Glasgow Empire Theatre, known as the Glasgow Palace Empire until the early 1900s, was a major theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, which opened in 1897 on the site of the Gaiety Theatre at 31–35 Sauchiehall Street.
It was one of the leading theatres in the UK chain of theatres owned and developed by Moss Empires under the chairmanship of Sir Edward Moss, who served his apprenticeship in Greenock
and elsewhere.
The Empire Theatre, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, before the Art Deco changes of 1931
Empire Theatre, Glasgow, corner of auditorium designed 1931
Empire Theatre, Glasgow auditorium designed 1931
Sauchiehall Street is one of the main shopping streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland, along with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street.
Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow at the McLellan Galleries about 1920
Sauchiehall Street, c. 1910
Sauchiehall Street looking westwards