The Princess Theatre is Toronto's first "first-class legitimate" playhouse, mentioned in Season I of Murdoch Mysteries.
History[]
The Princess Theatre opened in 1890 as the Academy of Music and was the first building in Toronto to be fully electrified. It was Toronto's first live theatre venue, located on 167 King Street West until 1931.
Appearances and Mentions[]
Elementary, My Dear Murdoch (mentioned)[]
- Dr. Julia Ogden tells William Murdoch that she had been enduring an awful comedy at the Princess Theatre on the night Ida Winston's body was discovered.
Trivia[]
- Toronto now has a Princess of Wales Theatre at 300 King Street West. The original Princess Theatre once stood three blocks to the east. It was destroyed by fire on May 7, 1915. It was rebuilt in 1917 and operated until 1930. It was finally demolished in 1931.
Gallery[]
| Murdoch Mysteries Season 1 |
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| "Power" • "The Glass Ceiling" • "The Knockdown" • "Elementary, My Dear Murdoch" • "'Til Death Do Us Part" • "Let Loose the Dogs" • "Body Double" • "Still Waters" • "Belly Speaker" • "Child's Play" • "Bad Medicine" • "The Prince and the Rebel" • "The Annoying Red Planet" Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7 • Season 8 • Season 9 • Season 10 • Season 11 • Season 12 • Season 13 • Season 14 • Season 15 |