Spouses
Harriet Lewis
(m. 1892; died 1902)
Millicent Shaw
(m. 1903)
Sir Oswald Stoll (né Gray; 20 January 1866 – 9 January 1942) was an Australian-born British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Group theatre company. He also owned Cricklewood Studios and film production company Stoll Pictures, which was one of the leading British studios of the silent era.[1]
In 1912, he founded the Royal Variety Performance (originally Royal Command Performance) a now-annual charity show which benefits the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.
^Warren, Patricia (1995). British Film Studios: An Illustrated History. London: B. T. Batsford. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0713475595. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.
Sir OswaldStoll (né Gray; 20 January 1866 – 9 January 1942) was an Australian-born British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Group...
Empires, a theatre building business headed by Edward Moss and run by OswaldStoll. Under them, Matcham completed 21 theatres, including three in London...
was his first encounter with fellow impresarios Edward Moss and Sir OswaldStoll, whose chain had just opened the Leed Empire theatre, whose features...
and producers Maximilian Stoll (1742–1787), Austrian physician Michael Stoll, American economist and professor OswaldStoll (1866–1942), Australian-born...
the mother of the influential London impresario OswaldStoll. Through this engagement Robey met Stoll, and the two became lifelong friends. In early December...
as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir OswaldStoll as the principal...
Varieties, it was designed by the architect Frank Matcham for the impresario OswaldStoll. Their ambition was to build the largest and finest music hall, described...
theatre companies owned by Sir Edward Moss, Richard Thornton and Sir OswaldStoll. This created the largest chain of variety theatres and music halls in...
The company takes its name from its founder Sir OswaldStoll, better known today as a theatre owner. Stoll produced a series of expensive films during the...
1967 Mrs Wilson's Diary Roy Criterion Theatre The Marie Lloyd Story Sir OswaldStoll Theatre Royal, Stratford 1968 Early Morning Albert Royal Court Theatre...
Samuel Lewis (financier) Housing Trust, the Peabody Trust and the Sir OswaldStoll Foundation to provide low-cost housing. The Metropolitan Asylums Board...
options. In October 2023 Chelsea completed an £80m purchase of the Sir OswaldStoll Mansions adjacent to the ground, though any redevelopment works are still...
the film industry as a scenario reader for Stoll Picture Productions, a company founded by Sir OswaldStoll. A longstanding friend of director Thorold...
the New Middlesex Theatre of Varieties, in 1911 by Frank Matcham for OswaldStoll. In 1919, the theatre was sold to George Grossmith Jr. and Edward Laurillard...
28 July 1919 held at the Coliseum Theatre presented this time by Sir OswaldStoll. The orchestra was conducted by Edward Elgar. In 1921 it moved to the...
operations and strategic direction. In 2017, Stoll Keenon Ogden merged with Indiana-based Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, with the goal of broadening and...
role. The theatre was purchased by OswaldStoll in 1916 and renamed the Stoll Theatre and, for a time, as the Stoll Picture Theatre, housing cine-variety...
woodcarver, lived at 79 Deodar Road, Putney A.W. Smith, market gardener Sir OswaldStoll, Australian-born British theatre and film magnate, lived at 33 Putney...
entertainment complex. II 1901 Hackney Empire Hackney, London Built for OswaldStoll, who initially intended for it to become his headquarters, before changing...
Gracie Fields, though in fact he had already been seen by impresario OswaldStoll. He had his first London appearance alongside a young Betty Driver, and...
Pictures in 1927. Also in 1920 Cricklewood Studios was founded by Sir OswaldStoll, becoming Britain's largest film studio, known for Fu Manchu and Sherlock...
The show was organised by OswaldStoll, an Australian impresario who managed a string of West End and provincial theatres. Stoll, although a fan of Lloyd's...
received by the public, it was a financial disaster for Diaghilev and OswaldStoll, the theatre-owner who had backed it. The first cast included the legendary...
dominated by song-writing companies and theatre chains, such as that of Sir OswaldStoll. Music hall songs are characterised by a simple beat and a strong melody...
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