Interior view of ceiling, stairs and carpeted area, Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne

Photographer / artist:

not recorded

Copyright:

all rights reserved

Source:

National Library of Australia, Eric Milton Nicholls Collection, PIC/9929/864, Album 1092/5

Architects:

Walter Burley Griffin Marion Mahony Griffin

Subject Date:

Opened 8 November 1924

Image Date:

1924

Type:

b&w photograph

Notes:

Stairwell leading from the Capitol Theatre’s entrance foyer. The theatre was modified in 1964 removing the stalls and these circular stairs leading to the upper foyer. Restoration of the auditorium and its spectacular interior is being carried out by RMIT