Theatres Touring Australia Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide
Current week attractions list several venues with shows including Ada Reeve Winnie Brooke The Widow and Peter Pan at Tivoli Sydney and The Bing Boys are Here at Her Majesty's. Melbourne features Jack and the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington while Brisbane hosts The Chance of a Lifetime and Blue Beard at Tivoli and Her Majesty's. Adelaide presents Gipey Jack at Tivoli.
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Sydney
Ada Reeve
Winnie Brooke
Criterion
Her Majesty's
Bing Boys
Palace
Henrietta
Royal
Jack
Jack and the Beanstalk
HER Majesty's. J.C. Williamson, Ltd
Ada Reeve Shines as Winnie Brooke at Tivoli
Misa Ada Reeve captivates Tivoli audiences as Winnie Brooke Widow in musical comedy. The London company, Talbur Andrews, Lucie Linda, and Will Quintrell receive strong applause for songs and performances. Saturday's Criterion revival of Outcast and The Willow Tree follow in the program.
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Winnie Brooke
Widow
Tivoli Theatre
Peggy Peat
Gracie Frampton
Miss Peat
Miss Reeve
London
Malcolm Watson
Reaerves
Tian
Nicholson
Misa Ada Reeve
Tivoli
Moone
Dundield
Talbur Andrews
Lucie Linda
Eustacia Honoria Eglantine Brown
Harry Jacobs
Priory
Will Quintrell
Neiman and Kennedy
New Zealand
Ada Reeve
The
Criterion
Kathlene MacDonell
Miriam
Charles Waldron
Pantomime at Wirths Hippodrome Delights Sydney Audiences
William Anderson earns praise for a high quality pantomime at Wirths Hippodrome drawing holiday crowds. Jack and the Beanstalk, by Harry Farrow and wife, features Mabelle Morgan as principal boy with a strong chorus and dances. The cast includes Ethel Bennetto and Daisy Sylvester in key roles with George Welch and Billy Rego delivering vaudeville comedy.
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William Anderson
Wirth’s Hippodrome
Jack and the Beanstalk
Harry Farrow
Farrow
Australia
Mabelle Morgan
George Welch
Billy Rego
Ethel Bennetto
Daisy Sylvester
Vera Benson
Lili Sharpe
Maudie Goldspink
Anderson
Sydney
Joe
Wirths’ Hippodrome Theatre
Rego
William
Jack
Wirth
Hippodrome Theatre
The House That Jack Built Nears End At Theatre Royal
The midsummer school holidays wind down and The House That Jack Built closes its run at the Theatre Royal Sydney with strong audiences and an energetic pantomime by young Australian performers. New Zealand shows feature Marie Tempest Cyril Maude and J C Williamson Company touring. Ada Reeve’s enduring popularity noted alongside the Tivoli’s onstage talents.
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Jack
Theatre Royal
Sydney
the Royal
New Music from Joe Slater Publishing Co Sydney
A fragmented music news item from Joe Slater Publishing Co Sydney notes new works including One of These DAs and Melody of Peace tone poem. Mentions Fuller Panton Robinson Crowe Ballad and Dick Whittington era references. Announces forthcoming numbers in press and notes agreements with leading London New York music houses.
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JOE Slater Publishing CO
Sydney
Fuller
Tullemr Andrews
America
Victor Hwsuyslor
Dick Whittington Pantomo ne Tops Melbourne Theatres
Melbourne theater notes report Dick Whittington and His Cat still drawing crowds at Her Majesty's Theatre with a long run likely. Miss Vera Pearce and Miss Starr headline a robust bill including The Bird of Paradise and Aladdin with strong matinees and pleasing audience reactions.
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Melbourne
Her Majesty's
Dick Whittington
the Royal
Muriel Starr
Palace Gardens
Charles A. Wenman
Vera Pearce
Signor Cappelli Set to Appear in The Theatre
The renowned performer Signor Cappelli is scheduled to appear at the Theatre in an upcoming engagement. Tickets go on sale this week with performances slated for the weekend and the following nights buffa repertoire promised.
