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THOMPSON & DUNDY QUIT THE HIPPODROME; Declare They Haven't Time for Their Other Enterprises. THE EXPENSES VERY LARGE Business Smaller Recently, It Is Said -- A Difference with ...

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Hippodrome Theatre

Producers Frederic Thompson, Elmer Dundy, and John W. Gates built the Hippodrome in 1905, touted as the largest theatre in the world. The Hippodrome premiered Rodgers and Hart’s circus musical Jumbo, ...