London 28
by Lance Vaughn
Title
London 28
Artist
Lance Vaughn
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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This is an HDR shot of the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square in the city of Westminster in London, England. The London Hippodrome was built in 1900 by Frank Matcham for Edward Moss for £250,000 as a hippodrome for circus and variety performances. The venue gave its first Circus show on 15 January 1900. The first show ever given was a music hall revue entitled 'Giddy Ostend' with Little Tich and (in one of his first roles) Charlie Chaplin. In 1909, it was reconstructed by Matcham as a music-hall and variety theatre with 1340 seats in stalls, mezzanine, gallery, and upper gallery levels. It was here that Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake received its English premiere by the Ballets Russes in 1910. The Albert de Courville (1887-1960) revues were performed here from December 1912. In 1919, the Hippodrome hosted the first official jazz gig in the United Kingdom, by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. In 2011 to 2012, the Hippodrome underwent an extensive restoration programme taking it back to Matcham's original designs for use as a casino. It opened on Friday 13th July 2012 as Britain's largest casino.
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July 30th, 2012
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