Palace Theatre

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Title Palace Theatre
Alternative Title A photo essay
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Abstract/Description The Palace Theatre (of Varieties) was originally built in 1896 for George Adams as an adjunct to his Tatersalls Hotel that had entrances in both George and Pitt Streets, Sydney. Due to increasing restrictions during the 19th century of divorcing theatre entertainments from liquor-licensed premises, the Palace had to be completely separated from the hotel. It was a requirement that patrons of the theatre had to exit the theatre into a public way before entering premises licensed to serve liquor. The Palace minimised this obstruction to an alcohol imbued audience by being designed with a narrow pedestrian lane (about two metres wide) between it and the Pitt Street bar of the hotel. Side exits to the theatre stalls allowed patrons to cross the lane directly into the hotel bar for interval fortification and refreshment.
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Source Ross Thorne, rossthorne.com, Ross Thorne, Sydney, 2010
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Date Created 2010
Language English
Citation Ross Thorne, Palace Theatre, rossthorne.com, 2010
Data Set AusStage
Resource Identifier 55109