PAY AS YOU GO.
SEE THE SHOW FIRST. -NOVEL THEATRE PLAN. (Special.— By Air Man.) LONDON, August 13. A theatre will eoon open in London where patrons can pay what they please iae they go out. Charles Foreythe, Canadian variety airtiet and manager ie sponsoring the scheme. "I believe people will play fair—and give us what they think the show is worth," he says. ! This is only part of a !big £100,000 scheme, Mr. Foreythe, leader of the well-known act "Forsythe, Seaman end Farrell," means to take advantage of the , baek-to-variety" move both in England and America,
I "I ehall have 500 British artiete on m y P*y roll by Christmas. We are going to £ive eome of them a I>reak,' tighten xip their acts and give them polish. We ehall take a theatre, and there will be no charge for the seats. People will pay ea tfcey teem"
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 206, 1 September 1938, Page 20
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149PAY AS YOU GO. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 206, 1 September 1938, Page 20
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