Current Week's Attractions in Sydney and Melbourne
Sydney listings show Tivoli Passing Show The Tages at Her Majesty's The Cinema Star Palace Peg o My Heart Rogal On Our Selection Criterion The House of Glass plus Melbourne Tivoli Follies of 1917 18 Fred Biuert Her Majesty's The House that Jack Built Royal The Woman King's The Accidental Honeymoon Happy Go Lucky O Shea January 13 Brisbane Adelaide Tivoli Hands Across the Sea
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Tivoli
Her Majesty's
Palace
Peg O' My Heart
Rogal
Criterion
the House of Glass
Fred Biuert
Jack
Royal
King’s
O'Shea
Cinema Star Dominates Her Majesty's As Cast Shines
The Cinema Star remains in its third week at Her Majesty's with strong popularity and repeated encores. Leslie Holland and May Baird deliver the biggest musical comedy dance hit since Dancers, while other acts like Clyde Cook and Lawrence Campbell draw praise. the article highlights ongoing theatre plans, touring acts, and Constance Cayley's Australian pantomime prominence at Melbourne's Her Majesty's.
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Leslie Holland
May Baird
Fred Leslie
Ivy Shilling
Harry Lauder
London
TAIT GOSSIP From America to Sydney Mostly New Plays
Mr E J Tan of the Jo and N Tan firm returns to Sydney after months abroad with several new plays including Very Good Eddie to open February 10 at the Palace Theatre. Turn to the Right is slated for Melbourne next month. Other works include Adele and Under Sentence. Barry Lupino and Fay Perry lead the arrival of Further company members for J and N Tait. Andrew Higginson returns after success in America with Pet o My Heart set to leave Sydney soon. Brent and Peg o My Heart figures loom, with stage manager A L Pearce noted for fifty seven productions. The Peg o My Heart company also eye Australia before England via Perth. UIST THA 27M ASAT WAC ES wo AUNT SATERDAY.
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E. J. Tan
Jo and
N. Tan
Sydney
America
Eddie
Palace Theatre
New York
Melbourne
Adele
Barry Lupino
N. Tait
Fayette Perry
Lilian Tucker
Daisy Revette
Andrew Higginson
Pet O' My Heart
Peg
Tasmania
Adelaide
England
Perth
A.L. Pearce
M. Tait
Chris. Brent
Peg O
Betty MacMillan
Peg O' My Heart Company
London
Criterion Theatre
Australia
Tait
Sensationalism at Tivoli Boosted by Japanese and Ermakoff
The Tivoli show adds Japanese entertainment featuring high rope stunts and a blindfolded slide, plus Zakaree Ermakoff with war munitions tricks to strengthen the Passing Show against Amusement Tax and Baylight Saving measures. Sydney audiences respond. the act remains popular as the bill evolves with minor changes.
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Tivoli
Zakaree Ermakoff
Sydney
George
Sydney James
Madeline Rossiter
Miss Lewie
Miss Milne
Mum Dawson Boss at Criterion in Sydney this eight week
Sydney theatre goers will see Mum Dawson Boss a four act comedy by Sumner Locke produced by the Bert Bailey Co at the Criterion this Saturday eight week. The play features Sydney debut of an Australian woman dramatist Miss Locke and stars Bert Bailey Fred Macdonald Guy Hastings Edmund Dugan Leslie Woods with Lilias Acheson as Mum Dawson and Clarice Hardwicke as Caroline.
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Sydney
Bert Bailey Co
Criterion
Sumner Locke
America
Miss Locke
Mum Dawson
Boss
Messrs
Bert Bailey
Fred Macdonald
Guy Hastings
Edmund Duglan
Leslie Woods
Lilias Acheson
Clarice Hardwicke
Wordless Cricket Burlesque At Lyric Melbourne
Mr Leonard F Durell of St Kilda claims to have invented A Pantomime Cricket Match produced at the Lyric Theatre on Friday November 3 1916 in a sports number for Mr Jack Waller. The Referee praises The Passing Show and Melbourne audiences are urged to seek space for this credit. The pantomime House That Jack Built features a wide variety of acts and scenes including naval pageants and dance numbers.
