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Criterion Theatre c1900

Criterion Theatre c1900

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Sydney's lost theatres

Theatres operated on more than two dozen sites in Sydney in the period 1796 to the 1930s. Only two of these sites still function as commercial theatres today, indicating a significant loss of the city's cultural memory.

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Criterion Theatre

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Theatre behind the Criterion Family Hotel on the corner of Park and Pitt streets, built in the grand Victorian style which was demolished for road widening.