The commercial theatre offers merely two and a half hours' escape at so much a head. It cannot become a social centre, and has no wish to be. Among its pretentious foyers it therefore provides no space in which anyone would wish to linger for more than the ‘interval’—

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The commercial theatre offers merely two and a half hours' escape at so much a head. It cannot become a social centre, and has no wish to be. Among its pretentious foyers it therefore provides no space in which anyone would wish to linger for more than the ‘interval’—

The commercial theatre offers merely two and a half hours' escape at so much a head. It cannot become a social centre, and has no wish to be. Among its pretentious foyers it therefore provides no space in which anyone would wish to linger for more than the ‘interval’—

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Title: A Theatre To Seat 800

Author: J. A. Beard

In: Design Review: Volume 1, Issue 4 (December 1948)

Publication details: Architectural Centre Incorporated

Part of: New Zealand Design Review

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