Yurakuza Theater

Japanese: 有楽座 - ゆうらくざ

Name of theater. (1) Japan's first Western-style theater, built in Yurakucho, Tokyo, as a high-class entertainment hall. Opened November 1, 1908. Capacity including the box seats was 900 people. Chairs were installed in the traditional flat dirt floor, and eating, drinking, and smoking were prohibited in the spectator seats, and a separate dining room and rest room were installed. The teahouse entrance was abolished and a ticket system and guides were introduced. After the first performance of the Jiyugeki Theater by Oyamauchi Kaoru and Ichikawa Sadanji II, it was often used by the new theater companies of the time, and played a major role in the early history of new theater. In 1920, it was merged with the Teigeki Theater and remodeled to be more modern, but it was destroyed by fire in the Great Kanto Earthquake. (2) A theater affiliated with Toho that opened in June 1935 on the site of (1). Seating capacity 1,630. Toho Theater Company, Furukawa Midoriha Troupe, Enoken Troupe, and others mainly performed here, and after World War II, new theater companies also used it. In January 1951, it became a movie theater, and closed in November 1984. Hibiya Chanter, a mini theater, was built on the site.

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劇場名。 (1) 高等演芸場として東京の有楽町に建てられた日本最初の洋式劇場。 1908年 11月1日開場。定員は桟敷を含めて 900人。従来の平土間に椅子席が設けられたほか，見物席での飲食喫煙を禁止して別に食堂と休憩室が設置され，茶屋出方を廃して切符制度，案内人が採用された。小山内薫，2世市川左団次の自由劇場第1回公演以後，当時の新劇団によく利用され，初期新劇史に果した役割は大きい。 20年帝劇に合併され，より近代的に改築されたが，関東大震災のため焼失。 (2) (1) の跡地に 1935年6月開場した東宝傘下の劇場。客席 1630。東宝劇団，古川緑波一座，エノケン一座などが主として出演，第2次世界大戦後は新劇団も利用した。 51年1月以降は映画専門劇場となり，84年 11月閉館。跡地にミニシアターを擁する日比谷シャンテが建った。

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