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Venue	New Palace Theatre
Address	261 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
First Date	19 April 1924
Last Date	6 March 1926
Notes	Rebuilt in 1923/24. Reopened April 1924 under the name New Palace. Reverted back to Palace in March 1926.
Related Venues	Also known as Palace Theatre
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.871828 \| 151.207599
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	The Pelican, 20 February 1926 The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Old English, 17 October 1925 Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 So This is London!, 25 July 1925 Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 Twelfth Night, 1 November 1924 The Tempest, 25 October 1924 Hamlet, 11 October 1924 Othello, 11 October 1924 The Taming of the Shrew, 4 October 1924 Henry V, 27 September 1924 Macbeth, 13 September 1924 Much Ado About Nothing, 13 September 1924 The Dover Road / Punch and Co., 19 July 1924 Carter the Great, 21 June 1924 Town Topics, 24 May 1924 Jane Clegg / The First and the Last, 17 May 1924 Aladdin, 19 April 1924
	Allan Wilkie Shakespearean Company Twelfth Night, 1 November 1924 Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 The Tempest, 25 October 1924 Othello, 11 October 1924 Hamlet, 11 October 1924 The Taming of the Shrew, 4 October 1924 Henry V, 27 September 1924 Much Ado About Nothing, 13 September 1924 Macbeth, 13 September 1924 J and N Tait Getting Married, 14 November 1925 So This is London!, 25 July 1925 Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 The Dover Road / Punch and Co., 19 July 1924 Town Topics, 24 May 1924 Jane Clegg / The First and the Last, 17 May 1924 J C Williamson Limited (1910-1979) The Pelican, 20 February 1926 The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Carter the Great, 21 June 1924 Aladdin, 19 April 1924 The Sydney Repertory Theatre Society Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Old English, 17 October 1925 The Dover Road / Punch and Co., 19 July 1924 Jane Clegg / The First and the Last, 17 May 1924 Ayres New York Syndicate Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Bailey & Grant On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Billy Maloney/Elton Black Town Topics Company Town Topics, 24 May 1924 William Russell Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925
	Frediswyde Hunter-Watts - Actor Twelfth Night, 1 November 1924 Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 The Tempest, 25 October 1924 Hamlet, 11 October 1924 Othello, 11 October 1924 The Taming of the Shrew, 4 October 1924 Henry V, 27 September 1924 Macbeth, 13 September 1924 Much Ado About Nothing, 13 September 1924 William Shakespeare - Playwright Twelfth Night, 1 November 1924 Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 The Tempest, 25 October 1924 Hamlet, 11 October 1924 Othello, 11 October 1924 The Taming of the Shrew, 4 October 1924 Henry V, 27 September 1924 Macbeth, 13 September 1924 Much Ado About Nothing, 13 September 1924 Allan Wilkie - Actor, Producer Twelfth Night, 1 November 1924 Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 The Tempest, 25 October 1924 Hamlet, 11 October 1924 Othello, 11 October 1924 The Taming of the Shrew, 4 October 1924 Henry V, 27 September 1924 Macbeth, 13 September 1924 Much Ado About Nothing, 13 September 1924 Gregan McMahon - Actor, Producer Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Old English, 17 October 1925 The Dover Road / Punch and Co., 19 July 1924 Jane Clegg / The First and the Last, 17 May 1924 John Galsworthy - Playwright Old English, 17 October 1925 The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 The Dover Road / Punch and Co., 19 July 1924 Jane Clegg / The First and the Last, 17 May 1924 Mary MacGregor - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 So This is London!, 25 July 1925 The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 George D Parker - Producer The Pelican, 20 February 1926 So This is London!, 25 July 1925 The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Vincent Scully - Actor Othello, 11 October 1924 The Taming of the Shrew, 4 October 1924 Macbeth, 13 September 1924 Much Ado About Nothing, 13 September 1924 Jean Atholl - Actor The Tempest, 25 October 1924 Macbeth, 13 September 1924 Much Ado About Nothing, 13 September 1924 Kenneth Brampton - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Herbert Leigh - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 William Lockhart - Actor Twelfth Night, 1 November 1924 Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 Othello, 11 October 1924 Leslie Manners - Actor Twelfth Night, 1 November 1924 Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 The Tempest, 25 October 1924 Augustus Neville - Actor Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 Hamlet, 11 October 1924 The Taming of the Shrew, 4 October 1924 Harold Watch - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Old English, 17 October 1925 Harvey Adams - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Beryl Barraclough - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Leslie Barrie - Actor So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Jack Beresford Fowler - Actor Twelfth Night, 1 November 1924 Othello, 11 October 1924 Felix Bland - Actor So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Leslie Board - Set Designer So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Nellie Bramley - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Reginald Carrington - Actor So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Arthur Cornell - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Joan Crossley - Actor So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Daphne Deane - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Vivian Edwards - Actor Getting Married, 14 November 1925 On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 John Fernside - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 John Galway - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Arthur Goodrich - Playwright