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The Régal Theatre Is a Crowd Puller!

Black-and-white photograph of two buildings with boomtown-styled fronts. On one of them, there is a sign where it is written Regal Theatre. A crowd waits on the boardwalk in front of the building.

Date: between 1927 and 1928

Credits: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Xstrata Cuivre Canada funds, Fonderie Horne, Vavasour & Dick series. 08Y,P123,S1,P186.

Régal Theatre was located on Perrault Street near the intersection of Principale Street. This 325-seat theatre was the first to open in Rouyn. Owner Ms. H.S. Carey began its construction in the winter of 1926. Admission was $0.75—a lot of money at the time—and the seats were quite uncomfortable. Despite these inconveniences, audiences regularly attended the theatre.