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Marlowe theatre " review by Rowan Moore

Fine auditorium, great acoustics, big glass foyer… Canterbury's new Marlowe theatre ticks all the boxes, but where's the drama?Once, theatre buildings were about make-up, mask and costume. They put opaque layers of ornament between street and stage, through which the paying customer would be ceremoniously conducted. They were solid, stone or of lighter stuff such as stucco made to look like stone. Now, and for at l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM on October 1, 2011

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