Majestic Theatre (1916-1967)

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Venue Majestic Theatre (1916-1967)
Other Names Celebrity Theatre Restaurant (1967-1969)
Warner Theatre (1969-1979)
Address 100 King William Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia
First Date 1916
Last Date 1967
Notes The Majestic Theatre opened in 1916 and closed in 1967. It was on the same site as the previous theatrical venues: White's Rooms and White's Assembly Room (1856-1880) then Garner's Theatre (1880-1892), Hudson's Bijou (1892-1900), Tivoli (1900-1901), New Tivoli (Rickard's New Tivoli) (1901-1913) and Star Theatre (1913-1915). It became the Celebrity Theatre Restaurant (1967-1969) and Warner Theatre (1969-1979). The building was demolished in 1981.
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The Majestic Orchestra

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Tivoli Showgirls

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J C Williamson Theatres Limited (1943-1976)

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Sir Benjamin Fuller

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Abdy's Animal Circus

Ade Duvall and Co.

Aztec Productions

Banner Forbut

Bargo and Wills

Ben and John Fuller Limited

Bhaskar and Company

Bradley and Kearney

Bump and Bounce

Carroll-Fuller Theatres Company Pty. Ltd.

Celebrity Circuit Pty Ltd

Charles and Lovely Rae

De Troy and Lady

Fullers Theatres Ltd

Garnet H Carroll

Gilbert and Howe

Gilbert and Lee

Gran Ballet Espanol

Hatten Sisters

Jean Bedford's 20 Juniors

Jenkins Sisters

Koba and Kalee

Kuester and Johnson

Kwam Brothers

Majestic Steppers

Majestic Theatre Company

Manly and Austin

Mortimer and Shirley

Ozo and Bozo

Rex and Bessie

Ridgway Sisters

Rolling Rollos

S.A. Theatres Ltd

Six Ashtons

Skill and Grace

Southern Ballet Group

Spanish Dancers and Singers

The 5 Cleverers

The Adelaide Festival of Arts

The Appletons

The Australian Art and Education Guild

The Bridges Trio

The Florays

The Flying Warrens

The Four Rosnays

The Laughtons

The Lynton Boys

The Marcella Trio

The National Theatre Movement of Australia

The Three Rosays

The Two Patranos

Three Ciscos

Tivoli Glamour Girls

Tom and Jerry

Warren Latona and Sparks

Tom King - Musical Director, Musician

Bruce Beeby - Actor

Doris Fitton - Actor, Director, Producer

Ross Buchanan - Actor, Assistant Producer

Jean Cameron - Dancer, Performer

June Collis - Actor, Assistant Stage Manager

John Edwardes - Actor, Circus Style Performer

Phillip Grenville Mann - Stage Director, Stage Manager

Madi Hedd - Actor

Alec Kellaway - Actor, Performer, Stage Director

Joy Lewis - Actor, Administrator: Secretary

David N Martin - Presenter

Cyril Northcote - Scenic Artist, Set Designer

Wallace Parnell - Producer

Alec Regan - General Manager, Performer, Producer

John Bellew - Actor, Assistant Stage Manager

Ivor Bromley-Smith - Actor

Bruce Carroll - Stage Director

Bob Dyer - Comedian

Glenys Edwards - Actor

Ronald Frazer - Actor

Jim Gerald - Actor, Comedian

Joyce Gration - Actor and Singer, Performer, Singer

Barbara Mackey - Wardrobe Master/Mistress, Wardrobe Mistress

Jessica Noad - Actor

Richard Parry - Actor, Producer

Alan Rankin - Actor

Roy Rene - Actor, Comedian

Sheringham - Costume Maker, Wardrobe Master/Mistress

George Stevenson Wallace - Comedian

Hal Wynn - Conductor, Orchestral Leader

Bubby Allan - Actor, Performer

Raymond Baird - Musician: Saxophonist

Ernie Baron - Compere, Impersonator

Virginia Barton - Actor

Kenny Brenna - Comedian

Kenn Brodziak - Producer

Florence Brown - Actor

Robert Butt - Comedian, Performer

Mary Cahill - Costume Maker, Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Dudley Cantrell - Musical Arranger

George Chanti - Dancer, Performer

Keith Connolly - Circus Style Performer, Comedian

Les Donaghey - Singer, Stage Director

Chung Doo - Singer, Singer: Tenor

Marie Doran - Performer, Singer

Dorothy Dunckley - Actor

Duval - Magician

Trader Faulkner - Actor

Elaine Foster - Actor

Ken Fraser - Actor

David Gould - Director, Producer

Fred Gulliford - Conductor, Musical Director

Millie Hansen - Singer

John Hayden - Director, Producer

Patricia Horsfield - Actor, Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Elsie Hosking - Dancer, Performer

