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Resource	InteractiveResource: Website / Online media
Title	Visualising Lost Theatres
Creator Contributors	Joanne Tompkins, Author Julie Holledge, Author Jonathan Bollen, Author Liyang Xia, Author
Abstract/Description	Visualising Lost Theatres studies venues that have been ‘lost,’ whether through demolition or substantial remodelling. Venues are living systems rather than passive containers of performance, but their contribution to the creation of live performance has been underestimated. The venues include the Rose Theatre in 1590s London, Komediehuset in Bergen, Norway in the mid-nineteenth century, the 1841 Queen’s Theatre in Adelaide, South Australia, 粤剧 Yueju Cantonese opera performances in circus tents in Australia’s goldfields in the 1850s, and the Stardust showroom in 1950s Las Vegas. Shaping some of the most enduring genres of world theatre and cultural production, these venues each represent a significant cultural transformation.
Genre	Chinese Opera
Related Venues	The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA The Queen's Theatre Stables, Adelaide, SA
Item URL	https://losttheatres.net/
Date Created	June 2022
Language	English
Citation	Joanne Tompkins, Jonathan Bollen, Julie Holledge, Liyang Xia, Visualising Lost Theatres, June 2022
Data Set	AusStage
Resource Identifier	74818