scene-painter, mechanist, house painter and carpenter, painted the scenery of The Honeymoon and An Irishman in London in partnership with Daddridge for their performance at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, in October 1833. With Clarke, Fitchett operated the theatre’s machinery as well. In partnership with Strong, Fitchett provided a new act drop for Sydney’s Royal Victoria Theatre in October 1838. He redecorated the auditorium of the Royal Victoria in 1841, but this seems to have involved more carpentry than painting. The Australian noted: 'the style of the proscenium and the curvature of the dress circle, upper boxes and gallery is tasteful in design, and reflects great credit on the artist (Mr. Fitchett)’. Messrs Fitchett & Strong were mentioned in a Sydney court case in 1842 as (house) painters and glaziers of Pitt Street North.
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- 1992
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- 2011