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Leonard F. Durell
Lyric Theatre
St. Kilda
Esplanade
Melbourne
England
Hugh D. McIntosh
Jack Waller
Durell
Sydney Tivoli
Jack Bulit
J. C Williamson, Ltd
H.M.A.S
Australia
Palace of Empire
Ritchie
Theatrical Employees Union Issues Ultimatum to Employers
The Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees’ Association leaders report widespread wage and holiday pay disputes across states. Victorian branch delegates condemn managers for underpaying rates, skipping overtime, and denying Christmas holiday pay. The group notes Justice Powers may set a hearing for late February or early March and passes an ultimatum to theatre proprietors demanding compliance.
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Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees’ Association
Association
Justice Powers
Theatrical and Amusement Employees’ Association
Theatres Hit Hard by Daylight Saving and Tax Changes
The Sydney theatre scene suffers as daylight saving, amusement tax, and heat bite at once. Small shows report 40 percent drops in audiences last week and fear a lasting slump. Managers fear the public will not quickly adjust and many expect a grim outlook.
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Sydney Sunday Times
Weir
T He Stump
Taylor Darbyshire
Messrs
J. C
St. Kilda
Sydney
Tivoli Follies bill gains tweaks and full house crowds
The Tivoli Follies program sees small changes with Seun day Fred Bluett among a famed Boy Scouts sketch. Miss Peegy Peate steps into Florie’s place and Vera Pearce takes a rest. Daisy Yates and others sing as Geo Welch and Billy Rego appear. Vera Pearce Thelma Raye Jack Cannor receive applause. Walter Weems finale teased. Comedy remains central with Arthur Stigant and Harry Roxbury. Strong scenic effects, costumes, music thrill nightly audiences with Wednesday Saturday matinees popular with families.
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Fred Bluett
Peegy Peate
Florie
Vera Pearce
Peate Alan
Daisy Yates
Geo, Welch
Billy Rego
Thelma Raye
Jack Cannor
Walter Weems
J. C. Williamson
Arthur Stigant
Harry Roxbury
Sammy
William Fullbrook
Ernest Langford
On Our Selection Charms Theatre Royal Sydney Audience
The Theatre Royal in Sydney hosts a Bert Bailey Co. revival of On Our Selection with Dad Mum and Dave delighting the audience. Familiar characters Joe Rudd Maloney and Uncle Jenda draw strong laughs while Bert Bailey Co. supports others in a mix of sentiment and humor.
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Theroptlar Dent Bailey Company
Bert Bailey
Wellington notes aid from touring opera and theatre
In 1917 Auckland hosts the Italian Grand Opera Company while J C Williamson Comedy Co reports strong Grand Opera House attendances. Wellington singer Hugh Ward again wins public affection by supporting a children's charity, sending toys to the hospital after arranging parcels for each child with Dorothy Brunton and Williamson’s manager.
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Wellington
Auckland
J. C. Williamson
Grand Opera House
Hugh Ward
Ward
Empire City
Farrell
Amd Misa Dorothy Brunton
Allen Boone Opens Six Week Run at King's Theatre
After a 15 month absence Mr. Allen Boone returns to stage with six weeks of Happy-Go-Lucky O'Shea at King's Theatre starting Saturday. He will perform several new songs written for the event and is backed by Miss Edna Keeley Miss Ethel Bashford Connie Kyie Maurice Lynch Tom Buckley and others.
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Allen Boone
King's Theatre
Happy-Go-Lucky O'Shea
Boone
Edna Keeley
Ethel Bashford
Connie Kyie
Maurice Lynch
Tom Buckley
The Woman at Theatre Royal Saturday Night
The Woman a crook drama at Theatre Royal drew a large audience with strong performances by George Bryant Sidney Stirling Ni Hebert Leigh Leslie Victor Stephen Swanlan and J B Atholwood Gwen Burroughs impressed as The Woman Lizette Parkes played a telephone girl wooed by Lewis Willoughby The run ends soon with Florence Rockwell billed for Jan 20 in The House of Glass with Frank Harvey supporting.
