Lyceum Theatre (1892-1918)

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Venue Lyceum Theatre (1892-1918)
Address 214 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW
Australia
First Date 26 December 1892
Last Date 1918
Notes The LYCEUM was the first new theatre to be built in Sydney in the 1890s. Plans for its construction were announced early in 1891 but the owner, William Muston, was then declared bankrupt and the theatre did not open until Boxing Day, 26 December 1892. The theatre was incorporated into a five sto
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Latitude | Longitude -33.871752 | 151.20846
Events

Spencer's Pictures Limited

Williamson and Musgrove

J and C MacMahon

Lyceum Dramatic Company

Royal Comic Opera Company

Australasian Films Limited

Bland Holt

Charles Holloway's Dramatic Company

Phil. W. Goatcher [sole entrepreneur]

A.M. Palmer and W.A. Brady's New York Company

Allen Doone Company

Bland Holt's Popular Dramatic Organisation

George Musgrove [sole entrepreneur]

Gordon Pipers

Hayes Brothers

Higgins Brothers

Hoyt's Comedians

Kingsley Brothers

Mathews Photo-Play Company

The University of Sydney, Union

West's Pictures Limited

William Anderson's Dramatic Organisation

Ernest Higgins - Cinematographer, Producer

Raymond Longford - Actor, Director, Scenario, Screenwriter

James Cassius Williamson - Entrepreneur, Lessee, Producer, Writer

Bland Holt - Actor, Actor-Manager, Director

William Anderson - Administrator, Lessee, Presenter

John Brunton - Designer, Scenic Artist

Harrie Ireland - Actor

Albert Norman - Actor

Charles Brown - Actor

Ethel Buckley - Actor, Actor and Singer

Harry Diver - Actor

Philip W Goatcher - Scenic Artist, Set and/or Property Maker

George Gordon - Scenic Artist

Temple Harrison - Actor

Bland Holt - Actor

Lottie Lyell - Actor

Augustus Neville - Actor

J H Nunn - Actor, Director, Stage Manager

Frances Ross - Actor

Arthur Styan - Actor

Stirling Whyte - Actor

Bert Bailey - Actor

Frank Crossley - Actor, Actor and Singer

Frank Harcourt - Actor

Arthur Higgins - Cinematographer, Producer

Charles Holloway - Actor, Actor-Manager, Administrator, Lessee, Producer

Nellie Stewart - Actor

Wentworth Watson - Actor

Roland Watts Phillips - Actor

Maud Williamson - Actor

W E Baker - Actor

Harold Carr - Actor

W Cohen - Actor

Laurence Dunbar - Actor

Frank Eugarde - Musical Director, Orchestral Leader

Helen Fergus - Actor

Chas Field - Actor

William Schwenck Gilbert - Librettist

Jack Goodall - Actor

Walner Gregory - Actor

Ida Gresham - Actor

Ada Guildford - Actor

Robert Inman - Actor

Percy Kehoe - Musical Arranger, Musical Director, Orchestral Leader

Maurice F Kemp - Actor

Adela Kerr - Actor

Max Maxwell - Actor

Walter Montgomery - Actor

George Musgrove - Lessee, Producer

Jennie Pollock - Actor

A Pringle - Actor

Reg Robins - Actor and Singer, Scenic Artist

Alfred Rolfe - Actor, Director

Frank Rossmore - Actor

Frances Ruttledge - Actor

Alfred Scarlett - Actor

Arthur Shirley - Actor, Playwright, Writer

Brightie Smith - Actor

Sydney Smith - Actor

C R Stanford - Actor

Arthur Seymour Sullivan - Composer

J W Sweeney - Actor

Fred Twitcham - Actor

Howard Vernon - Actor

Walter Vincent - Actor

H Willard - Actor

Walter E Baker - Actor

Kyrle Bellew - Actor

Inez Bensusan - Actor, Writer

Cora Brown-Potter - Actor

Buckley - Costume Co-ordinator, Costume Designer

Edwin Campbell - Actor

JF Cathcart - Actor

Tom Cosgrove - Actor

Maud Cosham - Actor, Dancer

Fred Crofton - Actor

D L Dalziel - Actor

Alfred Dampier - Scriptwriter

Lily Dampier - Actor

Alice Deorwyn - Actor

Harry Douglas - Actor

