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Entertaining Leeds: At the Theatre
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View from City Varieties stage showing a packed audience in the seats and both balconies Add to board
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View from City Varieties stage

This photo shows the view from the stage at Leeds City Variety in about 1910.  Notice the three tiers of seating.  The seats up in the top balconies, or ‘the gods’ were the cheapest.

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