Jenny Howard - Comedian

James Hutchings - Art Director, Set Designer

Barbara James - Performer, Singer

Brian James - Actor, Stage Manager

Dorothy Jean - Actor and Singer, Performer

Sunday Johnson - Ballet Master/Mistress, Choreographer

Pat Kenny - Performer

Will Kroncke - Costume Co-ordinator, Costume Maker

Jill Laughton - Dancer

Sumner Locke Elliott - Playwright, Writer

Leonard Lord - Actor

Will Mahoney - Producer

Thelma McLeod - Ballet Master/Mistress, Choreographer

Harold Moschetti - Composer

Johnny O'Connor - Comedian, Performer

John O'Dowd - Stage Director, Stage Manager

Jean Paige - Actor, Assistant Stage Manager

Queenie Paul - Actor, Singer

Phillip Peake - Actor and Singer, Performer

Billie Ponds - Choreographer, Dancer

Eric Reiman - Actor

Les Ritchie - Actor and Singer, Dancer

Kathleen Robinson - Actor

Marlene Schramm - Performer

Richard Sherren - Actor

John Sykes - Actor, Producer

Desmond Tanner - Musician: Organist, Performer

Al Thomas - Actor, Performer

Ted Waldman - Comedian, Singer: Comic

Stanley Wells - Mechanist

Angus Winneke - Set and/or Property Maker, Set Designer

Harry Wren - Director, Producer

Bhaskar - Producer

Dixie - Acrobat, Dancer

Dolores - Dancer

Ginge - Ventriloquist Doll

Thelma Afford - Costume Designer

Ella Airlie - Composer, Writer

Jean Alexander - Choreographer, Costume Designer

Joyce Alexander - Costume Designer

Max Alexander - Actor

Pat Alexander - Performer

Bubby Allen - Actor

Will Alma - Properties Master

Don Amor - Musician: Drummer

Charleton Andrews - Playwright

Peter Andry - Orchestrator

Ray Angel - Actor

Gwen Arnold - Actor

Goldie Ashton - Musician: Drummer

Joan Ashton - Singer

Percy Athos - Designer

Julie Ballew - Comedian

Morry Barling - Comedian

Deryck Barnes - Actor

Yvonne Barnes - Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Bob Barre - Producer

Thelma Barry - Actor and Singer

Thelma Beck - Performer

Jean Bedford - Choreographer

Lorna Beldon - Actor and Singer

Gordon Bell - Performer

Peta Bennett - Actor

Bettina - Dancer

Blackburn - Dancer

Ben Blue - Comedian

Alexander Borodin - Composer

Joan Boulken - Actor

Kyra Bousloff - Re-Stager

Serge Bousloff - Re-Stager

Billy Bovis - Actor and Singer

Rosie Bowen - Choreographer

Elsie Bower - Performer

Rosie Boxie - Actor

Constance Boynton - Costume Maker, Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Henry Braden - Actor

