Academy of Music (1882-1890)

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Venue	Academy of Music (1882-1890)
Other Names	Scandanavian Hall Victoria Hall Sullivan's Athletic Hall
Address	79 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
First Date	1882
Last Date	1890
Notes	Demolished 1890. The Garrick Theatre was subsequently built on the site.
Related Venues	Also known as Royal Albert Theatre (1854) Also known as Scandinavian Hall 1866-1880 Also known as Victoria Hall (1881-1882) Is on the site of Garrick Theatre Is on the site of Tivoli Theatre (1893-1929) Moved to Olympic Circus (1851-1854)
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.870600 \| 151.209383
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 A Trip to the Moon; or Harlequin the Witty-un and the Kats and the Sleepless Beauties, 26 December 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels, 1886 Harlequin Black 'Hide Susan and Her Plain Bill', 26 December 1885 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Harlequin Black Bluebeard or, the Merry Musselman's Mother-in-Law, 26 December 1884 Queen's Evidence, 5 November 1883 Jeannie Deans, 24 February 1883
	Hiscock's Federal Minstrels A Trip to the Moon; or Harlequin the Witty-un and the Kats and the Sleepless Beauties, 26 December 1886 Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels, 1886 Harlequin Black Bluebeard or, the Merry Musselman's Mother-in-Law, 26 December 1884 Messrs Allison, Rignold and Hiscocks The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Rickards Leete Combination The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Howard and Simmons Queen's Evidence, 5 November 1883 Southern Amateur Theatrical Society Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889
	Fred Hiscocks - Entrepreneur A Trip to the Moon; or Harlequin the Witty-un and the Kats and the Sleepless Beauties, 26 December 1886 Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels, 1886 Harlequin Black 'Hide Susan and Her Plain Bill', 26 December 1885 Harlequin Black Bluebeard or, the Merry Musselman's Mother-in-Law, 26 December 1884 Edgar Austin - Performer The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Daisy Cremar - Actor and Singer The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Harry Phillips - Actor and Singer The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Harry Rickards - Actor and Singer, Entrepreneur The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Kate Rickards - Actor and Singer The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Nelly Wilson - Actor and Singer The Rickards-Leete Combination, 4 October 1886 The Rickards-Leete Combination, 31 October 1885 Dan Barry - Actor Jeannie Deans, 24 February 1883 Horace Bent - Scriptwriter Harlequin Black 'Hide Susan and Her Plain Bill', 26 December 1885 A Burne - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 Henry James Byron - Playwright Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 Victor Cohen - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 F Giles - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 Walter Goddard - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 Nelly Greenless - Actor Jeannie Deans, 24 February 1883 M A Hornidge - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 Samuel Howard - Actor Queen's Evidence, 5 November 1883 C Irving - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 Alice Johns - Actor Queen's Evidence, 5 November 1883 Eloise Juno - Actor Jeannie Deans, 24 February 1883 Sam Keenanan - Choreographer Harlequin Black Bluebeard or, the Merry Musselman's Mother-in-Law, 26 December 1884 C S Langdale - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 J Leonard - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 Morgan - Actor Queen's Evidence, 5 November 1883 William Morgan - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 E B Russell - Actor Jeannie Deans, 24 February 1883 George Norton Russell - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 Walter Scott - Author Jeannie Deans, 24 February 1883 C F Searle - Actor Queen's Evidence, 5 November 1883 Harry Sefton - Actor Jeannie Deans, 24 February 1883 Harry Simmonds - Actor Queen's Evidence, 5 November 1883 Spencer Wallace - Actor Blow for Blow, 26 September 1889 J P West - Actor Queen's Evidence, 5 November 1883
Resources	Article: Memories of Old Sydney Theatres Article: Ross Thorne, Sydney’s Lost Theatres, Theatre Australia, 4, 1 and 2, August 1979, 14-15, 13-14 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
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	4146

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