Edmund Duggan - Actor, Actor and Singer

John Forde - Actor

George Gardner - Composer, Conductor

Terrence Goodwin - Actor, Actor and Singer

John Gordon - Scenic Artist

Alfred Harford - Actor

J W Hazlitt - Stage Manager

Robert Henry - Actor

Tasman Higgins - Cinematographer, Producer

Cyril Keightley - Actor

A L Lawrence - Actor

Charles Lawrence - Actor

May Livingston - Actor

Philip Lytton - Actor

Charles Macmahon - Entrepreneur, Producer

Celia Mavis - Actor, Actor and Singer

Meadows - Actor

E G Melville - Actor

J Miller - Musical Director

Milton Moss - Actor

Harry Norman - Stage Director, Stage Manager

Frank Osmond Carr - Composer

Rosalie Phillipini - Choreographer

Cecil Raleigh - Librettist, Playwright

Bert Royle - Playwright, Writer

Maie Saqui - Actor, Actor and Singer

Harry Saville - Actor

H D Smith - Lighting Designer

Toso Taylor - Adaptor, Composer

W F Taylor - Conductor, Musical Director

James Turner - Mechanist

Clement Wakefield - Actor

John Wallace - Choreographer, Director, Producer

Johnstone Weir - Actor

J P West - Actor

Harry Whaite - Scenic Artist

Charles Wheeler - Actor

Lillian Wheeler - Actor

Oscar Wilde - Playwright

Florence Young - Actor

Little Nathalie - Actor

A Alwyn - Actor

G Anderson - Actor

Inez Andrews - Actor

Arthur - Actor

Frank Ashley - Actor

Edmond Audran - Composer

Reginald Bacchus - Librettist

P Badham - Actor

C R Bailey - Adminstrator: Business Manager

Baker - Actor

Baker - Actor

H Walter Barnett - Entrepreneur

Florrie Barns - Actor and Singer

John Barr - Scriptwriter

Franklyn Barrett - Cinematographer

J Barry - Actor

Catherine Bartho - Choreographer

Roxy Barton - Actor

Walter Bastin - Actor

Gladstone Bayley - Actor

George Bean - Actor

Beaumont - Costume Co-ordinator

Harry Beaumont - Actor

Inez Benfusan - Actor

C Beresford - Actor

Edith Blande - Actor

Rolf Boldrewood - Author

Dion Boucicault - Playwright

Dion Boucicault - Musical Director

Robert Bowen - Actor

Arthur Branscombe - Librettist

Joseph Brennan - Actor

Willilam Brooks - Actor

Robert Brough - Actor

Robert Brough - Actor

Edward Bruce - Actor

Lillie Bryer - Actor

Buckley - Costume Maker

Marion Buckley - Actor

Helene Burdette - Actor

Francis Cowley Burnand - Librettist

Clarence Burnette - Playwright

Alexander C Butler - Director

Nellie Butler - Actor

George Campbell - Scenic Artist

John Campbell - Scenic Artist

J Cane - Actor

Carey - Actor

Leon Caron - Musical Arranger

Herbert Carr - Actor

James Carter-Edwards - Actor

George Chalmers - Actor

Dorothy Clarke - Actor

Rupert Clarke - Artistic Director

Bessie Clayton - Actor

Camille Cleveland - Actor

Ada Clyde - Actor

Stuart Clyde - Actor

George Coates - Actor

Jean Collins - Actor

Ruby Collins - Actor

Harry Conor - Actor

Lewis Conrad - Actor

Rosa Conroy - Actor

Roland Conway - Actor

Corlesse - Actor

C Cosgrove - Actor

J Cosgrove - Actor

May Cosham - Actor

Olive Cottey - Actor

W J Coulter - Actor

Edith Courtney - Actor and Singer

J A Crain - Actor

Edith Crane - Actor

Chas Cranfield - Actor

Frank Cullenane - Actor

Lois Cumming - Actor

William Cuneo - Playwright

May Dagmar - Dancer

Gwen Dallas - Actor

Orlando Daly - Actor

Harry Daniels - Actor

Charles Darrell - Playwright

Dora De Winton - Actor

George Dean - Director

Olly Deering - Actor

Paul Dempsey - Actor

Arnold Denham - Actor

Maud Denny - Actor

H Diederichsen - Producer

Alfred Dixon - Actor

Allen Doone - Actor, Producer

Dorrington - Actor

George du Maurier - Author

Eugenie Duggan - Actor

Katie Duggan - Singer

F Duvalli - Performer

Edward Dyson - Playwright

Onslow Edgeworth - Actor

W Edgeworth - Actor

Edwards - Actor

