Oswald Stoll
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Wikidata WikipediaSir Oswald Stoll (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.In 1912, he founded the Royal Variety Performance (originally Royal Command Performance) a now-annual charity show which benefits the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.
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London Coliseum Home of English National Opera since 1968. The London Coliseum, opened in 1904, was originally conceived as a variety theatre. Sir Oswald Stoll wanted a revolving dome to top his sumptous theatre, but this being deemed illegal, he settled instead for the flashing electric lights familiar today.
London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London, United Kingdom where they owned