Metropolitan Theatre (1949-1956)

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Venue	Metropolitan Theatre (1949-1956)
Address	505 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
First Date	April 1949
Last Date	August 1956
Notes	Formerly Christ Church Saint Laurence Hall. Used by the Metropolitan Theatre from April 1949 to August 1956, then reverted back to Church Hall.
Related Venues	Also known as Ballet Theatre Also known as Christ Church Saint Laurence Hall Is on the site of Actors College of Theatre and Television
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.881888 \| 151.205147
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	VENUE CLOSED, 25 August 1956 The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Peer Gynt [Norwegian scenes], 29 July 1956 Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 Jane Steps Out, June 1956 Is Life Worth Living?, 17 May 1956 Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 Will Any Gentleman?, 6 March 1956 Blood Orange, 1 February 1956 Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Pink Elephants, 4 May 1955 The Perfect Woman, 18 April 1955 Out of the Frying Pan, 17 March 1955 Martine, 11 February 1955 Home of the Brave, 20 January 1955 Pinkie and the Fairies, 15 January 1955 The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Antigone, 28 August 1953 Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Twelfth Night, April 1952 The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 Hamlet, 3 May 1951 You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Christmas in the Marketplace, 20 December 1950 May Hollinworth Testimonial, 8 November 1950 The Rivals, 8 November 1950 The Voice of the Turtle, 27 October 1950 A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949
	Metropolitan Theatre VENUE CLOSED, 25 August 1956 Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 Jane Steps Out, June 1956 Is Life Worth Living?, 17 May 1956 Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 Blood Orange, 1 February 1956 Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Out of the Frying Pan, 17 March 1955 Martine, 11 February 1955 Pinkie and the Fairies, 15 January 1955 The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Antigone, 28 August 1953 Twelfth Night, April 1952 The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 Hamlet, 3 May 1951 You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Christmas in the Marketplace, 20 December 1950 The Rivals, 8 November 1950 The Voice of the Turtle, 27 October 1950 A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Eros Productions Jane Steps Out, June 1956 Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 The Ida Newton Players Will Any Gentleman?, 6 March 1956 The Perfect Woman, 18 April 1955 Kuring-gai Theatre Guild The Voice of the Turtle, 27 October 1950 Lincoln Company The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Rathbone Academy of Dramatic Art Peer Gynt [Norwegian scenes], 29 July 1956 St Peters Community Players Home of the Brave, 20 January 1955 Sydney Opera Group The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 The Arts Council of Australia (New South Wales Division) The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956
	Robin Lovejoy - Actor, Designer, Director The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 Hamlet, 3 May 1951 You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 The Rivals, 8 November 1950 A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 May Hollinworth - Actor, Director, Producer Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Lesley Lindsay - Actor, Director, Set Designer Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 Is Life Worth Living?, 17 May 1956 Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 Blood Orange, 1 February 1956 Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Pinkie and the Fairies, 15 January 1955 Antigone, 28 August 1953 William Shakespeare - Playwright Twelfth Night, April 1952 Hamlet, 3 May 1951 A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Rolf Bartik - Actor Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Kevin Brennan - Actor The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Gwen Harrison - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 The Rivals, 8 November 1950 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Twelfth Night, October 1949 James Marsh - Actor The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Richard Meikle - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Audrey Peek - Actor The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 Hamlet, 3 May 1951 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Owen Weingott - Actor The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Lionel Bain - Actor The Rivals, 8 November 1950 A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Olaf Christiansen - Actor Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Wanda Herbert - Actor A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Dorothy Hunter - Actor The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Nigel Lovell - Actor, Director The Rivals, 8 November 1950 A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 Beatrice Wenban - Actor The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Arthur Best - Actor Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Twelfth Night, October 1949 Phillip Colledge - Actor, Set Designer Blood Orange, 1 February 1956 Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Ossie Conroy - Actor Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Patti Crocker - Actor The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Ron Harris - Actor Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Pinkie and the Fairies, 15 January 1955 Hugh Hastings - Director, Playwright Blood Orange, 1 February 1956 Pink Elephants, 4 May 1955 Marcia Hathaway - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 The Rivals, 8 November 1950 Harry Langworthy - Actor Twelfth Night, April 1952 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Nat Levison - Director Jane Steps Out, June 1956 Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Betty Lucas - Actor Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Rosemary Miller - Actor Twelfth Night, October 1949 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Lynne Murphy - Actor A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 Ida Newton - Director Will Any Gentleman?, 6 March 1956 The Perfect Woman, 18 April 1955 John Pooley - Actor, Director Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 Twelfth Night, April 1952 Lynette Potier - Actor Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Pinkie and the Fairies, 15 January 1955 Alfred Race - Actor Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Brenda Senders - Actor Hamlet, 3 May 1951 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 George Bernard Shaw - Playwright You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 John Unicomb - Actor Hamlet, 3 May 1951 Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Frank Waters - Actor She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Jean Anouilh - Playwright Antigone, 28 August 1953 Michael Aron - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Patti Assange - Actor The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 Brian Barnes - Actor Twelfth Night, April 1952 Jan Bennett - Actor The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 Jean Jacques Bernard - Playwright Martine, 11 February 1955 Diana Bracks-Hopwood - Actor Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 John Bunt - Actor The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Cyril Campion - Playwright Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Rae Candy - Actor and Singer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Amber Mae Cecil - Actor Blood Orange, 1 February 1956 George Clarke - Designer The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Norman