 On 6 July 1913, J. C. Williamson – the biggest theatrical entrepreneur in the world at the time – died at the age of 68.As a mark of respect, all the Williamson theatres ‘were dark’ for one night, a rare tribute.The company he had established with Her Majesty's Theatre as its flagship however, continued to prosper, featuring the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as staple fare well into the 1920s.