Queen's Theatre, Melbourne

The Queen's Theatre was a playhouse in Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia.

Situated on Queen Street, it was Melbourne's first purpose-built venue for staging plays, musicals and opera.

It was built for councillor, later mayor John Smith, licensee of the Adelphi Hotel in Little Flinders Street and the architect was Charles Laing.

Mr and Mrs George Coppin made their Australian debut there in 1845, in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Lady of Lyons.

[3] G. V. Brooke made his first stage appearance in Australia at the Queen's Theatre in February 1855, playing Othello.