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More Henry White Interiors

NEW ZEALAND
St. James Auckland
Opened in 1928 as a Fuller’s vaudeville theatre,
a projection room was added and films began
the following year.

Right: The auditorium in 1928.
Below: The theatre today as a live venue.
Below, right: A stage box detail.
Images: www.saintjames.co.nz,
Fred Page Collection

AUSTRALIA
Civic Newcastle
Also designed as a live theatre, the Civic
opened as a cinema in 1929 and showed
films until the 1960s. After major renovation
it re-opened in 1993 as Australia’s premier
regional theatre.
White’s solution to the problems of stage box
design (see also page 2): Cantilevered and
stepped, heads in the front box do not obstruct
the view of those behind.

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