Playbox Theatre (Rowe Street)

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Venue	Playbox Theatre (Rowe Street)
Address	Top floor, 11 Rowe Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
First Date	1925
Notes	Duncan and Pakie Macdougall established the Playbox Society in 1923 and relocated to premises on the top floor at 11 Rowe St in 1925. Subsequently moved the Playbox name to Crown Street, then Young St before the venture folded.
Related Venues	Also known as The Playbox Theatre
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.868333 \| 151.208668
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Spread Eagle, 16 March 1929 Four People, 5 December 1928 The Fanatics, 13 June 1928 From Morn to Midnight, 28 March 1928 The Awakening of Spring, 28 September 1927 Juno and the Paycock, 1 June 1927 Business is Business, 6 April 1927 The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 He Who Gets Slapped, 1 September 1926 Prunella, 21 July 1926 The Insect Play, 31 March 1926 Knock; or The Triumph of Medicine, 28 October 1925 The Pushcart Vendor, 6 May 1925 Damaged Goods, 17 August 1924
	Playbox Society, Sydney Spread Eagle, 16 March 1929 Four People, 5 December 1928 From Morn to Midnight, 28 March 1928 The Awakening of Spring, 28 September 1927 Juno and the Paycock, 1 June 1927 Business is Business, 6 April 1927 The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 He Who Gets Slapped, 1 September 1926 Prunella, 21 July 1926 The Insect Play, 31 March 1926 Knock; or The Triumph of Medicine, 28 October 1925 The Pushcart Vendor, 6 May 1925 Damaged Goods, 17 August 1924 Melbourne Little Theatre Company The Fanatics, 13 June 1928
	Duncan MacDougall - Director, Producer Spread Eagle, 16 March 1929 Four People, 5 December 1928 The Fanatics, 13 June 1928 From Morn to Midnight, 28 March 1928 The Awakening of Spring, 28 September 1927 Juno and the Paycock, 1 June 1927 Business is Business, 6 April 1927 The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 He Who Gets Slapped, 1 September 1926 Prunella, 21 July 1926 The Insect Play, 31 March 1926 Knock; or The Triumph of Medicine, 28 October 1925 The Pushcart Vendor, 6 May 1925 Damaged Goods, 17 August 1924 Miles Malleson - Playwright Four People, 5 December 1928 The Fanatics, 13 June 1928 Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev - Playwright He Who Gets Slapped, 1 September 1926 Frank Bardsley - Actor The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 Eugene Brieux - Playwright Damaged Goods, 17 August 1924 Josef Capek - Playwright The Insect Play, 31 March 1926 Karel Capek - Playwright The Insect Play, 31 March 1926 Reginald Coulter - Designer The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 Anatole France - Playwright The Pushcart Vendor, 6 May 1925 Harley Granville-Barker - Playwright Prunella, 21 July 1926 Sydney Grundy - Translator Business is Business, 6 April 1927 Laurence Housman - Playwright Prunella, 21 July 1926 Georg Kaiser - Playwright From Morn to Midnight, 28 March 1928 Octave Mirbeau - Playwright Business is Business, 6 April 1927 Seán O'Casey - Playwright Juno and the Paycock, 1 June 1927 Eugene O'Neill - Playwright The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 Pearl Perrers - Actor The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 Arthur Reardon - Actor The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 Jules Romains - Playwright Knock; or The Triumph of Medicine, 28 October 1925 Romney Smyth - Actor The Emperor Jones, 3 November 1926 Frank Wedekind - Playwright The Awakening of Spring, 28 September 1927
Resources	Article: Playbox Society, The Sun (NSW), 13 March 1924, 10 Article: The Playbox. An unlicenced theatre. Lessee fined., The Sun (NSW), 28 May 1929, 10
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	4653

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