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A Night at the Grand Opera House
San Francisco
Monday Evening, April 10, 1905 at 8 o'clock
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History of the Grand Opera House from the
San Francisco City Directory for 1878.
Location,
Mission street, between Third and Fourth. It has a frontage of one hundred ten
feet, by two hundred and seventy-five in depth. It has the largest stage of any
theater in the United States and the most complete stage appointments. There are
four circles in addition to the orchestra. It has twenty mezzanine and twelve
proscenium boxes, making a total seating capacity of two thousand four hundred.
Its facilities for escape in case of fire are of the best, doors opening into
broad vestibules from all parts of the house, render jams almost impossible.
This theater was opened in January, 1876, and cost $325,000. Its location,
however, seems to have been unfortunate, and thus far the experience of managers
has been generally disastrous in connection with the Grand.
Note:
But the Grand hung on and presented opera and other stage presentations in San
Francisco until the morning of April 18, 1906.
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