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Theatre Royal
George Bryant
Jim Blake
Sidney Stirling
Mark Robertson
Hebert Leigh
Leslie Victor
Stephen Swanlan
J B. Atholwood
Gwen Burroughs
Lizette Parkes
Lewis Willoughby
Florence Rockwell
House of Glass
Frank Harvey
Kate Howard Dramatic Company Stages An Accidental Honeymoon
Before a crowded house the Kate Howard Dramatic Company presented An Accidental Honeymoon at the King's Theatre on Saturday. The comedy was a riot of film from start to finish.
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Kate Howard Dramatic Company
King’s Theatre
Settlement deadlock looms for seven day work stoppage
The article reports on industrial disputes among theatrical workers with threats of a general cessation of work within seven days if no settlement is reached. It covers union leaders meeting branches in Victoria and New South Wales, proposed court actions, wage demands for holidays, and the potential transfer of cases to Justice Higgins. It contrasts local pay scales with London standards and notes daylight saving impacts on theatre attendance and related taxation.
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Huckerby
N.S. Wales
C. Phillips
Victoria
George Askwith
London
London Halla
Sydney
Theatres Struggle as Heat and Taxes Hit Adelaide
The warm weather daylight saving and amusements tax depress attendance and takings in Adelaide theatres. The William Anderson Company at the Tivoli fights on with a run of popular melodramas, while Hands Across the Sea is the latest attraction.
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William Anderson
the Tivoli
Allen Tevone season closes at Ais Majesty's Theatre
The Brisbane theatre scene sees the Allen Tevone company finish its run at Ais Majesty's Theatre last Friday. Trish performances delighted locals, while Tivoli Theatre on the same night closed after popular Neat vaudeville acts. Togos and other artists drew acclaim, and the Dandies kept south side audiences entertained with ongoing shows and a Thursday programme refresh.
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Allen Tevone
Ais Majesty's Theatre
Brisbane
Tivoli Theatre
Togos
Dandies
Hobart Theatre Receives Busy Winter of Shows
After the Launceston season ends the D B O Connor Musical Comedy and Comic Opera Company returns to Hobart Theatre Royal for a few nights starting Saturday January 20. Peg on My Heart plays to Hobart friends on January 27 at Theatre Royal. Allen Doone expected to appear in Hobart at Grand Empire Theatre. Spencer’s venues including His Majesty's Strand Palace and Grand Empire showings blaze with strong attendance as patrons pay the amusement tax.
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Launceston
D. B. O'Connor
Hobart Theatre Royal
Peg
Hobart
Theatre Royal
Allen Doone
Grand Empire Theatre
Spencer's
His Majesty's
Strand
Palace
Grand Empire
Theatrical Letter Back Referee Names List of Moviemakers
A long OCR list of names appears as a dense catalog of individuals including Moe MM, Allen, Goode, Abie Ada, AL Albert, Archer, Whek, Mise, Brad dy, Harrow, Fletcher, Fletcher BF, Mow TP, Ward, Harrow, Harfer, and many others. The fragment resembles a directory of signatures or cast and crew members without clear narrative context.