Coburn - Actor Blood Orange, 1 February 1956 Charles Collings - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 John Cooper - Actor Antigone, 28 August 1953 Bob Cummings - Actor The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Diana Davidson - Actor Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Joan Davis - Actor The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 John Dease - Actor Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 Gerry Donovan - Writer Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Gerry Duggan - Actor Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Alistair Duncan - Actor Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Lorna Eager - Actor Antigone, 28 August 1953 John Ewart - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Margaret Featherstone - Actor The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 Ursula Finlay - Actor Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Nance Foxley - Actor Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 Wallace Geoffrey - Playwright The Perfect Woman, 18 April 1955 Robert Gerrard - Actor Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Henri Gheon - Playwright Christmas in the Marketplace, 20 December 1950 Fernande Glyn - Actor Twelfth Night, April 1952 Oliver Goldsmith - Playwright She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Nicholas Stuart Gray - Playwright Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 Janet Green - Playwright Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 Denise Harrison - Actor Pinkie and the Fairies, 15 January 1955 Kevin Healy - Actor Blood Orange, 1 February 1956 Bettie Hepworth - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Paul Herlinger - Actor She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Geoffrey Hewitt - Actor The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Bill Hobbs - Actor Puss in Boots, 5 January 1956 William Hobbs - Actor and Singer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Kenneth Horne - Playwright Jane Steps Out, June 1956 Michael Hourihan - Actor Antigone, 28 August 1953 Laurence Housman - Playwright The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 Winston Hunter - Actor Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Judyth Jones - Actor Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Merton Jones - Actor Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Neil Jones - Musician Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Marjorie Laine - Actor, Costume Maker The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 Arthur Laurents - Playwright Home of the Brave, 20 January 1955 Jan Lawler - Actor Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Bettina Linden - Actor Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Martin Long - Composer Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Federico Garcia Lorca - Playwright The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 William Somerset Maugham - Playwright Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 Barbara Maxwell - Actor Is Life Worth Living?, 17 May 1956 Jean McAlister - Actor Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Peter McDonald - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Betty McIntyre - Actor Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 John McKellar - Writer Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Alick McKenzie - Designer Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 John McKeon - Actor Will Any Gentleman?, 6 March 1956 Charles McKervey - Designer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Paul McNaughton - Actor Antigone, 28 August 1953 Ken Meadowcroft - Actor Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 John Meillon - Actor Hamlet, 3 May 1951 Alan Melville - Writer Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Gian Carlo Menotti - Composer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Kevin Mills - Actor and Singer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Basil Mitchell - Playwright The Perfect Woman, 18 April 1955 David Morgan - Musical Advisor The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 Lance Mulcahy - Musician, Writer Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Alan Murray - Director Peer Gynt [Norwegian scenes], 29 July 1956 David Nettheim - Actor Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Coralie Neville - Actor A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 Norma O'Hare - Actor Will Any Gentleman?, 6 March 1956 Eugene O'Neill - Playwright The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Lorna Orchard - Actor The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 William Orr - Producer Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953 Don Pascoe - Actor Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 Kenneth Pawley - Actor Romeo and Juliet, April 1949 Gloria Payten - Actor The House of Bernarda Alba, 25 October 1951 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Composer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Olive Pieremont - Designer The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 James Pratt - Actor Heartbreak House, 15 December 1949 Edward Reeve - Playwright Raymond, Lord of Milan, 7 September 1950 Kevin Ringham - Actor The Rivals, 8 November 1950 Norma Roberts - Actor A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 October 1950 W Graham Robertson - Playwright Pinkie and the Fairies, 15 January 1955 Lennox Robinson - Playwright Is Life Worth Living?, 17 May 1956 Seamus Rothsey - Actor Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 Ruth Rutter - Actor She Stoops to Conquer, 23 March 1950 Joe Scully - Actor You Never Can Tell, 22 February 1951 Alan Seymour - Director The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Dinah Shearing - Actor Twelfth Night, October 1949 Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Playwright The Rivals, 8 November 1950 Joan Shute - Actor and Singer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Alan Sisson - Director The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Douglas Small - Actor Will Any Gentleman?, 6 March 1956 Eric Smith - Musical Director The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Virginia Smith - Designer The Chinese Lantern, 8 June 1950 Gaby Snow - Actor Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Judith Staff - Actor and Singer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Joy Stapleton - Actor and Singer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 Lionel Stevens - Actor Antigone, 28 August 1953 Douglas Stewart - Playwright Shipwreck, 8 September 1949 Mione Stewart - Actor Antigone, 28 August 1953 Joan Storey - Actor Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 Francis Swann - Playwright Out of the Frying Pan, 17 March 1955 Vernon Sylvaine - Playwright Will Any Gentleman?, 6 March 1956 Denise Tansell - Actor Lady Frederick, 12 July 1956 Carole Taylor - Actor Lady Killer, 6 December 1955 Richard Trent - Actor Hamlet, 3 May 1951 John van Druten - Playwright The Voice of the Turtle, 27 October 1950 Kenneth Warren - Actor Twelfth Night, April 1952 Elizabeth Waterhouse - Actor Pinkie and the Fairies, 15 January 1955 Ross Whatson - Actor and Singer The Telephone / The Maid Mistress / The Medium, 24 August 1956 June Wilson - Actor The Hairy Ape, 9 September 1954 Joan Winchester - Actor Murder Mistaken, 13 April 1956 James Workman - Actor Hamlet, 3 May 1951 Melpo Zarocosta - Actor Antigone, 28 August 1953 Charles Zwar - Writer Metropolitan Merry-Go-Round, 12 February 1953
Resources	Article: Sydney Theatre to Close, Central Queensland Herald, 30 August 1956, 29 Thesis: Richard Hunter, Sydney's Little Theatres 1945 to 1955: with special reference to The Metropolitan Theatre, School of Drama, University of New South Wales, 1981
Venue Identifier	15764

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