My Favorite Postcards: Theaters

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Friday, July 8, 2016

Skyview Drive-In Movie Theatre in Belleville, Illinois

NPCW
National Postcard Week
May 4 - 10, 2014

Skyview Drive-In Theatre
Showing movies since 1949 (It opened on July 8th, 1949 and is still open today.)

Belleville, Illinois
1814 - 2014

Photograph by Mary Ellen Bertram

The movies showing in this theater are:
Rio 2, Mr. Peabody, Transcendence and Captain America.

USA stamp 2014

Legends of Hollywood

Actor: Charlton Heston

Forever a first class rate

Friday, May 20, 2016

The Swan Restaurant in The Shakespeare's Globe, London

Swan
Bar - Restaurant - Events
Shakespeare's Globe

The sender writes:

We had an amazing high tea in this restaurant after the Globe tour. After that we walked to the Barbican and saw David Tennant in Richard II. (My reply was ... You saw David Tennant! I am so jealous!)

This postcard is postmarked in 2016 from England.

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Shakespeare's Globe is the complex housing a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames that was originally built in 1599, destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644.

The modern Globe Theatre reconstruction is considered quite realistic, though contemporary safety requirements mean that it accommodates only 1400 spectators compared to the original theatre’s 3000.

Great Britain stamp

Universal Mail (they produce tourist related stamps)

Blenheim Palace, XT 500

Friday, January 15, 2016

The Grand Theater in Havana, Cuba (Raised Image)

Gran Teatro de La Habana
Havana Great Theatre

La construccion se inicio en 1907 para el Centro Gallego de La Habana abarcando al antiguo Teatro Tacon y los terrenos anexos que completaban la manzana. Se inauguro en 1914 y el Teatro Natcional al ano siguiente. Su estilo tomo como modelo las construcciones-barrocas europeas. Los grupos escultoricos de la fachada son obra del escultor italiano Giuseppe Moretti. Es la actual sede del Gran Teatro de La Habana y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba.

The construction began in 1907 for the Galacian Center of Havana, including the ancient Tacon Theatre and the annexed lands that complete the block. It was inaugurated in 1914 and the National Theatre the following year. Its style took as model European Baroque constructions. The sculptural groups of the facade were made by the Italian sculptor Guiseppe Moretti. It is the current site of the Havana Great Theatre and the National ballet of Cuba
(There are no typing errors, this is the way it is written.)

This is a 'raised image' postcard. It is unused and was bought in Cuba in 2015.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Ancient Theatre of Philippopolis in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Ancient Theatre
II c AD,
Emperor Traianus
Plovdiv

Greetings from Plovdid

This postcard is postmarked from Bulgaria in 2015 with two stamps.

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The ancient theatre of Philippopolis is a historical building in the city center of Plovdiv (ancient Philippopolis), Bulgaria. Although this structure is commonly referred to as an amphitheatre, it is actually a traditional Greek theatre. The construction of the theatre dates back to the time of Emperor Trajan (Latin name: Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus) who reigned 98–117 AD.

Bulgaria stamp 2014

Mushroom

Boletus pinophilus

(pine bolete) 0,10

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Bulgaria stamp 2013

Tourism

Tourist Logo, 1

Friday, March 20, 2015

Shakespeare's Henry IV with Antony Sher and Alex Hassell: RSC

RSC
Royal Shakespeare Company

Sir John Faistaff: Anthony Sher
Prince Hal: Alex Hassell
Henry IV Part I by William Shakespeare
Photographer Kwame Lestrade.

This first performance of this production took place on 18 March 2014 at the Royal Shakespeare Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon.

There is a stamp on the back also featuring Anthony Sher and the RSC on the back of this postcard along with four queen stamps. It is postmarked in 2014.

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The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It was formally established on 20 March 1961. The company now employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle upon Tyne and on tour across the UK and internationally.

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Sir Antony Sher, (born 14 June 1949) is a South African-born British actor, writer and theatre director.
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Alex Hassell is a British actor born September 17, 1980 in Southend. He is a co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company whose patrons include Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Mark Rylance and Emma Thompson.

Great Britain stamp 2011,

The 50th Anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Company

The Tempest - The Beast Shall Tremble at thy Din

Antony Sher - 66

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Opera and Ballet Theatre in Armenia

Armenia
The Yervan Opera and Ballet Theatre
Photo: Vladimir Shioshili

This postcard is unused.

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Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet after Alexander Spendiarian in Yerevan was officially opened on 20 January 1933. The building consists of two concert halls: Aram Khatchaturian concert hall and the hall of the Alexander Spendiarian Opera and Ballet National Theatre.

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina

Entrance, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina

This is a vintage postcard that was postmarked in 2014.

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Dock Street Theatre is a theater in the historic French Quarter neighborhood of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. The structure, which was built as a hotel in 1809 and converted to a theater in 1935, occupies the site of the first building in the Thirteen Colonies designed for use as a theater. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973.

