His Majesty's Theatre
Edwardian Baroque theatre with a domed auditorium, built as the largest stage in the colony.
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This guide to His Majesty's Theatre in Perth follows Gustav Liebe, the contractor hired in nineteen oh two to build it for a fixed price under a strict written contract. When his crews struck a hidden underground stream threatening the foundations, Liebe paid to fix it himself rather than stop work, trusting his client, the litigious Perth businessman Thomas Molloy, to make it right. Their dispute reached all the way to London. Best heard standing at the corner of Hay and King Streets, looking up at the dome above you.
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