THIS QUEEN’S THEATRE.

Evening Star, Issue 4052, 21 February 1876, Page 2

THIS QUEEN’S THEATRE.

1 To the Edit or . Si*, — r n vie* of he u: usual e-nce'-trat'on .mi nßoqui-nt • nerved rates of charges to all pamtj>f the Q een s Theatr- ,1 would spggesfc riiat Mm, it ever, is the proper tame for tbe proprietor-i or I ssees as the case nay be. to see to that portion of the house which is the acknowledged "beet anchor ofall<b’onal theatr.M—l wllude t<> that part which in this instance hy a stretch ■' of courtf sy is called tbe st IK bat which for accumulated dirt, general dtt pidati'-n, ard discomfort, wou d compare most unfavorably p i f h the sane portion of tbe bouse in any other of our leading Col nisi theatres. The price of admission t<> the stal sls never less than double, ’ ami frequently more than double, tt at of the '■ pit: yet the iv commo ation-is the a«n>. with the single exception that some on y of the svats have bake to them. Tfaer is. 1 am told, a legend extant that in times long long ago 'hese seats hj d been padded or cushioned; if s•, the last trace of these comforts has long -ince vanished, unless a .small portion of ve.y hard tow, which the writer discovered still obngi to one or two of the seats, may be cp a idem! by s -me at hj trey faint proof of the tru hj of the bgeid aforesaid. h'T-sighted mortal-, that they\the pros.rietors ; or less .hj) a*-©, and pennywise, Ac., Ac., canthey not see that scor.-s or re sons who at present content them-n-lves with »he pit would oo- ‘ copy t e atilK if they would otly keep -he ol oe reasonably clean and comfortable, and the eby give that , .ortion of the audience a hir quid pro quo. . Tn conclusion, I trust this suggestion will he taken iu the sprit intended and acted upon, as lam txj.-ressing the o inions of many besides myeeb, as any person may discover for t erns l Ives by i-v.rhearir.g the comm nts made nigh ly within the win's of the Theatre—l am, Ac. . Anti GbabAll. Dunedin, February 2L