Frank Bradley - Actor

Leo Britt - Actor

Ivor Bromley - Actor

Peter Brooks - Actor

Ronald Bruce - Dancer

Buckley - Dancer

Jean Buckley - Ballet Master/Mistress

Maggie Buckley - Comedian

Alan Burke - Director

Marylin Burr - Dancer

Greta Callow - Singer: Soprano

John Calvert - Magician

Colleen Campbell - Dancer

Micky Carolan - Actor

Ken Carroll - Actor

Stewart Cheney - Costume Designer, Set Designer

Warren Chetham-Strode - Playwright

Syd Clarke - Musician: Comic Instrumentalist

Nelson Clifford - Comedian

Joy Clyde - Dancer

June Clyne - Actor

Phineas Cohn - Costume Maker

Kenneth Colbert - Stage Manager

Con Colleano - Performer

George Colleano - Performer

Joyce Colleano - Performer

Lyn Colleano - Performer

Maurice Colleano - Performer

Ken Collins - Actor

Max Collis - Dancer

Cliff Cook - Comedian

Ann Cornell - Singer

Vince Courtney - Actor

Noel Coward - Playwright

Anthony Coyne - Actor, Assistant Stage Manager

John Craig - Actor, Assistant Stage Manager

Stan Craig - Actor and Singer

Elsie Crane - Singer

Kathryn Crawford - Actor and Singer

Marshall Crosby - Performer

Russel Crouse - Playwright

F E Cumisky - Costume Maker

Marie Cumisky - Dancer

Joy Dare - Dancer

Clem Dawe - Comedian

Gloria Dawn - Singer

Clarence Day - Author

De Leino - Dancer

Valda de Oliver - Performer

Pilar de Oro - Choreographer

Tess Dennis - Performer

Les Diamondos - Performer

Betty Dickinson - Dancer

Ivan Dietrich - Performer

John Dobbie - Actor and Singer

John Downs - Electrician

Tuppy Downs - Choreographer

Dan Dunbar - Actor

Axie Dunlap - Performer

Antonin Dvořák - Composer

Eric Edgley - Producer

Phillip Edgley - Actor

T Edwards - Costume Designer

Joff Ellen - Comedian

Gracie Emmerson - Soubrette

John Faassen - Actor

Lulla Fanning - Comedian

Maude Fanning - Actor and Singer

Josh Farrele - Scenic Artist

Juinor Farrell - Musician: Pianist

Val Fawcett - Musician: Pianist, Orchestrator

Robert Felix - Costume Designer

Eve Fennelly - Dancer

Buster Fiddes - Comedian

Arthur Finn - Properties Master

Margot Fleming - Performer

Mikhail Fokine - Choreographer

Stan Foley - Comedian

Ronald Fortt - Actor, Producer

George Foster - Performer

Alby Franks - Performer

Les Freedwell - Dancer

Ethel Gabriel - Actor

Sadie Gale - Comedian

Shirley Geddes - Actor

Bob Geraghty - Actor and Singer

Alfredo Gil - Choreographer

Ed Glover - Actor

Nancy Gooderham - Set Designer

Joyce Graeme - Dance Director, Dancer

John Gray - Actor

Peter Gray - Actor

Smiles Greenhill - Performer

Grock - Costume Maker

Mitzie Haase - Acrobat, Dancer

Donald Hall - Actor

Nella Hall - Impersonator

Shirley Hall - Actor

June Hallis - Actor

Brenda Hamlyn - Dancer

Millie Hanson - Singer

John Harrison - Actor

Doreen Harrop - Actor

Arne Hartman - Musician

William Harvey - Dancer

Roy Harwood - Properties Master

Ronnie Hay - Choreographer

Ronny Hay - Producer

Evie Hayes - Actor and Singer

Malcolm Headland - Actor

Irene Helder - Actor

Lillian Hellman - Playwright

Henry - Dancer

Winifred Hindle - Actor

Cath Holland - Actor and Singer

Avery Hopwood - Playwright

Kenneth Horne - Playwright

Penny Horsfield - Actor

Leila Humble - Performer

George Hurd - Circus Style Performer

Barrie Irwin - Dancer

Flo James - Actor

Ralton R James - Entrepreneur

Ted James - Actor

Dawn Johns - Actor

Frank Jones - Actor

Frank Kane - Scenic Artist

Leslie Kellaway - Dancer

Sylvia Kellaway - Dancer

Margaret Kelly - Actor and Singer

Ray Kelly - Actor, Stage Director

Clement Kennedy - Set Designer

Ken Kennedy - Actor

Billy Kershaw - Dancer

Percy King - Singer

John Kingsmill - Actor

Nellie Kolle - Actor

Alma La Belle - Dancer

Marion La Mar - Performer

Marie La Varre - Actor

Katherine Lamb - Dancer

Edna Lane - Dancer

Sylvia Lane - Actor

Joe Latona - Dancer

Dino Laudicina - Costume Designer

Joe Lawman - Comedian

Lorna Lawrence - Actor

Ward Lear - Race Cross-dresser

Alison Lee - Dancer

Ernest Leitch - Actor, Stage Director

Miriam Lester - Actor

Ben Lewin - Actor

Howard Lindsay - Playwright

Edna Luscombe - Performer

Frank MacDonald - Musician

Isobel MacIntosh - Performer

Dolly Mack - Actor and Singer

Barbara Mackay - Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Jack MacNeil - Set and/or Property Maker

Ken MacPherson - Musical Director

Madame Nixon - Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Billy Maloney - Performer

