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‘BEN HUR’ AND THE 1902 THEATRE FIRE

On June 18, 2022   /   History   /   3 Comments
Tags: Ben Hur, Her Majesty's Theatre, J.C. Williamson, Plague, social history, Sydney Fires
'BEN HUR' AND THE 1902 THEATRE FIRE

‘Bigger than Ben Hur’. the saying goes. Well that was certainly true of the fire that engulfed Sydney’s Her Majesty’s Theatre in 1902. Impressario J. C. Williamson’s production of Ben Hur had been wowing audiences since opening night on February 8. It was the biggest and costliest

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