By Puritans: Tools of the devil--they kept people from going to church and reading The Bible.
By Civic Fathers: Subversive of the public peace. Getting thousands of people together in one spot attracts criminals and might spread disease. Sometimes these theatre patrons caused riots.
By Everone Else: Awesome. The best entertainment money could buy. Better even than bearbaiting.
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Wehrenberg Theatres was created in 1906.
HQ Theatres was created in 2006.
Elizabethan Theatres were open roofed play houses built in the Renaissance
There are two different types of IMAX Theatres, IMAX domed theatres and IMAX flat-screened theatres. IMAX domed theatres have the image on a domed shaped screen in a generally circular room so that the image is projected in front, above, and to the left and right of you. IMAX flat screened theatres are like a larger version of a standard movie screen. IMAX flat screens have the capability to show 3D movies, unlike domes screened theatres.
In the late 1500s and early 1600s when Shakespeare was alive there were no films. Shakespeare wrote and acted in plays which were performed in theatres such as the Globe and the Swan.
Telecine involves transferring film onto video allowing it to be viewed on standard sets found in the home. This technology has lead to the popularisation of home theatres.
They were conquered by the Spanish in the 1500s
52 theatres
Plitt Theatres was created in 1903.
HQ Theatres was created in 2006.
Empire Theatres was created in 1978.
Empire Theatres's population is 3,000.
KB Theatres was created in 1926.
Australian Theatres was created in 2003.
Landmark Theatres was created in 1974.
Harkins Theatres's population is 2,100.