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Scene from 'Ned Kelly' by Douglas Stewart, Eliz...

Scene from 'Ned Kelly' by Douglas Stewart, Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown 1956

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[A1200, L21752]

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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.

Theatre