Friday, July 11, 2014

Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Lviv, Ukraine

Lviv

Theatre of Opera and ballet after Solomiya Krushelnytska, 1897 - 1900. (It was built between 1897 and 1900)

This is postmarked in 2014 with three Ukraine stamps - one N and two 50.

The sender writes:

On this card you can see the 3rd most beautiful European Opera House, the architect of which committed suicide after learning the theatre was going to collapse due to his incorrect plan (it had been built on the river). But fortunately, many tourists have been able to feast their eyes on it for more than a century. It’s definitely worth visiting so welcome to Lviv!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia

Barter Theatre
Abingdon, Virginia

The famous Barter Theatre was the brainchild of Robert Porterfield. Started during the Great Depression, the first patrons were admitted in exchange for food. Many of our present-day great actors got their start here.

Photo by R.A. Young

unused given to me in 2013

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Barter Theatre, located in Abingdon, Virginia, opened on June 10, 1933. It is one of the longest-running professional theatres in the nation. In 1933, when the country was in the middle of the Great Depression, most patrons were not able to pay the full ticket price. Robert Porterfield, founder of the theatre, offered admission by letting the local people pay with food goods, hence the name "Barter". The original ticket price for a play was 40 cents, or the equivalent in goods.

Many well-known stars of stage, screen and television have performed early in their careers at Barter, including Gregory Peck, Ernest Borgnine, Patricia Neal, Ned Beatty, Hume Cronyn, Gary Collins, Frances Fisher, Kevin Spacey, Larry Linville, John Glover, Jim Varney, and Wayne Knight.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Puppet Show in Java (Wayang Kulit), Indonesia

The shadow play or Wayang Kulit of Java employs delicately carved and painted puppets

Photo: Pitoyo S.

This postcard is postmarked in 2013 with two Indonesia stamps.

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UNESCO designated wayang kulit, a shadow puppet theatre and the best known of the Indonesian wayang, as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on 7 November 2003.

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Shadow play or also known as shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat figures (shadow puppets), a light source and a translucent screen to create the impression of movement.

Various effects can be achieved by moving both the puppets and the light source. A talented puppeteer can make the figures appear to walk, dance, fight, nod and laugh.

Indonesia stamp 2013

From the series: Traditional Music Instruments

Serune Kalee, NAD, 3000

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Indonesia stamp 2013

Indonesia Postal Service, 5000

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Gomel, Belarus: Theatre, Palace, and Belposhta (Post Office)

1. Building of Homel
regional Drama Theatre.
2. Palace of Rumyantsaus-Paskeviches
3. Building of Homel
branch of RUEP "Belposhta" (Post Office)

This postcard was postmarked in 2013 from Gomel Centre, Belarus

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Gomel (also called Homel) is the second-largest city in Belarus. It has a population of 482,652 (2009 census).

The Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence (Picture number 2) is the main place of historical importance in the city of Gomel. The grounds of the residence stretch for 800 meters along the steep right bank of the Sozh River. An image of the residence is featured on the Belarusian 20,000-ruble bill.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Valencia, Spain - City of Arts and Sciences

Valencia
ciudad de las artes y las ciencias
(city of arts and sciences)

unused, from 2011

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The City of Arts and Sciences is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain.

Designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, the project underwent the first stages of construction in July, 1996 and the finished "city" was inaugurated April 16, 1998.

1. El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia — an opera house and performing arts center. It contains four large rooms: a Main Room, Magisterial Classroom, Amphitheater and Theater of Camera. It is dedicated to music and the scenic arts.

2. L'Umbracle — a landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia (such as rockrose, lentisca, romero, lavender, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, palm tree). It harbors in its interior The Walk of the Sculptures, an outdoor art gallery with sculptures from contemporary artists. (Miquel from Navarre, Francesc Abbot, Yoko Ono and others).

3. L'Oceanogràfic — an open-air oceanographic park. It is the largest oceanographic aquarium in Europe with 110,000 square meters and 42 million liters of water. It was built in the shape of a water lily and is the work of architect Félix Candela.

4. L'Hemisfèric — an Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium. Built in the shape of the eye and has an approximate surface of 13,000 m²

Friday, January 28, 2011

Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood California

Greetings from a World Premier at
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Hollywood California

The Chinese Theatre has been the scene of many gala world premieres. Thousands of cheering fans line the streets and gather outside the theatre, to enthusiastically greet the hundreds of ilustrious stars and celebrities that attend.

color photo by William M. Graham
The King and I was released in 1956

unused, but has writing on the back:
Katie,
Here is Hollywood and one of its famous spots. A vacation out here would be much nicer than in Florida I think!! - Merlin
(As a Floridian, I would have to disagree :)

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Grauman's Chinese Theatre is a movie theater located in Hollywood, California. Built over 18 months, beginning in January 1926 by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman, the theater opened May 18, 1927, with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's film The King of Kings. It has since been home to many premieres, birthday parties, corporate junkets and three Academy Awards ceremonies.

Among the theater's most distinctive features are the nearly 200 concrete blocks set in the forecourt, which bear the signatures, footprints, and handprints of popular motion picture personalities from the 1920s to the present day.

