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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Criterion Theatre

Theatre

Theatre behind the Criterion Family Hotel on the corner of Park and Pitt streets, built in the grand Victorian style which was demolished for road widening.

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Milestone
Constructed
1886
Demolished
1936
Position
Architect
Johnson, George
1886
Architect
Backhouse & Laidley
1892
Type
Theatre

Criterion Theatre

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Ailsa McPherson
,
2008

Opened in 1886, the Criterion Theatre was a Victorian baroque theatre seating about 1000 people. Many of Sydney's famous actors and visiting companies played there, until it was demolished in 1936 for the widening of Park Street.

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