Royal Marionette Theatre

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Event Royal Marionette Theatre
Venue Saloon of the Royal Hotel (1842-1914), Sydney, NSW
First Date 14 September 1852
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The public are respectfully informed that the Saloon of the Royal Hotel has been fitted up as a Theatre of Arts, and will be opened THIS EVENING, Tuesday, 14th September, when a series of novel and interesting performances will be successively represented.
The proprietor begs leave to state that neither labour or expense has been spared to render it as attractive as any place of amusement yet produced in the colony.
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Puppetry
Spectacle
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Henry Beaufoy Merlin Entrepreneur
Resources
Further Information Doors open at half-past seven, performance to commence at eight o'clock. Carriages to be ordered at ten o'clock. Front seats, 2s, ; back seats, 1s. In the course of the performance will be exhibited upwards of 200 Mechanical Figures.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Advertising (1852, September 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 11, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12939981
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 164371