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The
Minack Theatre,
located in the Cornish town of
Porthcurno, presents a summer-long series of
plays on an outdoor stage set in the cliffs
looking out over the Atlantic Ocean to the
famous Logan Rock, a large rounded
boulder perched on top of a high cluster of granite slabs and ribs at the heart
of the headland. The
theater is popular throughout Albion not only
for the classic and modern repertory productions
that are held from May to September. What makes
it special is that the entire theater was carved
into a cliff by putting to good use the very
shape and structure of the cliff's face. While
it is
reminiscent of an ancient Roman amphitheater, it
actually began in 1929 as a makeshift venue for
a village play. Its creator and master was Rowena Cade
(1893-1983), a girl who enjoyed the gentility of
Victorian Cheltenhan and grew up to build the
cliffside theatre with her own hands. The
present theatre can seat 750.
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