Dictionary of Sydney

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Her Majesty's Theatre Haymarket

Theatre in Quay Street Haymarket. Originally known as the Empire Theatre its name was changed to Her Majesty's in 1960 after renovations. It burned down in 1970 and was replaced in 1973 by a smaller theatre with the same name. This was subsequently demolished and replaced by an apartment building.

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Milestone
Constructed
1929
Destroyed
1970
Name
Alternate
Empire Theatre
1929 - 1960
Type

Her Majesty's Theatre

CC BY-SA 2.0
,
2010

There have been three Her Majesty's Theatres in Sydney, spanning nearly a century of the city's theatrical history.