Princess Theatre 163 Spring Street, Melbourne, VIC - 1886
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PHOTO/PRINT - Interior of the Princess Theatre, Melbourne - 1886. State Library of Victoria.
By 1885, the theatre came under the control of “The Triumvirate”, a partnership between J. C. Williamson, George Musgrove and Arthur Garner. The existing theatre had become rundown, and so the Triumvirate resolved to demolish the existing building.
The new theatre, designed by architect William Pitt, interiors designed by George Gordon, and built by Cockram and Comely, was completed in 1886 at a cost of £50,000. The design is in the exuberant Second Empire style, and the theatre forms part of the Victorian streetscape of Spring Street.
The theatre re-opened, again, on 18 December 1886, this time simply known as the Princess Theatre, with a performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado
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