Lyceum Theatre
214 Pitt St Piccadilly
A famous Sydney theatre since demolished where Canadian film maker and producer Cosens Spencer made his name on Australian shores. Then came eccentric and the genius, Hugh McIntosh, who after falling over several other ventures, turned to boxing promotion. McIntosh had hurriedly built Sydney Stadium as an open boxing stadium in Rushcutters Bay and made good money on the 1908 Heavyweight Boxing bout between Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns. Cosens Spencer filmed the fight and promoted it world-wide. McIntosh was a big footy fan and supported the NSWRL. The McIntosh Shield was one of the first trophies presented to a rugby league club in Australia. Balmain received it three years in a row between 1915-1917.
