New Repertory Theatre

Home
Venues
New Repertory Theatre

Export | Feedback | Print

Venue	New Repertory Theatre
Other Names	Kursaal Theatre
Address	420 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
First Date	April 1932
Last Date	June 1934
Notes	Opened 9 May 1932 under directorship of Scott Alexander. Name changed to Kursaal Theatre June 1934. Closed as theatre 1938 for Matthew Talbot Hostel. Became theatre for Genesians 1954.
Related Venues	Also known as Kursaal Theatre
Map
Latitude \| Longitude	-33.872094 \| 151.205112
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	The Kidnappers, 24 February 1934 A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 The Snakewoman, 14 October 1933 Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 Roulette, 5 August 1933 Hello, Australia, 13 June 1933 East Lynne, 15 April 1933 Forty-nine Up, 28 January 1933 Roulette, 28 January 1933 Hoboes All, 28 January 1933 Death the Tantaliser, 28 January 1933 The Heirloom, 28 January 1933 The Dividing Line, 28 January 1933 Kingdom of Pretence, 19 November 1932 The Joke, 12 November 1932 Separated, 12 November 1932 The Mills of God, 12 November 1932 Passed On, 12 November 1932 Greater Love Hath No Man, 12 November 1932 Just Between Friends, 12 November 1932 Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Black Bondage, 10 May 1932
	New Sydney Repertory Society The Snakewoman, 14 October 1933 Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 Roulette, 5 August 1933 East Lynne, 15 April 1933 The Dividing Line, 28 January 1933 The Heirloom, 28 January 1933 Death the Tantaliser, 28 January 1933 Hoboes All, 28 January 1933 Forty-nine Up, 28 January 1933 Roulette, 28 January 1933 Kingdom of Pretence, 19 November 1932 Greater Love Hath No Man, 12 November 1932 Passed On, 12 November 1932 The Joke, 12 November 1932 Separated, 12 November 1932 Just Between Friends, 12 November 1932 Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Black Bondage, 10 May 1932
	Scott Alexander - Director, Producer A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Roulette, 5 August 1933 Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 East Lynne, 15 April 1933 Death the Tantaliser, 28 January 1933 The Heirloom, 28 January 1933 The Dividing Line, 28 January 1933 Forty-nine Up, 28 January 1933 Roulette, 28 January 1933 Hoboes All, 28 January 1933 Just Between Friends, 12 November 1932 The Joke, 12 November 1932 Passed On, 12 November 1932 Separated, 12 November 1932 The Mills of God, 12 November 1932 Greater Love Hath No Man, 12 November 1932 Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 Thomas Lowe - Actor East Lynne, 15 April 1933 Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 Muriel Connors - Actor Greater Love Hath No Man, 12 November 1932 Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 Dorothy Purdy - Actor, Playwright Roulette, 5 August 1933 Roulette, 28 January 1933 The Mills of God, 12 November 1932 Mary Baker - Actor East Lynne, 15 April 1933 Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Hugh Carlsson - Actor, Playwright The Dividing Line, 28 January 1933 Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Frances Cottingham - Actor, Playwright A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 The Heirloom, 28 January 1933 Keith Cribb - Actor, Playwright Kingdom of Pretence, 19 November 1932 Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Jean Garling - Playwright Death the Tantaliser, 28 January 1933 The Joke, 12 November 1932 Rodney Gurr - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Roulette, 5 August 1933 Ray Hartley - Actor Roulette, 5 August 1933 Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 Helen Kent - Actor Separated, 12 November 1932 Exploitation, 4 June 1932 William Leahy - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 East Lynne, 15 April 1933 Helen Lohan - Actor Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 Roulette, 5 August 1933 William Rees - Actor The Dividing Line, 28 January 1933 The Mills of God, 12 November 1932 Edgar Smithers - Actor Roulette, 5 August 1933 Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 Gilbert Unsworth - Actor East Lynne, 15 April 1933 Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 John Vincent - Actor Roulette, 5 August 1933 Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 Daphne Winslow - Actor Roulette, 5 August 1933 Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 Chelsey Alexander - Actor East Lynne, 15 April 1933 M Archer - Playwright Greater Love Hath No Man, 12 November 1932 C Ball - Playwright Separated, 12 November 1932 Marie Barrett - Actor Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Daphne Cheal - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 J H Cologon - Playwright Just Between Friends, 12 November 1932 Virginia Coyle - Actor Passed On, 12 November 1932 Tom Curley - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Hazel Currie - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Dorothy de Salis - Actor Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 Harry Farrell - Actor Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Edward Finn - Actor Separated, 12 November 1932 William Gates - Actor Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 Frank Gribb - Actor Death the Tantaliser, 28 January 1933 Gwendolen Griffiths - Actor Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Thomas Stuart Gurr - Playwright The Snakewoman, 14 October 1933 Morris Hay - Playwright Forty-nine Up, 28 January 1933 Marie Hemingway - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 James Higgins - Actor Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Muriel Hodson - Actor East Lynne, 15 April 1933 Marjorie Hughes - Playwright The Kidnappers, 24 February 1934 Alon Hynes - Playwright Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 William Hynes - Actor Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 Henrik Ibsen - Playwright A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Ned Lathom - Playwright Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 Sylvia May - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Noreen Molone - Actor Black Bondage, 10 May 1932 Adela Pankhurst - Playwright Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Agnes Paulton - Actor Wet Paint, 5 August 1933 C Hansby Read - Playwright Hoboes All, 28 January 1933 Morris Hay Simpson - Playwright Something Wrong, 9 July 1932 Doreen Solomon - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Marjorie Solomon - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Sotheran - Actor The Mills of God, 12 November 1932 Alan Stone - Actor A Doll's House, 11 November 1933 Marie Terry - Actor Forty-nine Up, 28 January 1933 Clare Thomas - Playwright Passed On, 12 November 1932 Dorothy Whiteley - Actor Exploitation, 4 June 1932 Ruth Wilson - Actor East Lynne, 15 April 1933 Henry Wood - Author East Lynne, 15 April 1933
Resources	Article: Ruby Doyle, The Kursaal Theatre, Sydney's Former 'Repertory', The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser, 17 August 1934, 3
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	14994

Researching Australian live performance