Princess+Theatre

//**__PRINCESS THEATRE __**// //The Princess Theatre; such an old but amazing building. The building's name itself already gives you an imaginary design of what it looks like. But now, we shall head more into the topic.

The Princess Theatre is currently used for musicals and oprea singing. It was built to match a grandeu and a flamboyance of two nearby buildings the Grand Hotel and the State Parliament. The theatre can hold 1488 people seated and also has a French Baroque style which was designed by William Pitt. The theatre opened in 1886 with the Australian premier of The Mikado. It also has the world's first retractable roof. When renovation began in the 1920s, it destroyed quite a lot of the glamour of the Princess Theatre. In the year 1987, some guy called David Marriner bought the building and started renovation again together with Allom Lovel. The Princess Theatre was a host to Melbourne's production of The Phantom of the Opera; which required an enourmous stage area. The theatre still retains charm of the past and has become one of the most important theatres in Melbourne. The theatre is listed on Historic Buildings Register.
 * __HISTORY OF THE THEATRE__**

On the third of March 1888, a barritone known as Frederick Baker, also known as Federici. Federici's courier ended when he fell through a trapdoor while performing the role of Mestiphistopheles. This caused him to have a heart attack and he died straight away. He nver came back on stage...obviously. The third row seats in the dress circle were kept vacant in Federici's honour. Approximately 80 years later, which was in the early 1970s, a photograph of a film was taken, revealed a pale face; almost transparent. nobody saw the figure on that day but only the photograph showed something known as "The Ghost". //
 * __GHOST SIGHTINGS__**