Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Royal Standard Theatre

Small vaudeville theatre on Castlereagh Street between Bathurst and Liverpool streets which was reinvented as a drama theatre in an attempt to remain viable during World War I.

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Milestone
Opened
29 Apr 1886
Demolished
1923
Name
Alternate
Royal Forrester's Hall
1886
Alternate
Empire Theatre
1901 - 1906
Alternate
Standard Theatre
1906 - 1913
Alternate
Little Theatre
1913 - 1917
Alternate
The Playhouse
1917 - 1921
Property
Occupied by
1886
Occupied by
1886 - 1901
Occupied by
1901
Occupied by
1906
Occupied by
1913 - 1916
Occupied by
1917
Type

Royal Standard Theatre

CC BY-SA 2.0
,
2013

Considered one of Sydney's 'lesser theatres', the Royal Standard was a popular venue for vaudeville and melodrama before renovation and reinvention, briefly, as a playhouse.