Oswald Stoll
Australian-born British theatre manager (1866 - 1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Sir Oswald Stoll | |
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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) |
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