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Jones Royal Circus. New South Wales; Or, Love in Botany Bay, playbill from London 1798

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[a1479005 / MLMSS 7631 page 128]

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Theatre

European theatre in Sydney began before the first Fleet made landfall, with a convict play on board the Scarborough. While theatre was always popular, a commercial theatre scene did not emerge until the 1830s, and theatrical fortunes rose and fell with the city's prosperity.

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