100 years on, why Frank Matcham remains theatre’s master builder

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When, a century ago, The Stage reported that Frank Matcham “died suddenly at his home from blood poisoning set up by cutting his fingernails”, it was a bathetic end for a man who – perhaps more than any other – shaped our experience of going to the theatre.

Think of a traditional theatre – a grand old West End house penned in by office blocks, or a regal regional chocolate box, with ornate plasterwork and an adorned proscenium – and chances are you’re thinking of a Matcham building. Or, if not one of his, then a building designed by one of his protégés or admirers.

 

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