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, in the Southbank area of

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, Australia. It opened in 1912 as the Snowden Picture Theatre. In 1916, it was renovated as The Playhouse, a legitimate theatre with stalls and a dress circle seating around 770 for the Melbourne Repertory Theatre.

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played Ibsen in 1922 and

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sang there. In 1933 it was purchased by S. Perry and the name changed to the Garrick Theatre where it hosted productions by the Gregan McMahon Players and producer

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. It was put up for auction in February 1937 but failed to attract a bid, then closed in 1937 after the site was sold to Australian Paper Manufacturers Limited. The final play was ''

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'', performed on August 7, 1937, with the theatre dismantled shortly thereafter. The theatre's seating was donated for use in the University of Melbourne's Union Theatre.

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