DEMOCRATIC THEATRE.
BOXES, STALLS, AND GALLERY SE WS , ■ , .. AT 2|n. EACH. 1 . ..
. - "Faust" Was- played at .'the Gfeneva' Theatre on JLarch 2-1 to oiio': of' tho most, novel' audiences Oii recortl; : .'Evefy oiie of tiid 1150 persons present was cither: li bbiia-ilde workman dr a Jiiember of a woriihiiih's' fiiiiiiiy. Every' seat had cost tho samb.wlictii6r .it was in tho, gallery, tho stalls,".or tho 'boxes, the price being twdpoiied halfpeiiiiy. ' .It is bolioved that rjiiito 30'pbr cent.. of thb aiidieiic.o. had- : neydr seeii hn ojiera before. ! , The . theatre, is owiied ,by tlio mdiiicipality of Gbhe'va; aiid for, oiio iiiglit|.oiil.v-.it liad Ifeeii let to the Sdcieto'd'Art Socia],''. which 'desired to give si, practical Illustration <if its thedi'y that tho theatfo. should bo oiiiployed in tho intellectual education of tho' masses and that the State should interest itself in the hiattcr. - ' ' .
: When tlio pcrforinaiico was first aiihounced the' i-iisli for tickets, was: exceptionally lai-'go. Over 5700 workmen.iiisci-ibed tlieir hhiiics for tickets,; aiid a lottery had to. bo arranged to, decido to Whom the limited huiiiber, of seats' should go.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 10
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177DEMOCRATIC THEATRE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 10
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