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The Palace of Laughter

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Geoffrey Wheeler goes behind the facade of the Odeon cinema in London's Leicester Square to seek out the traces of the variety theatre which once stood in its place-theAlhambra. From the earliest days of the 20th century until its closure in the thirties, the Alhambra was one of London's premiervariety venues. It was forced to close due to the rising popularity of cinema and radio entertainment. Producer Libby Cross

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Geoffrey Wheeler
Producer:
Libby Cross

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