page_title: John Fairweather
hierarchical_section_title: John Fairweather
caption_attribution_description: English: The Playhouse, Greenside Place Originally designed as a theatre by the Glasgow architect, John Fairweather, the Playhouse opened as Scotland's biggest cinema in the first year of the 'talkies' in 1929. It closed in 1974 and was scheduled for demolition, but, thanks to local petitions which collected almost 30,000 signatures, it was saved, renovated and re-opened as a theatre in 1993. Its seating capacity of over 3,000 is still the largest of any theatre building in the UK. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Playhouse
context_page_description: John Fairweather FRIBA was a British architect, who specialised in cinemas.
context_section_description: John Fairweather FRIBA (5 February 1867 – 13 January 1942) was a British architect, who specialised in cinemas.
caption: Edinburgh Playhouse, 2009
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