The Capitol Theatre, located just off O'Connell Street, Dublin, began life on August 10, 1920 as the La Scala Theatre and Opera House. Despite its name, the La Scala was a cinema. Paramount Pictures took over the lease on the building and renamed it the Capitol. Under new management, the Capitol ran a live show every week to accompany the current film. Well-know Irish acts to appear in these shows included Peggy Dell, Martin Crosbie and Sean Mooney. The last stage show was on October 29, 1953. The Capitol continued as a cinema until 1972. It was demolished along with the adjacent Metropole Cinema and a branch of the department store chain British Home Stores was built on the site. This, in turn, closed and was replaced by a branch of the Irish Penneys chain. Daniel OConnell, 19th century nationalist leader, whose statue stands on the street named after him. ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1987 to 1995. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... British Home Stores (also known as BHS or, more recently Bhs) is a stalwart general retailer of the British High Street, selling clothes and household items (such as bedlinen, cutlery, crockery and lighting). ... Penneys is a clothes retailer in Ireland. ...
Reference
Ryan, Philip B. The Lost Theatres of Dublin. (The Badger Press, 1998) ISBN 0-9526076-1-1
Welcome to The CapitolTheatre Center in beautiful downtown Chambersburg, Pennsylvania located midway between Gettysburg, PA and Hagerstown, MD. This new Center includes the historic 852-seat CapitolTheatre with expanded restrooms, large concession area, and coat room, more visible box office, gift shop and an elevator.
The theatre presents many of its own CapitolTheatre performances and concerts each year, as well as being the home for productions by the resident theatrical company, the Chambersburg Community Theatre.
The CapitolTheatre is also a popular place to rent for fundraising events.
Capitol is the name generally given in the United States to the building in which the executive and/or legislative branches of local or national government are housed.
The first capitol building in America was the 1705 Williamsburg Capitol in Williamsburg, Virginia, the capitol of Virginia during the colonial period.
The Capitole de Toulouse is the seat of the municipal administration of Toulouse.
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