Horace Mann - Actor

John Manuel - Dancer

Marie Marion - Comedian

Maree Marsden - Circus Style Performer

Anita Martell - Circus Style Performer

Laurel Martyn - Choreographer

Ossie Massey - Musician

Eric Maxon - Actor

G May - Dancer

Dawn McCormick - Musician: Pianist

Mike McCormick - Performer

Sheila McGuire - Actor

Grant McIntyre - Actor and Singer

John McKiever - Actor

Anew McMaster - Actor

Marjorie McMaster - Costume Designer

Peter Mendoza - Actor

Daisy Merritt - Actor

Des Meyers - Dancer

Enid Mickel - Performer

Gloria Millet - Dancer

Antonio Molinari - Singer: Tenor

Ferenc Molnar - Playwright

A Monahan - Costume Maker

Gladys Moncrieff - Singer

Sharen Morley - Performer

Peter Morris - Actor

Bruce Morrow - Dancer

Tex Morton - Singer

Harry Mossfield - Actor

Robin Munro - Dancer

Margaret Munson - Dancer

Daphne Newton - Actor

Don Nicol - Comedian

Dora Norris - Actor

John Northcote - Set Designer

Dot O'Dea - Choreographer

Colm O'Doherty - Assistant Stage Manager

Jack O'Dowd - Comedian

Fred Parsons - Stage Manager, Writer

Daphne Peacock - Dancer

Les Pearce - Performer

James Penberthy - Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator

Marius Petipa - Choreographer

Nat Phillips - Actor, Producer, Writer

Ruth Phillips - Actor

Walter Plinge - Actor

Belle Pollard - Actor

Lucille Power - Actor

Poxon - Costume Maker

Charles Quealey - Set Designer

Jean Rai - Choreographer

Natalie Raine - Actor and Singer

Terence Rattigan - Playwright

William Raynor - Actor

Ronald Reay - Dancer

William Redmond - Actor

Myrtle Reeve - Performer

Margaret Reid - Actor

Rex Reid - Dancer

Frank Rembach - Lighting Designer, Set Designer

Renie Riano - Performer

Len Rich - Comedian

Tom Richards - Actor

Molly Richardson - Musician

Dorrie Ricketts - Singer

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Composer

Arch Ritchie - Dancer

Mavis Ritchie - Actor and Singer

Esme Roach - Musician: Violinist

Alistair Roberts - Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Bob Roberts - Performer

Joy Robins - Actor and Singer

Reg Robins - Scenic Artist

Olivia Robinson - Actor

Rockley - Actor and Singer

Des Rolfe - Actor

Amie Romano - Performer

Elizabeth Rosenblum - Costume Maker, Stage Manager

Cynthia Ross - Dancer

Kenneth Rowell - Costume Designer, Set Designer

John Russell - Lighting Designer

Daphne Rye - Director

Barry Sandford - Musician

Margaret Scott - Dancer

Ruth Scott - Performer

Kath Sellars - Dancer

Selman - Dancer

Lesley Sexton - Dancer

Phyl Skinner - Dancer

Lorna Smart - Dancer

Bert Smith - Conductor

Emily Smith - Performer

Ethel Smith - Singer

John Sorrell - Actor

Maisie Sparks - Dancer

Marlene Starr - Dancer

Phyllis Steadman - Dancer, Performer

Candy Stevens - Comedian

Jennifer Stielow - Dancer

Rosie Sturgess - Dancer

Michael Szwaluk - Scenic Artist

Tasker - Dancer

Charles Taylor - Musical Director

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky - Composer

The Great Rube - Musician

Dot Thew - Dancer

Lyla Thompson - Singer

Frank Thring - Actor

Doris Tindall - Actor and Singer

Tom Toby - Singer

Maree Tomasetti - Actor

Ted Tutty - Race Cross-dresser

Olga Varona - Circus Style Performer

Alf Verne - Singer

Priscilla Verne - Actor and Singer

Mal Verro - Ventriloquist

Harold Vike - Costume Designer, Set Designer

Hal Vincer - Conductor

George Leonard Wallace - Comedian

Joy Waltho - Singer

Anthony Ward - Stage Manager

Marion Ward - Dancer

Bunny Westney - Singer

Dave Wheeler - Impersonator

Phyl White - Dancer

Alban Whitehead - Performer

Dorothy Whiteley - Actor

Walter Whyte - Actor

Graham Wicker - Singer

Coreen Wilkinson - Administrator: Treasurer

Tennessee Williams - Playwright

Daphne Winslow - Actor

Cyrus Wood - Playwright

June Wood - Dancer

Wee Georgie Wood - Comedian

Arthur Woodlock - Singer

M Wynd - Costume Maker

Resources
  • Article:  Adelaide Theatre Purchase, The Argus, 14 June 1928, 19
  • Article:  Ross Thorne, Majestic Theatre, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 338
  • Programme:  Americana, National Library of Australia, 19 April 1947
  • Programme:  Vogues of Variety, National Library of Australia, 4 December 1940
  • Programme:  You'll be surprised, National Library of Australia, 15 July 1942
  • Report:  Louise Harris, The Lost Theatres of Adelaide, 2012
Data Set AusStage
Venue Identifier 2962