Image: Our theatres to-day and yesterday (1913) (14786378023)

Description: Identifier: ourtheatrestoday00dimm (find matches) Title: Our theatres to-day and yesterday Year: 1913 (1910s) Authors: Dimmick, Ruth Crosby Subjects: Theater -- New York (State) New York Publisher: New York : The H.K. Fly Company Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: farce of light variety, was the open-ing attraction. The house, which seats less than 1,000 persons,resembles a fan in interior arrangement. The decorations arein ivory and silver, with light grey hangings and upholstery.Plays of light texture will be the offerings here for the firstseason at least. The Eltinge Theatre, on the south side of Forty-second street,between Seventh and Eighth avenues, built by Al. H. Woods, was opened September 11, 1912, with a performance of1912 Within the Law. The exterior of the house, which cost $200,000, is of an imposing and artistic design cov-ering a space of 80 feet in width. The entrance is thirty feetwide and of a design in harmony with the architectural beautyof the building. The roof is of red tiles. The interior is artistic.The dome and sounding board contain Egyptian paintings. Thecolor scheme of the auditorium is Egyptian and the walls are agold brown. The curtain is of gold plush and the seats are apretty light blue. The capacity is 1,000. Text Appearing After Image: The Little Theatre Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Our theatres to-day and yesterday (1913) (14786378023)
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