
The Teatro Brancaccio (i.e. "Brancaccio Theater"), also known as Politeama Brancaccio, is a 1,300-seat theatre and cinema located in
Esquilino,
Rome
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Italy
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It was inaugurated in 1916 with the name Teatro Morgana and since 1937 it was used also as a cinema. After some years of decline the theater, owned by the City of Rome, was restored and reopened in 1978.
[Franco Ferrari. ''Intorno al palcoscenico: storie e cronache dell'organizzatore teatrale''. FrancoAngeli, 2012. .]
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Theatres in Rome
Cinemas in Italy
Theatres completed in 1916
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