Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow: A Conservation Management Plan
Appendix 6 Opening Newspaper Accounts For The Theatre This charmingly decorated and admirably contrived Theatre opened for the first time on Saturday evening to an audience which literally crammed it from floor to ceiling within a few minutes of the opening of the doors. The Theatre promises to be one of the most commodious, elegant, and comfortable in the city. No decorations can be more tasteful and unique – the acoustics are excellent, and the lighting, which is principally from a splendid “sunlight, ” is in every respect satisfactory. – Glasgow Daily Mail
The new playhouse in Main-street, Gorbals, which has been christened ‘Her Majesty ’s Theatre and Opera House, ’ was opened for the first time on Saturday night, and the event attracted an audience which crammed the building from floor to ceiling. Both externally and internally “Her Majesty ’s Theatre ” is a model of elegance. It is divided into stalls, pit, front and back boxes, and gallery, and an ample view can be had of the stage from every part of the auditorium. The arrangements for ingress and egress are exceedingly commodious, and the comfort generally of those “in front ” has been attended to with considerable care and with much success. The Theatre, which has been leased to Mr. J.F. McFadyen, under whose management it was opened on Saturday with a Pantomime on the familiar subject of “Ali Baba. ” – Glasgow Evening Citizen [Extracts reprinted in: The Era, 5th January 1879, p.3.]
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