So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Ailsa Grahame - Actor So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Thurston Hall - Actor So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Frank Harvey - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Guy Hastings - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 George Hewlett - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Erna Living - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Alfred Maxwell - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Old English, 17 October 1925 Ian McLean - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Sylvia McNair - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Milton Sands - Actor Macbeth, 13 September 1924 Much Ado About Nothing, 13 September 1924 Carleton Stuart - Actor So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Lloyd F Taylor - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Old English, 17 October 1925 Irene Webb - Actor Hamlet, 11 October 1924 Othello, 11 October 1924 Gladys Webster - Actor So This is London!, 25 July 1925 So This is London!, 25 December 1924 Eileen Alexander - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Scott Alexander - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Pearl Appleton - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Jane Arden - Actor The Taming of the Shrew, 4 October 1924 John Austin - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Berkeley Ayris - Actor Getting Married, 14 November 1925 E B Ayris - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Bert Bailey - Actor, Producer On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Roger Barry - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Ethel Bashford - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Bernard Beeby - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Alfreda Bevan - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Ernest Bignell - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Loris Bingham - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Bert Birtles - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Elton Black - Performer Town Topics, 24 May 1924 David Blacklock - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 George Blunt - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Edwin Brett - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 George Bronson - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Robert Brough - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 Fred Brown - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Heath Burdock - Actor Hamlet, 11 October 1924 Cynthia Burke - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Carter - Illusionist Carter the Great, 21 June 1924 Frances Cave - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Agnes Clifford-Barclay - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Fred Coape - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Gwen Cohen - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Albert Collins - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Beaumont Collins - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Mildred Cottell - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 William Coulter - Actor Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Nell Crane - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Norma Davidson - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Mabel Davis - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Beatrice Day - Actor Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Geoffrey Dear - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Les Donaghey - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Willie Driscoll - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Maurice Dudley - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Walter Dyer - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Scott Edwards - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Barney Egan - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Sam Ellerton - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 William Emmett - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Millie Engler - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 St John Ervine - Playwright Jane Clegg / The First and the Last, 17 May 1924 Bert Frawley - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Noel Griffiths - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 C Harvey-Haple - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 H M Harwood - Writer The Pelican, 20 February 1926 Frank Hatherley - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 William Hayling - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Kingston Hewitt - Actor Henry V, 27 September 1924 Fred Hiley - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Mary Hinton - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 Avery Hopwood - Playwright Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Frederick Hughes - Actor Getting Married, 14 November 1925 G W Irvine - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Doris Johnstone - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 P M Julian - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Eileen Kay Souper - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Frank Kelly - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Derwent Kingston - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Peter B Kyne - Writer Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Etty Landau - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Doris Lascelles - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Eileen Laverty - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Carl Lawson - Actor Peg O' My Heart, 26 September 1925 Jack Lennon - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Bertram Lewis - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Ethel Lewis - Actor Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Violet Ley - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Mayne Lynton - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 Ward Lyons - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Beatrice