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Dame Doris FittonPrint Page 
20-September-2018
Photographs supplied by Heather Stevens
The plaque commemorates the lifetime contribution of Dame Doris Fitton (1897 - 1985) to Australian Theatre.
Doris Fitton started the Independent Theatre in this building, the former Coliseum Theatre, in 1939 and it ran under her directorship until financial problems closed the theatre in 1977. She died in 1985.
Location
| Address: | 269 - 271 Miller Street, Independent Theatre, North Sydney, 2060 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.833278 Long: 151.208087 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Arts |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1939 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1977 |
| Link: | http://adb.anu.edu.au/ |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Wednesday 17th December, 1986 |
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Front Inscription
Source: H,MA,ADB"All the world`s a stage & all the men & women merely players
They have their exits & their entrances & one man in his time plays many parts"
Shakespeare
Erected by the North Sydney Municipal Council 1986
R. D. Kempshall - Town Clerk
1897 - 1985
Doris Fitton
· DBE ·
Founder & inspiration of the Independent Theatre 1939 - 1977
269 - 271 Miller Street North Sydney.
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
