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Venue	Alhambra Music Hall
Address	724 George Street (north east corner Campbell Street) Haymarket NSW 2000 Australia
First Date	1892
Notes	Opened as the Haymarket Academy in 1884, Frank Smith bought the building in 1885 and converted it into the Alhambra Music Hall. After he was forced out in 1892 by the economic depression, the theatre was leased such entrepreneurs as Harry Rickards (1893), St John and Wilson (1898/99) and for most o
Related Venues	Also known as Melba Theatre
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.878774 \| 151.206196
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Peter Scriven's Christmas Party, 3 January 1970 Haverly and Mack and Company, 16 April 1921 Rosie in Love Land, 2 April 1921 Jack in Fairyland, 24 December 1920 The Cruise of Captain Kettle, 12 June 1920 The Vagabonds, 29 May 1920 Courtney Ford's Punchinellos of 1920 , 8 May 1920 The Humoresks, 17 April 1920 The Wattle Bird, 27 March 1920 The Gumleaf Girls, 28 February 1920 A Trip to the Moon, 13 December 1919 VENUE DARK - INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC, 3 April 1919 VENUE DARK - INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC, 28 January 1919 A Coo-ee from Home, 14 January 1918 The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 A Māori Maid's Love, 10 January 1916 Francis Curran, 23 November 1912 The Crime and the Criminal, 19 February 1912 A Daughter of Australia, 12 February 1912 Attack on the Gold Escort, 26 June 1911 Little Cinderella and her Great Big Sister or the Lover, the Lackey and the Little Glass Slipper, 24 December 1892
	Pugliese Enterprises Haverly and Mack and Company, 16 April 1921 Rosie in Love Land, 2 April 1921 Jack in Fairyland, 24 December 1920 The Cruise of Captain Kettle, 12 June 1920 The Vagabonds, 29 May 1920 Courtney Ford's Punchinellos of 1920 , 8 May 1920 The Humoresks, 17 April 1920 The Wattle Bird, 27 March 1920 The Gumleaf Girls, 28 February 1920 Alhambra Jazz Band The Gumleaf Girls, 28 February 1920 Australian Life Biograph Company A Daughter of Australia, 12 February 1912 Australian Photo-Play Company The Crime and the Criminal, 19 February 1912 Bert Linden's Company A Trip to the Moon, 13 December 1919 Double A Productions In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 Vita Film Corporation A Māori Maid's Love, 10 January 1916 Willoughby's Photo-Plays The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Woods' Australian Films A Coo-ee from Home, 14 January 1918
	Charles Villiers - Actor A Coo-ee from Home, 14 January 1918 In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 The Crime and the Criminal, 19 February 1912 Martyn Keith - Assistant Director, Director The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 Harry Barrington - Producer Little Cinderella and her Great Big Sister or the Lover, the Lackey and the Little Glass Slipper, 24 December 1892 Harry Beaumont - Actor A Daughter of Australia, 12 February 1912 Herbert J Bentley - Actor The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Loris Bingham - Actor The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Louise Carbasse - Actor A Daughter of Australia, 12 February 1912 Ken Carlisle - Actor A Māori Maid's Love, 10 January 1916 Francis Curran - Acrobat Francis Curran, 23 November 1912 Gertrude Darley - Actor A Coo-ee from Home, 14 January 1918 David Edelsten - Actor The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Clive Farnham - Actor The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Clyde Fitch - Playwright The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Winter Hall - Actor The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Tom Haverey - Actor and Singer The Gumleaf Girls, 28 February 1920 Tasman Higgins - Cinematographer A Coo-ee from Home, 14 January 1918 W S Jerdan - Producer In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 Hal King - Actor and Singer The Gumleaf Girls, 28 February 1920 Fred Knowles - Actor The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Herbert Linden - Actor-Manager A Trip to the Moon, 13 December 1919 Raymond Longford - Actor, Director A Māori Maid's Love, 10 January 1916 Lottie Lyell - Actor A Māori Maid's Love, 10 January 1916 Gaston Mervale - Director A Daughter of Australia, 12 February 1912 Austin Milroy - Actor The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Les O'Donnell - Actor In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 Rock Phillips - Actor In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 C F Pugliese - Director The Gumleaf Girls, 28 February 1920 Jean Robertson - Actor The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Alma Rock-Phillips - Actor In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 Alfred Rolfe - Director The Crime and the Criminal, 19 February 1912 Bryce Rowe - Actor A Coo-ee from Home, 14 January 1918 Dave Smith - Actor In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 Frank Smith - Entrepreneur Little Cinderella and her Great Big Sister or the Lover, the Lackey and the Little Glass Slipper, 24 December 1892 Percy Walshe - Actor In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 Alice Walton - Actor and Singer The Gumleaf Girls, 28 February 1920 Vera Walton - Actor and Singer The Gumleaf Girls, 28 February 1920 Dunstan Webb - Actor In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916 Harry Whaite - Scenic Artist Little Cinderella and her Great Big Sister or the Lover, the Lackey and the Little Glass Slipper, 24 December 1892 George Willoughby - Director, Producer The Woman in the Case, 3 July 1916 Charles Woods - Actor, Director, Screenwriter A Coo-ee from Home, 14 January 1918 Arthur Wright - Author In the Last Stride, 1 May 1916
Resources	Article: Memories of Old Sydney Theatres Law Report: Royal Commission into the Construction of Theatres, Public Halls, and Other Places of Public Amusements or Concourse, NSW Parliamentary Papers, Parliament of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australasian Legal Information Institute, 1887 (v1 - First Session) [1886] NSWRoyalC 5, 2 December 1886, 149-201 Websites / Online media: Alhambra Music Hall - Haymarket Academy - Academy of Music, The Academy Websites / Online media: Sydney Architecture - Alhambra Music Hall/Theatre, Sydney Architecture
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	16152

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