MacDonald - Actor Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Mary Macrae - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Billy Maloney - Performer Town Topics, 24 May 1924 C Harvey Maple - Actor Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Allan Matheson - Actor Henry V, 27 September 1924 Fred McDonald - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Jack McGowan - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 William McGowan - Actor Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Mabel Meadows - Actor Henry V, 27 September 1924 A A Milne - Playwright The Dover Road / Punch and Co., 19 July 1924 Austin Milroy - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Lily Molloy - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 E W Morrison - Producer Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Gilbert Neal - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Geoffrey Nelson - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Reginald Newson - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Don Nicol - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Eugene O'Neill - Playwright Anna Christie, 15 December 1925 Emmeline Orford - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Jessie Page - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Eden Phillpotts - Playwright The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Walter Plinge - Actor Hamlet, 11 October 1924 Ada Reeve - Actor Aladdin, 19 April 1924 Susan Richmond - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 E M Rose - Adaptor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Eleanor Ross - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Steele Rudd - Playwright On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 William Russell - Director Fair and Warmer, 1 August 1925 Claude Saunders - Actor Julius Caesar, 1 November 1924 Cecil Scott - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Queenie Sefton - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 George Bernard Shaw - Playwright Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Fred Smithton - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 George Spivens - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Vera St John - Actor On Our Selection, 4 April 1925 Herbert Stallard - Actor Cappy Ricks, 6 June 1925 Muriel Starr - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Nancye Stewart - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 Graham Stuart - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Emma Temple - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse - Writer The Pelican, 20 February 1926 Lily Titheradge - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 John Trevor - Actor Getting Married, 14 November 1925 Maurice Tuohy - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Eardley Turner - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Robert Turner - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925 Douglas Vigors - Actor The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 Ronald Ward - Actor The Pelican, 20 February 1926 Charles Wheeler - Actor The Skin Game, 9 May 1925 Townsend Whitling - Actor, Producer The Farmer's Wife, 26 December 1925 George Wickren - Actor Old English, 17 October 1925
Resources	Ross Thorne, Palace Theatre Sydney, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 423 Theatre in Pitt Street, opened 19 December 1896, seating 1000. Architect: Clarence Backhouse. Remodelled to seat 872, 1923. Architects: Ballantyre and Hare. Closed late 1969. Demolished 1970. The small Palace Theatre was truly theatrical in its architecture. The brick-and-plaster exterior was an eclectic mixture of baroque arches and cornices with a French-style roof pavilion topped by an Indian-style cupola. Heavily modelled baroque was the style for the lobby, toilets and a small dress-circle foyer, which had a ceiling painting of diaphanously attired young women floating in a misty sky. The original auditorium was unique in Australia. Eight posts rose from the stalls floor to support the fronts of two circles above and then the roof by way of vaults in 'Hindoo Gothic' style. This amalgam of Mogul and Hindu detail continued in an ogee-arched proscenium and side boxes in the form of cupolas with onion-dome 'roofs'. Most of the auditorium was ornamented in sheet steel embossed in elaborate patterns designed and painted by Philip W. Goatcher, one of the last scene-painters to follow the custom of designing the interior decoration of a theatre. Many of the decorative elements he used in the Palace Theatre appear to have come from the Broadway Theatre built in Denver (Colorado, USA) in 1890. Goatcher was also the first lessee and director of the Palace Theatre. Its owner was George Adams, who built it as part of his Tattersall's Hotel complex. He intended it to be a palace of varieties - as close to an English music hall as NSW laws would allow. Until 6 p.m. closing of bars was introduced in 1916, patrons could leave the theatre by side exits, cross a narrow private alley and enter the hotel by side doors almost opposite. This satisfied regulations that theatres and hotels had to be on separate sites. The Palace had many later lessees, mainly minor entrepreneurs finding a short-term home or major managements needing an overflow theatre, and it housed entertainment of all kinds. Redesign of the auditorium in 1923 removed most of the posts and converted the decor to a more sedate European Renaissance style. The Palace became a full-time cinema during the Great Depression. After the Second World War it fluctuated between film and live theatre until its demise. The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust and Garnet H. Carroll sub-leased it from Hoyts it from Hoyts Theatres in 1960-61 and 1964. Article: Ross Thorne, Palace Theatre Sydney, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 423 Websites / Online media: Ailsa McPherson, Palace Theatre, Dictionary of Sydney Websites / Online media: Sydney Architecture - Palace Theatre, Sydney Architecture
Venue Identifier	3012
Dataset	AusStage