Carl Adolf Seebold (1873–1951) was a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

impresario who commissioned and ran the Dome Cinema in the English coastal town of

Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...

. Swiss-born Seebold was the son of a rope manufacturer from

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

. The father fell on hard times and turned to entertainment, playing the guitar and singing, to support a large family of nine sons and four daughters. A violinist, Seebold became leader of his family's Swiss band, the

Chamounix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

Orchestra in 1897.Elleray, D. Robert (1998). A Millennium Encyclopaedia of Worthing History. Worthing: Optimus Books. The Orchestra toured widely and were invited to play before many of the royal households of Europe. They were invited to England by Sir

Alfred Butt Sir Alfred Butt, 1st Baronet (20 March 1878 – 8 December 1962) was a British theatre impresario, Conservative politician and racehorse owner and breeder. During a fourteen-year tenure as manager of London's Palace Theatre, beginning in 1904, ...

, appearing at

The Crystal Palace The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibit ...

Queen's Hall The Queen's Hall was a concert hall in Langham Place, London, opened in 1893. Designed by the architect Thomas Knightley, it had room for an audience of about 2,500 people. It became London's principal concert venue. From 1895 until 1941, it ...

and various resorts, including Worthing. Between 1900 and 1903, Seebold and his family had been lessees at

Southend Pier Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Extending into the Thames Estuary, it is the longest pleasure pier in the world. The bill to build the new pier, to replace a previous timber jetty, received Royal ...

. In October 1904, Seebold settled in Worthing, and was the proprietor of the town's New Theatre Royal in Bath Place. He lived at Bedford House, on the town's seafront. In 1909, Seebold built the entertainment centre known as the ''Kursaal'' (later the Dome) in the lawns of Bedford House. Seebold later moved out of Bedford House to 52 Richmond Road in Worthing. In 1924, Seebold opened the Rivoli cinema, also in

and in 1926 he acquired a rival cinema, the Picturedrome. In 1949, Seebold founded The Rivoli and Dome Ltd and married for a second time. Seebold died in 1951.

References

Notes

Bibliography

* 1873 births 1951 deaths Swiss businesspeople Swiss expatriates in the United Kingdom {{Switzerland-business-bio-stub