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SEVERAL CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN LET FOR NEW THEATRE IN ORIENT HALL
Opera Chairs and Picture Machine Have Been Purchased-First Class Plays to be Shown Here.
[Welland Telegraph, 5 January 1912]
J.O. Green of Galt, who will manage the new theatre, which is to be remodelled in the Opera House block, stated on Wednesday that work would be started at once in the remodelling of the hall. It is expected that it will be completed by the first of February.
A slanting floor will be put in from the entrance back so that the rear will be level with the bottom of the windows. The present gallery entrance will be closed and a new winding stairway put in.
The major portion of the theatre will be fitted with cushioned and leather covered opera chairs such as are used in Shea’s and the Royal Alexandra in Toronto. The balance will be of the latest style chairs. The contract for these has been left to the Preston Furniture Co.
A new feature will be added to the equipment and that will be that the theatre will be well lighted while the pictures are in motion. It is planned to have the theatre so well lighted during the exhibition of pictures that a newspaper can be read at any time.
It is proposed to show moving pictures with an occasional play. However, no companies will be allowed to put on a performance unless they are of the very best class. “We intend to put on good plays with small casts, as the stage is not large enough to accommodate big companies,” stated Mr. Green on Wednesday. The stage will be refitted and improved.
The entrance from the street will be changed and brass and plate glass windows substituted for the present ones. There will be a lobby below.
The interior will be re-decorated and repainted as well as rewired. All electrical wiring will be concealed, aisles will be carpeted.
The moving picture machine has been purchased. It will be located outside of the building so as to in no way interfere with the seating accommodation. A large alternating twenty-five foot electrical sign will be put up. A number of the contracts have been let and others will be let at once. Contracts for picture films are being made.
Mr. Green has had a great deal of experience as a theatre manager, having had charge of theatres in Ottawa, Guelph, Galt, Port Hope, Mich., and Bay City, Mich.
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