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The first play performed in Australia, -with a convict cast in 1789, was George Farquhar's "The
Recruiting Officer". Six years after this performance, a convict named Robert Sidaway opened
Australia's first licensed theatre. Like many others, he had been transported to the colony from
England for stealing, but in 1794 he was granted an absolute pardon. In 1796 he built a
playhouse in Bell Row, now Bligh Street, in the heart of Sydney's business district. After about
two years, he was ordered to close it because Sydney's underclass routinely robbed the homes of
the audience while they were in the theatre. A second attempt at operating a theatre was tried in
1800, but it soon met the same fate as the first.