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Mr DANCE'S PLANS On March 4th 1907 Mr W C Vallance and Mr J A Newton attended the Devonport Borough Watch Committee on behalf of Mr George Dance, to submit plans for the erection of a theatre in Princes Street, to be known as the Empire Theatre, and to enquire whether the Council would grant a Stage Play Licence for it. The Town Clerk read letters of support from Messrs Bond & Pearce and Mr Isaac Foot and it was resolved that: 'subject to the theatre being erected in accordance with the plans submitted, to the satisfaction of the Borough Surveyor and a proper application being made when the building is completed, the Committee will grant a Stage Play Licence, with power to smoke when the building is used as a Music Hall, to the actual and responsible manager of the building.' Unfortunately the Borough Surveyor did not like the plans as only two private boxes had been included instead of three. Mr Dance duly abandoned his intention of erecting a theatre at Devonport.
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