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Signor Cappelli
Amorous Adventures of Actress and Vaudeville Preview
The January Green Room magazine highlights Amorous Adventures of Actress about George Ann Bellamy and features The Man with the Face A Mid summer Night's Dream and The Success of the Season. It notes a Fayette Perry three color cover and details the Melbourne Tivoli vaudeville bill with Murphy Lack ward Gaourlay Belle Sylvia Satinettes Rogero Kismet Trio Laywood Norrell Billy Rego and others.
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Green Room Magazine
George Ann Bellamy
Peg Woffington
Fayette Perry
Melbourne Tivoli
Murphy and
Lackward
Kate Gaourlay
Belle Sylvia
Satinettes
Rogero
Delmore
Lee
Grahams
Laywood
Norrell
European Artists and America War Interrupts Performances
The San Francisco Chronicle notes how wartime conditions disrupt European artists planned for U.S. appearances. It cites Alberto Jonas Fritz Kreisler Emmy Destinn Julia Culp Tillie Koenen and others, with cancellations and detentions amid submarine threats and state censorship.
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America
San Francisco Chronicle
Alberto Jonas
United States
Fritz Kreisler
Austria
Kreisler
Julia Culp
Holland
Tillie Koenen
Madame Matzensuer
Washington
Europe
Old Country
Emmy Destinn
Bohemia
Metropolitan Grand Opera House
Prague
Anhur Spalding
France
Madame Gadeki
Ward
Madame Schumannevik
Baby Mine and vaudeville mix at Tivoli in holiday run
The article notes Pauline Brindley, Arthur Stigant, and Miss Dickinson well received by crowds. Baby Mine at the Tivoli sails toward a home stretch with a strong nightly ovation and a promised vaudeville shift by week end under Greig and Holloway. Royal Strollers end their season at the National Theatre this Saturday.
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Pauline Brindley
Arthur Stigant
Miss Dickinson
Baby Mine
Tivoli
Mr. Greig
Miss Holloway
The
Royal Strollers
National Theatre
Vaudeville Act Underlines Lively Night Performances
The program features Delmore and Lee with a daring aerial act while Miss Kate Gourlay delivers a Scotch humor. Also appearing is Mr. Peter Dawson, the baritone, whose presence adds depth to the vaudeville bill.
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Delmore
Lee
Kate Gourlay
Peter Dawson
Theatres in Melbourne Exhibition of Annual Pantomime
Melbourne cinemas announce theatres' nightly shows with Dick Whittington at Majestys and Bird of Paradise at Allan's. Allan's and Kina's theatres advertise Aladdin and other acts with 7 45 pm starts and varying prices including 6d to 1s plus tax.
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Dick Whittington
Bos Plan St Allan's
Muwait
Allan’s
New Zealand Season Opens With Tempest and Williamson Pieces
Wellington hosts a holiday programme featuring Marie Tempest and J C Williamson pieces led by The Marriage of Kitty. Rob Williamson generates initial hype, while Look Who's Here and Cyril Maude companies tour Dunedin Christchurch Auckland Wellington. Annette Kellermann appears in A Daughter of the Gods in picture form at the Grand Opera House, and Leo O Chateau stages Rex Beach’s The Barrier. A new full sized theatre planned for Christchurch by Fuller replaces a vaudeville house destroyed by fire, with construction to start late February or early March and finish in five to six months. H G Dutton dies in Auckland at 33, former music master at King’s College Remuera.
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Wellington
Marie Tempest
J. C. Williamson
Kitty
Robert Williamson
New Zealand
Jack Waller
Look Who's
Dunedin
His Majesty's Theatre
Cyril Maude
Christchurch
J. L. Cathro
Look Who's Here
Auckland
John Farrell
Williamson
Annette Kellermann
Grand Opera House
Leo O'Chateau
Rex Beach
H. G. Dutton
England
King's College, Remuera
St. Sepulchre’s
Trinity College
Fie
Henry E. White
Canterbury Hall Company
Late tennis country carnival results at country lawn
Readable fragments show results from Monday’s Country Lawn Tennis Carnival with seven men’s teams. Matches included Dubro v Lithgow and Toowoomba v Bathurst, Goulburn v Lithgow, Maitland v Tamworth, and Nuddabadah v Wagga Wagga with multiple sets and game totals.