Harry Edwards - Actor

J Eldridge - Actor

Brian England - Actor

Frances Evelyn - Actor

Lily Everett - Actor and Singer

James Fagan - Playwright

Florence Faning - Dancer

Maud Faning - Dancer

Reuben Fax - Actor, Stage Director

Earnest Fearnley - Actor

A Felton - Actor

C Fenwick - Actor

W Flindt - Actor

G Flinn - Actor

Wilson Forbes - Actor

Ida Francis - Actor

P Francis - Actor

Lucy Fraser - Actor and Singer

Harold Garr - Actor

Annie Gentile - Actor

Jean Gilbert - Actor

Augustus Glover - Actor

Gordon - Scenic Artist

Ivy Gorrick - Actor

Maud Gough - Actor

Amy Gourlay - Actor

William Gourlay - Actor

Flora Graupner - Actor

H J Gregory - Actor

Ethel Grey - Actor

Violet Grey - Actor

Sydney Grundy - Librettist

Ada Guilford - Actor

Maud Gwynne - Actor

Martyn Hagan - Actor and Singer

George Hall - Musical Arranger

Henry Hamilton - Playwright

Joe Hamilton - Actor

M Harding - Actor

Hards - Actor

Fred Hardy - Actor

Joe Hardy - Mechanist

Alphonse Harford - Actor

J H Harkins - Playwright

Ada Harris - Actor

W H Harrison - Musical Arranger

William E Hart - Actor

Bert Harvey - Actor

Henry Richard Harwood - Actor

James Hasker - Actor and Singer

William A Hassan - Actor and Singer

Frank Hawthorne - Actor

Pearl Hellmrich - Actor

Henrick - Actor

Linda Henry - Actor and Singer

Bert Hermann - Actor and Singer

May Hesford - Actor

A Hickey - Actor

F A Highland - Actor and Singer

Harry Hill - Actor

Walter Hill - Actor

Tien Hogue - Actor

Alf Holland - Actor

Beatrice Holloway - Actor

W J Holloway - Production Manager

Alice Holroyd - Actor

Basil Hood - Librettist

J Howard - Actor

Tim Howard - Actor

Walter Howard - Playwright

Charles Hoyt - Playwright

Little Patty Hughes - Actor

Shirley Huxley - Actor

Ida Ingersole - Actor

Mary Ingersole - Actor

Ida Ingersoll - Actor

Scot Inglis - Actor

Inman - Actor

Adele Inman - Actor

Bella Jarvis - Actor

C A Jeffries - Scriptwriter

Henry Arthur Jones - Playwright

Ray Jones - Actor and Singer

Dorothy Judge - Actor

Edna Keeley - Actor

Edwin Kelly - Actor

Nellie Kemberman - Actor

Myra Kemble - Actor

Kemp - Actor

A Kendall - Actor

Agnes Keogh - Actor

Paul Kester - Playwright

Eily Kinchella - Actor

Theodore Kremer - Playwright

William Ladd - Actor

P Laing - Actor

A Lamberte - Actor

Chas Langdon - Playwright

Langford - Actor

Frank Laurence - Actor

George Lauri - Actor

George Lauri - Actor

L Lawrence - Actor

Frank Lawton - Actor

Alice Leamar - Actor

Georgie Leighford - Actor

E Leonard - Actor

Herbert Leonard - Playwright

T E Leonard - Actor

Tom Leonard - Actor

A Lewis - Actor

J Aldrich Libbey - Actor

Fannie Liddiard - Actor

William Joseph Lincoln - Scriptwriter

Theresa Lindahl - Actor

Herbert Linden - Actor

Arthur Lissant - Actor

Minnie Livingstone - Actor

Charles Lock - Mechanist

Victor Loydell - Actor

Sadie MacDonald - Actor

Cyril Mackay - Actor

E Maher - Actor

Nellie Maher - Actor

Mario Majeroni - Actor

J S Mann - Set Designer

Mansfield - Actor

F Marlowe - Actor

Irby Marshall - Actor

L F Marston - Actor

J E Mathews - Director, Producer

Maurice - Actor

May Maxwell - Actor

Bertha Maynard - Musician: Pianist

Geraldine McCann - Actor

McIntyre - Actor

McLean - Actor

H Meade - Actor

John Meadows - Actor

Henri Meilhac - Librettist

G R Melville - Actor

T L Middleton - Actor

Albert Millaud - Librettist

Phyllia Mitchell - Actor

E Mitchellson - Playwright

F Montague - Actor

W Montague - Actor

Eric Montaigne - Actor

Beatrice Moppett - Actor

C Moriny - Actor

E W Morrison - Actor

William Morse - Actor

Dora Mostyn - Actor

Francis Myers - Scriptwriter

Emily Nathan - Costume Co-ordinator

