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Motion Picture News
MUCH LIKE A COMMUNITY HAS GEDDES GROUPED THESE THREE THEATRES, CABARET AND GARDEN.
Two Theatres and Cabaret In Repertory Group
ROOF GARDEN AND THEATRE FOR CHILDREN LIKEWISE RADIATE FROM CENTRAL TOWER
A SELF contained group for a repertory organization, consisting of a central tower from which radiate one large and one small theatre, a cabaret and roof garden, and a theatre for children.
The Large and Small Theatres: The large and small theatres have the same plan with the exception that the large theatre seats 1,700 and the small, 600 people. The main axis of the stage and auditorium is along the diagonal of the square represented by the ground plan : thus getting a deeper stage and increasing the seating area.
Wide aisles between the rows of seats eliminate the necessity of transverse aisles. By this arrangement every seat has direct access to an exit, has plenty of leg room and commands an excellent view of the entire stage, none being too distant to be desirable, nor too high up or
low down. The absence of balconies and the increase in the number of aisles with the direction of their discharge gently downward eliminate the greatest source of danger from panic in case of fire.
There are no footlights, no visible orchestra pit, no proscenium arch. A flight
of steps across the entire front of the stage and two side jambs, that lose themselves in the curve of the ceiling, alone divide the stage from the auditorium. The only curtain is a heavy one of steel on the ceiling of the basement, which cuts it off from the auditorium, and
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