{"name":"Opened","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>11 Dec 1875<\/span>"},"date_start":"1875-12-11","date_end":"1875-12-11"}
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Built on the site of the Prince of Wales Theatre, which had been destroyed by fire in 1872, the Theatre Royal opened in 1875 and was central to Sydney's theatrical world for nearly a century.