Variations of this honored tradition are imprints of the eye glasses of Harold Lloyd, the cigars of Groucho Marx and George Burns, the magic wands of Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, the legs of Betty Grable, the fist of John Wayne, the knees of Al Jolson, the ice skating blades of Sonja Henie, and the noses of Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope.
Western stars William S. Hart and Roy Rogers left imprints of their guns. The hoofprints of "Tony", the horse of Tom Mix, "Champion", the horse of Gene Autry, and "Trigger", the horse of Roy Rogers, were left in the concrete beside the prints of the stars who rode them in the movies.
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Here is a postcard of the theatre during the day from 1949 ....

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Slovak National Theatre - Slovakia

Bratislava

Budova Slovenskeho narodneho divadia

(The building of Slovak National Theatre)

Foto: Alexander Jirousek

postmarked in 2008 with a Slovensko (Slovakia) 25 Peking 2008 Olympics stamp

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The Neo-Renaissance Slovak National Theatre, (renamed in 1920 to the Slovak National Theatre), was built in 1885–1886 during the time of Austria-Hungary. It was opened as the City Theatre on September 22, 1886 with the opera Bánk bán of Ferenc Erkel, which is one of the most important Hungarian opera. As a sign of this event's importance Kálmán Tisza Hungarian Prime Minister and his all government took part on this ceremony. The gala performance was conducted by Ferenc Erkel himself.

The original building was designed for 1000 spectators and was illuminated using 800 gas lamps, while the auditorium had a lustre with 64 lights. The interior was decorated, with frescos of by Pressburg native painter Kornél Spányik and by paintings by Munich artist Leo Lüttgendorf-Leinburg, among others.

The building has housed Slovak National Theatre ensembles since 1920, but today only the opera and ballet ensembles are resident. It was restored between 1969 and 1972, when a new modern technical building was added behind the old building.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Mabel Tainter Theater, Menomonie, Wisconsin

Mabel Tainter
Theater
A restored Victorian theater in downtown Menomonie, WI

Romantically reminiscent of Victorian days gone-by, the Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater is one of America's premier restored theaters. The lavish 313 seat theater features intricate hand stenciled walls and ceilings, carved mahogany, walnut and oak woodwork and Tiffany stained glass windows. Tours are offered daily, but the best way to experience the theater is by attending a show. The theater's intimacy and superb acoustics put you directly into the performance.

postmarked in 2009 with a 28 cent polar bear stamp

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The Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater was constructed in 1889 as a tribute to young Mabel Tainter, a lover of music and the arts, who died in 1886 at the age of nineteen. The Memorial was commissioned by Captain and Mrs. Andrew Tainter. Andrew was one of the lumber barons for Knapp, Stout & Co.

The Theater still contains the original Steere & Turner tracker pipe organ. The organ has a total of 1597 pipes and 28 stops. The pipes range from 2 inches to 16 feet. The organ was originally water powered, but it was later converted to electric. The organ's restoration began in 1957 and since then has been fully restored.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Glasgow Science Centre, Scotland

Glasgow Science Centre, Pacific Quay, Scotland

postmarked in 2009 with a Great Britain queen 62p stamp

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Glasgow Science Centre is a visitor attraction located on the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a purpose-built science centre composed of three principal buildings which are the Science Mall, an IMAX cinema and the Glasgow Tower.

Science Mall
The Science Mall is a titanium-clad crescent shape structure that houses three floors of over 250 interactive science-learning exhibits, a Science Show Theatre and the Glasgow Science Centre Planetarium. The planetarium contains a Zeiss optical-mechanical projector that projects images of the night sky onto a 15m diameter dome.

IMAX Cinema
The IMAX cinema is the first and currently only IMAX cinema to have been built in Scotland. The single auditorium seats 370 in front of a rectangular screen measuring 60 feet by 80 feet and has the capability to show 3D films as well as standard 2D films in IMAX format. It opened to the public in October 2000, several months prior to the opening of the two other buildings.

Glasgow Tower
At 127 metres high, Glasgow Tower is currently the tallest tower in Scotland and the second tallest free-standing structure after the Inverkip Power Station chimney. It also holds a Guinness World Record for being the tallest tower in the world capable of rotating 360 degrees from its base to its top.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Costa Rica - National Theater

The National Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica

Photo: Jean Mercier

This is postmarked in 2008.

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Here is a postcard of the statue on the roof....

National Theater / Costa Rica
Photo by Joaquin Murillo

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The National Theatre of Costa Rica is located in the central section of San José, Costa Rica. Construction began in 1891, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

I was in Cinerama!

"The biggest new entertainment event of the year." - Life (maybe Life Magazine?)

I Was In Cinerama!

P.S. You, too, can be in Cinerama...mail your check and self-addressed, stamped envelope to Boston Theatre, Washington & Essex Sts., Boston, Massachusetts.

Prices are on the back too, they range from $1.20 up to $2.80

postmarked in 1954 with machine 2 cent stamp

I love how large the roller coaster looks! I would have felt sick watching this for sure ;-)

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