| Description | Illustration executed in black ink depicts the male figure of a doorman [George Edwardes (1855-1915); manager of the Empire Theatre] looking down on the figure of a prim woman walking up a flight of steps, lorgnettes raised to her eyes. The doorman points to a notice board to the left which reads 'EMPIRE THEATRE/ 3000 EMPLOYEES WILL BE THROWN OUT OF WORK IF THIS THEATRE IS CLOSED BY THE L.C.C' |