Sophie Nelson - Actor

Edward Neville - Actor

Noble - Actor

P J Noonan - Actor

James Norrie - Actor and Singer

E J Norris - Actor

J P O'Neill - Actor

Alfred O'Shea - Actor

Nelly Ogden - Actor

E Olliffe - Actor

Millie Osborne - Actor

Arthur Pacie - Actor

George F Pack - Musical Arranger

George Parke - Actor

H Parker - Actor

J S Parlatto - Actor and Singer

Fred Patey - Actor

May Patey - Actor

Vera Pearce - Actor

Meta Pelham - Actor

Frederick Pettit - Actor

Frank Phillips - Actor

Lovell Phillips - Composer

Arthur Wing Pinero - Playwright

Paul Potter - Adaptor

Power - Actor

Hugh Power - Actor

W H Preston - Actor

Vida Provini - Juggler

Linda Raymond - Actor

Walter Raynham - Producer

E Reginald - Actor

Jennie Reiffarth - Actor

Frank Reis - Actor

Elsie Rennie - Actor

Reggie Rennie - Actor

William Renno - Mechanist

Fanny Reynolds - Actor

Walter Rice - Musical Director

G Riddout - Actor

J D Roberts - Actor

W Roberts - Actor

Leon Roche - Actor

Rockley - Actor

Alf Rockley - Actor

Elizabeth Romer - Actor

Louis Auguste Florimund Ronger - Composer

William Rosevear - Actor

J Rosier - Actor

Ross - Actor

Adrian Ross - Lyricist

Della Ross - Dancer

W Rossmore - Actor

Lillie Rowe - Dancer

Charles Ryley - Actor

Saunders - Actor

Frank Sceats - Actor

Vincent Scully - Actor

Noney Seabrooke - Actor

A O Segerberg - Cinematographer

Charles Selby - Actor

Marius Sestier - Entrepreneur

G Shannen - Actor

John F Sheridan - Actor and Singer

Harry Shine - Actor

Nell Shipman - Screenwriter

Eddy Short - Actor

H R Silva - Playwright

Ada Silveni - Actor

Christie Simonsens - Front of House

George Robert Sims - Librettist

Fred Sinclair - Actor

Walter A Slaughter - Composer

Arthur Smith - Actor

Gilbert Smith - Costume Maker

Leslie Smith - Actor

Edward Solomon - Composer

Harry Sproule - Front of House

Stafford - Costume Designer

Arthur Steel - Actor

Henry Steele - Actor and Singer

Clara Stephenson - Actor

Sidney Sterling - Actor

A Stone - Actor

C Swain - Actor

D Sweeney - Actor

William Taite - Actor

Joseph Tapley - Actor

Annie Taylor - Actor

Temple - Actor

Terry - Actor

Edward Terry - Actor

Thornton - Actor

George S Titheradge - Actor

George Henry Trader - Actor

Stanley Twist - Producer

Neville Vane - Actor

Roslyn Vane - Actor

Edward Vaughan - Scenic Artist

W C Wall - Mechanist

Stanley Walpole - Actor

Phil K Walsh - Actor

Percy Walshe - Actor

George Walters - Playwright

Ward - Actor

Crosbie Ward - Actor

Andrew Warr - Actor

Florence Watt - Actor

Frank Weathersby - Actor

George Webster - Actor

Johnson Weir - Actor

Mary Weir - Actor

Fred Wentworth - Actor and Singer

A West - Actor

Henry Westall - Actor

Charles Westmacott - Entrepreneur

Horace Wheatley - Actor and Singer

Gracie Whiteford - Actor

Leila Wilde - Actor

Sybil Wilde - Actor

George Wilkins - Actor

Leonard Willey - Actor

Williams - Actor

G F Williams - Properties Master

Rosemary Williams - Actor

C Wilson - Actor

A K Wilton - Actor

B Wilton - Actor

Winter - Actor

Alfred Woods - Director

Leslie Woods - Actor

Emile Zola - Author

Resources
  • Advertisement:  THE LYCEUM THEATRE.—"THE BREAKING OF THE DROUGHT." (1903, January 10)., Sydney Morning Herald, 10 January 1903, 7
  • Article:  Musical and Dramatic Notes, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December 1896, 5
  • Map:  Central City of Sydney, 1910 - Map 1, City of Sydney Archives, 1910
  • Map:  City of Sydney, 1903 Map 1, City of Sydney Archives, 1903
  • Programme:  The Terror of Paris [and] A Yorkshire Lass, National Library of Australia, 2 April 1898
Venue Identifier 15852
Dataset AusStage