Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes; “Maclaine & Mac” July 1910.

An original photograph by an unknown photographer/publisher.

To date, we have no information about “Maclaine & Mac” and their act.

The Empire Theatre opened in May 1896 as the Alexandra Hall Theatre. Refurbished by M. Auguste van Biene in 1900 to become the Empire Theatre. (The name change cannot have happened as late as 1913, as some suggest.). Auguste van Biene was a Dutchman who became a famous composer, cellist, actor, theatrical manager and playwright. He is known to have appeared at the Grand Theatre in Hull in 1897.