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DUBRO
Lithgow
Christie-Taylor
Hartbrown
Haaer-Clifton
Chalmers Carr
Tameritton
Chalmers-Carr
Hart-Brown
Dabba Woun
Pete
Toowoomba
Bathurst
G. FP
Barbour
T.j
Stewart-Yahuley
Harbour
Edwards-Moodie
Ciatark
Gill-Stark
Gemea
Goulburn
Lithoow
I. Hall
Surprises Mark NSW Bowls Pennant Opener
Waverley swept to a 112 to 66 victory over Warringah in the opening NSW B A pennant round at Victoria Park. Victoria Park beat City 88 to 78, Manly defeated Randwick 112 to 84, and several other results followed as South Ashfield and Parramatta posted notable wins. New blood and imports from South Australia boosted Manly, with Clarence Moody and R J Coleman joining the Village club.
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Waverley
Warringah
Victoria Fark
Ashfield
Petersham
Gladstone Park
Manly
Randwick
Warringah Green
Clarence Moody
Sydney
Skipp
Ted Phippard
Parramatta
Strathfield
Hunter's Hill
Balmain
Mosman
North Sydney
Chatswood
St. George
Kuring-zai
Redfern
City Green
Burwood
Marrickville
Ryde
Australia
Moody
R. J. Coleman
Adelaide
Colerman
Consistency Bowls Tournament Held in South Australia
A first time consistency bowls tourney in Adelaide over Christmas drew 54 entries from 2000 state members. The format featured 20 end games, 25 end semis and final, points per end, an umpire scorer, tie rules, and a sack thrower for closest shot. Funds from fees supported patriotic causes with certificates for winner and runner-up.
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South Australia
Wheatear
Adelaide
C. T. McGlew
Orchard and Mack Lead Adelaide Club in Open Bowling Final
Orchard defeated Mack 128 to 122 in the final after earlier wins over Osman and Coulthard. Orchard, a renowned Adelaide Club skipper born in Victoria, has a storied inter state record across Queensland, West Australia, and Melbourne linked events. Mack, a top state leader, is noted as one of the State’s best captains with interstate experience.
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AH. Orchard
W. Osman
D. M. Mack
J. Coulthard
Osman
Orchard
Mack
Adelaide
Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Perth
West Australia
Melbourne
Auburn
Victoria Drive
Northern Notes Pennant and B Results in Newcastle Maitland
In the Pennant, Lowlands defeated Wickham 159 to 138, Wallsend beat Maitland Central 158 to 134, Hamilton won over Waratah 152 to 131, Maitland beat Singleton 148 to 126, and City defeated Lambton 188 to 138. In the B, Lowlands No 2 beat Islington No 2 81 to 71, Islington beat Wickham 63 to 58, City No 1 beat Hamilton 102 to 50, City No 2 beat Waratah 73 to 66, Wallsend defeated Stockton 66 to 55, Kurri Kurri beat Cessnock 81 to 59, and Maitland beat Singleton 105 to 60.
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Newcastle
Maitland
Lowlands
Wickham
Wallsend
Maitland Central
Hamilton
Waratah
Singleton
City
Lambton Ratcher
Lowlands No
Islington
City No
Stockton
Cessnock
Victoria v South Tasmania Hobart match scores brief
Three matches at Hobart between Victoria and South Tasmania yielded mixed results. Primary victors were Victoria in the first two tests with a majority, while Tasmania won the Ward Match. Read names include Maton Smith Goyen Davis Wickham Kemp Murdoch Nathan Gifford Burrows Tregear Frost and others.
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Hobart
Victoria
South Tasmanian
T. Smith
Lake
Goyen
Murgowan
M. Davis
Bradshaw
Lvilie
Hi Co Wilew
A. Kemp
Wickham
W. de Dillett
Boring
Lovey AG
Xurhan
Hill Te
Solomon
Atkins
Murdoch
J Ca Lk
Yours
SA Menton
de Notre
B. G. Nathan
Carnie
The Arrow Popular Penworth Card headlines sports scene
A newspaper piece touts The Arrow as a popular pocket sports paper. It highlights reader appeal for non-sports fans, favorable endorsements from a city journalist, and contributions from turf writers, boxing, and general sports specialists.
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Corbett
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