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Permanent Theatre NewIn Si slitvice I he mor ■Sub: Mufl | ly ii |li\In Inara aryp areThe establishment of a pcrman- and tnt repertory thcatie in Newcastle and would help to make people realise ing [hat the theatre was not merely an mh. ivemie of entertainment, but one _ rf the greatest influences on cul- *9lural development, Mr. Colin Chap- » i man said nt the Newcastle Business -VM''s C™' • - andIt was a reflection on a city |sta, tviib :« potential population of CMn. JOO.Onu that it did not have a Krn iheutre. VnaMr. Chapman said he had agi- Krct atcd (or 15 years for a theatre, the ind it looked ns though nt long Sue* ast his dream might come Ituc. the \ site had been secured at the willcorner of Devonshire and King wc s streets, with n 78ft. frontage to in King-strect, and a depth of 142ft. B,j„ jr.iwn Devonshirc-street The land „ nc ia«l been secured and pnid for hy fian 100 enthusiastic young members of The' he Newcastle Dramatic Art Club. ,jan The thcntrc would be established earn sn nn entirely cooperative basis. Sen vilh seven directors ekcled annually mile md whnhcr a man suhscrihcd .€ 5 sent ji £20.000 hr would have one tinerote. | he1 he vost of the building and ilt; h equipment was estimated .it Mr. £ 100,000. It would scat inoo. worl iind would have the most modern tutu stage in the Commonwealth, as tou* well as up-to-date lighting effects. NF? It was intended to run the theatre or. the lines of the Old Victoria Theatre in London.When the articles of association were approved, the Lord Mayor (Aid. Purdue), who was interested in the movement, would call a public meeting in the City Mall.When the building was completedfcit would provide for a children’s theatre, a full-time theatre school, and offices.Save Water,
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate
Newcastle, New South Wales, AU
Thu, Nov 01, 1951
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