The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-25
ROANOKE'S new PLAY HOUSE.
The Academy of Music Rapidly
Nearing Completion. .
When Finished 1t VIII Be Ono of the
Finest Theatres In tho south-A De-
Scription of the Building-The stnge
win Accommodate Any show-The
Scenery Will BE Very Fine-Attaches OF
the House.

The new Academy of Music promises
to be the finest house in the South. The
work throughout is being executed upon
the latest improved plans. Nothing has
been spared to secure the most com
potent workmen and finest artists to
produce theatre that will surpass
many and rival not few houses of the
Northern cities.
The theatre has frontage of 20 feet
on Salem avenue and is 100 feet deep.
The pavement in front will be grano.
lithic. The lobby will be 20 feet square
and wainscotted with colored glazed
tiles. The box Office will be in the CEN
tor OF the lobby. The interior decora-
ton will be elaborate. Fredk. Rode, 245
Fifth avenue, New York city, Is the
largest decorator.in that city. This work
is being personally supervised by H. M.
Petit, Frcdk, Rode's designer. Z. II.
Harold, OF the same company, is attend.
ing 70 the fresco work. The pre- yailinr
color will DO terra-cotta, brig
with ivory and gold.
The designs will be after the French
school, rich with ornament The dec
orations OF the ceiling will be of beau
tiful des1, ms, richly ornamented, pro.
ducing dome effect with square cor
ners relieved with floral ornamentation.
The stucco work decorating the front of
the balconies and sides and top of the
proscenium Is from the Stereo Relief
Company, Of New York, and modelled
similar to the work in the Broadway
and Fifth Avenue Theatres in New
York city.
The boxes, eight in number, are 80 ar.
ranged that the occupant can readily
view the entire stnge. They will be
covered with crimson plush with silk
hangings and lined with paper. mache.
The boxes will accommodate from six
to eight persons each. The par
quet will seat $50 people. The
chairs will be richly upholstered
in crimson and plush. The first bal.
cony will accom- modate 500 people. The
rails will be covered with crimson
plush. The second balcony or gallery,
having seating capacity for 500 PEG.
pie. will be entered from tho rear
of the building.
The stage. being SO feet by 65 feet,
will be competent to accommo date any
company in the United States. The
pros:enium will be thirty two feet in
height. The scenery is being painted
by Castel Bert, an efficient scenic artist
of New York city. Among other produo-
lions OF this artist large portion OF the
scenic painting Of Eldorado, New York
and the cyclorama "Crucifixcion" may
be mentioned; Constituting the scenery
are twenty drops. eighty wings, Ave
full interiors and the drop curtain.
The dressing rooms. ten in number,
will be tastefuily fitted up. There will be
about five miles of rigging rope. The
stage mt chanism will consist of the very
latest improved inventions. Besides
an abestos curtain there will be pro-
vided fri proof doors for all communities.
tons Of the stage with the auditorium.
The footlights, which are to be electric,
will be controlled at will, raising and
lowering the same as II gas, with sh AIDES
OF r. d, white and green for stage effect.
The house Is tc be lighted entirely
by Gle ctricity, the Edison system There
will be- 700 lights, 300 of which will be
on the stage. The incandescent globes
will be inserted in the ceiling and in
fr Mt OF the balconies.
The interior work is in charge OF
and under tho personal supervision of
Nicholas Larltz, Of New York city, who
Is well known for his efficiency and OK.
peri+nce in theater building. Besides
al. communication with the stage being
prac tically cut off there will be ample
exits in case of FIRE. The electric wires
are all run through tubing according to
regulations ia posed upon all New York
theaters by the Underwriters. The elec
trio work is being executed by the
Southern Electric Goa pany, of Balti-
more, Md.
The house will be ready for the FIRST
per ormance on October z. The chairs
havo arrived and are ready to be put
into position. They are upholstered in
orocaded crimson plush, in harmonious
Keeping with the decoration.
The following are the attaches of the
house: Am~eg and Lazelle, lessees;
Archie Sands. manager; Theo Lazelle,
treasurer; John Kelly. musical dlrec-
tor; Jas. McFall. lower door keeper; f.
Il. Brane, balcony door keeper; j.. c.
Graves. police1 an; j. w. Clay born, gal
lery door keeper; Lawrence Davis, head
usher. with Messrs. Starkey, Woodson,
Marston. Williams, Cooper, Hunt and
Rohr as assistants.
Balcony ushers, Messrs. Poor, Thomil-
son, Brophy; stage manager, w. e.
Sands; stage carpeter, Jerry Murphy;
electrician Johp McGuinnes; pripman.
Fred Malone with hree assistants; prom,
erty man, Frank Carper, first lyman,
Oscar Stickley with four assistants:
curtain man. j. Madijon; advertising
agent, Wm. Hume with two assistants
To AcceptR Better Position.
Mr James l.. Wexford has severed
his connection with the Lynchburg Iron
Company at Blue Ridge Springs to &C.
cept more lucrative position with the
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