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Venue	King's Theatre
Other Names	Dalkeith Opera House
Address	52 South Terrace Fremantle WA Australia
First Date	27 September 1904
Last Date	1920
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Latitude \| Longitude	-32.05593 \| 115.748413
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	The Man They Could Not Hang, 1 April 1913 East Lynne, 2 November 1904 Triple Bill, 31 October 1904 First Mate, 29 October 1904 East Lynne, 28 October 1904 Much Married, 27 October 1904 Face To Face, 24 October 1904 The Sign of the Cross, 30 September 1904 A Royal Divorce, 29 September 1904 The Eternal City, 28 September 1904 Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904
	Brandon-Cremer Dramatic Company East Lynne, 2 November 1904 Triple Bill, 31 October 1904 First Mate, 29 October 1904 East Lynne, 28 October 1904 Much Married, 27 October 1904 Face To Face, 24 October 1904 J C Williamson's Dramatic Company The Sign of the Cross, 30 September 1904 A Royal Divorce, 29 September 1904 The Eternal City, 28 September 1904 Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 Philip Lytton's Dramatic Company The Man They Could Not Hang, 1 April 1913 The Knight-Jeffries Company Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 The O'Keefe's Triple Bill, 31 October 1904
	A Brandon-Cremer - Actor East Lynne, 2 November 1904 First Mate, 29 October 1904 Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Katie Arnold - Actor East Lynne, 2 November 1904 Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Ellen Wood - Author East Lynne, 2 November 1904 East Lynne, 28 October 1904 Henry Wood - Author East Lynne, 2 November 1904 East Lynne, 28 October 1904 Wilson Barrett - Playwright The Sign of the Cross, 30 September 1904 H Batten - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Arthur Binstead - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 G P Cary - Actor Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 P Cooke - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Sydney Grundy - Playwright Much Married, 27 October 1904 Austin Hardy - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Raymond Hope - Conductor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Hortle - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Johnson - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Julius Knight - Actor Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 O'Keefe - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 B Packer - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Rose Pendennis - Actor Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 Henry Pettitt - Playwright Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Harry Plimmer - Actor Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 B Rowe - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Victor Scott - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 George Robert Sims - Playwright Face To Face, 24 October 1904 M Slater - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Emmie South - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Evelyn Sutherland - Playwright Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 Booth Tarkington - Playwright Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 L H Wicksteed - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904 Leonard Willey - Actor Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 William Gorman Wills - Playwright A Royal Divorce, 29 September 1904 Arthur Wintner - Actor Monsieur Beaucaire, 27 September 1904 Fanny Wiseman - Actor Face To Face, 24 October 1904
Resources	Bill Dunstone, King's Theatre Fremantle, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 315-316 Theatre in South Terrace, opened 27 September 1904 as Dalkeith Opera House. Architect: F.W. Burwell. Soon renamed King's Theatre. Designed as a lyric theatre, and briefly designated as an opera house, the King's Theatre appears to have functioned as a multipurpose venue until it closed in 1920. It opened with Maude Jeffries, Julius Knight and a London company in four plays presented by J.C. Williamson. The theatre, built adjacent to the Freemason's Hotel for James Gallop, had a 27-metre Renaissance-style frontage which included five shop fronts at street level. An upstairs supper room gave onto a full-length gaslit balcony above the pavement. The stalls and circle seated about 1200 people, and there was room for more in the gallery. In hot weather the auditorium could be cooled by opening a sliding panel in the roof and numerous decorative ventilators. In response to adverse reports on the safety of the Theatre Royal in Perth, numerous safety measures were incorporated in the King's Theatre, including sprinklers over the stage and 13 fire-escape doors. The provision of backup electricity and gas systems suggests that the King's Theatre was technically well-equipped. The stage measured 18.29 by 12.19 metres, with fly galleries at 7.92 metres and a grid at 15.85 metres above the floor. When the theatre closed part of the building was converted to a panel-beating workshop. Another part was temporarily converted to an ice rink in 1978, and part of this is now a night club. Article: Bill Dunstone, King's Theatre Fremantle, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 315-316
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	19184

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