Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Majestic Theatre

Theatre in Newtown built in 1917 by builders Elder and Totterdell, for the Brennan family who also owned the rest of the block. It was leased to Sir Benjamin & John Fuller who produced variety and melodrama shows there until around 1953. In 1955 it became the home of Australia's first national theatre company, the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. The building was destroyed by fire in 1980.

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Milestone
Constructed
1917
Destroyed
1980
Name
Alternate
Elizabethan Theatre
1955
Position
1917
1917 - 1953
1917 - 1953
Property
Owned by
1915 - 1966
Occupied by
1955 - 1980
Type