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This beautiful stained glass window was originally thought to have been a Harry Clarke window. It was determined later that it came from the Harry Clarke School. It was mounted in the wall of the Capitol Cinema in Prince's Street - the former La Scala Theatre. When the cinema was doomed to be demolished to make way for the British Home Stores - now occupied by Penny's - the window was in peril of being demolished along with the building so representations were made and it was agreed that the window would be donated to the Dublin Shakespeare Society who took it gratefully. At this time however, the DSS was in the throes of losing their premises at No. 50 North Great George's Street and there was nowhere to install a window of such proportions. For some years it languished unmounted in the basement of No. 50 and when the DSS moved to No. 41 on the same street, the wiindow moved too. As the lease on No.41 was only a short one (3 years) that time quickly passed and the DSS was back at square one. When the lease expired, the window was moved to temporary storage and subsequently was accepted into the Dublin City Library in Ballyfermot for safe keeping where it is currently stored. |
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