page_title: Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney
section_title: Her Majesty's Theatre 1902–1933
hierarchical_section_title: Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney / History / Her Majesty's Theatre 1902–1933
caption_attribution_description: Format: Photograph Find more detailed information about this photograph: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=395313 From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
context_page_description: Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, Australia, refers to three theatres of the same name.
  One was a theatre which opened on 10 September 1887 and closed on 10 June 1933.
  It was located on the corner of Pitt and Market Street, Sydney, where Centrepoint stands today.
  The second was located in Quay Street, at the Bijou Lane corner. It had opened with the show Sunny in 1927 as the Empire Theatre. When J. C. Williamson wanted a long run for My Fair Lady, they renamed the theatre Her Majesty's. The theatre barely survived the 1960s and was destroyed by fire.
  The third was also located on Quay Street, Haymarket, at No. 107. It opened on 30 November 1973 but is no longer standing. Apartments were built on the site.
context_section_description: The theatre re-opened on 1 August 1903, replaced by a new four-storey building on the Market Street side and a new Edwardian style interior on the Pitt Street side behind the original facade designed by architect William Pitt.
  Financial pressures from a new amusement tax, competition from the new talking movies and the economic climate led to the closure of the theatre on 10 June 1933. The last performance was The Maid of the Mountains, starring Gladys Moncrieff. Bulldozers moved in the next day and demolished the theatre. A Woolworths retail store opened on the site 22 March 1934.
caption: Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, decorated and illuminated for the visit of the Prince of Wales and showing "Kissing time", 1920 - photographer unknown (7265741576)
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