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Moe MM
Allen
Goode Abie
Ada
AL Albert
A. Ho Mudefeet
Tad
Albere
E. Archer
Whek
Bite Hyresnel
Rrople
Reir
Mewedem
Mer T
Warrd
J. Harrow
J Brad Dy Bret
Tiel
Mey
Braeoser
Iantie
Bihearl
Vo Marta Feateto
Larke
Tardy
Boot Mik Galleemny
Winpitell
MG Abe
Toda ON
Wrreth
Banal Ee Meri
Mire Willier
Pune Tipped
Vaerlie
Sting Toten
Bot Me
Ise
Wanton
Wootten
Ft Tllers
Walliies
Pion
Freko
Webry
Purey
Breyman
Miss Baboitwine
Fletcher
Fomer
Boiler
Do Viasea
I Dallliga
Sham
Tail
Ghasudrd
Bireriu
Ge Mee
Magee Pires
DM Shiumphress
Mush Hownet
Mog
Hert
Bred Ebighes
Vo Ugg G War
the Moward
Kewaod
Hegmins
Tard
Mrs Hots Siddertles
Hhurdiie
Harper
de HI Dere Araws
HE Verbert
A. Dilognes
Me Bets Anan Dackeon
Miho Johan
Devi
HO Jaegaa
Anee
Dabeamony
Fury
di Elie
UL June
Denies
Mo Dalean
S Jones Mhoen MW Buentingy
Dace Beely
Yaed Bendabres
Keeles
Karhee
Wilue Iucies
Iehar
Mle Horny
Bo Tagert
Mortinany
Jacue
Abeer Marth
Meeedinn
Mehentia
Maude
Mikan
Mainesan
Marshos Morphy
Mareteat
Mulions
Metetnanie
Mactrreuisn
Millemuneie
Merten
Mats
Tax collection burdens on tickets and returns noted
A manager notes duplicative tax returns to Commonwealth and state, requiring duplicate vouchers and tickets. Authorities demand annual admissions breakdowns certified by accountants, though daily returns already exist. The heavy clerical load and a drop in takings the previous year are also discussed as daylight performances reduce attendance.
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Commonwealth
Commonwealthy
Society of Accountants
Pinero at St James Theatre Now Working on New London Play
The Stage notes Sir Arthur Pinero, after NEW MNERO PLAY and The Big Drum at St James Theatre in 1915, is at work on a new London play. He promises a lighter tax texture and asks which theatre and management will produce it, promising timely, popular English speaking world interest.
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St James’ Theatre
Arthur Pinera
London
Theotre
Pinero
The House and Glass at Allan’s Theatre Royal
A fragmented program lists shows including The House That Jack Built and The House of Glass at Allan’s Theatre Royal. Entries mention performers Allen Doone and O’Shea, with references to a production slate and prices, in a chaotic 1920s style listing.
Wanted to Purchase Second Hand Circus Tent
Fragmented notice seeks purchase of a used circus tent for a show space. Includes messy references to applicant name Madam Brooks and event details with unclear date and terms.
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Madam Brooks
Moferee
Bowls Pennant Reversals Distract West District Play
W F Corsett reports a resumed competition with Ashfield edging Redfern by three, City beating Moaman on City green, St George Club defeating Burwood by 37, Drummoyne beating Hunter’s Hill, and the Winning team missing three key players last Saturday.
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New South Wales
Sathen
Redfern
Ashfield
Soih
City
Moaman
Kep
St. George
Burwood
Jorah
Western Clubs Await Visit From Western District Secretary
The western clubs await a visit from Mr. O C Jex honorary secretary of the Western District Association who also acts as secretary for Dubbo Club. He has written to the association secretary inviting a trip while Mr Spence was in England. Ill health and ground conditions at Bathurs and Dubbo prevented greens from being used elsewhere. The late Billy Gordon bowled on the trip, and plans to visit Bathurst Wellington Orange and Forbes regions may be postponed until assertion events finish.
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Seite
Yc Adents Irom
O. C. Jex
Western District Association
Alee Hon Secreta
Dubbo
Clese
Spence
England
Bell
Bathurs
Wellington
Billy Gordon
Custer
Payne
Mit
Western Champions to compete in final stages
Western champions prepare for final stages of this year’s events with top contenders Mesers E and Gordon. Mr E Wawke leads metropolitan challenge in the single-handed championship, while other details remain unclear.
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Allensure
Mink
Mesers
Gordon
E. Wawke
Death of Victorian bowler Mr W F Ross
William Frederick Fines known as Rossy, a leading Victorian bowler, died yesterday. A former Moonee Ponds Club member, he later represented Melbourne Windsor and Elsternwick District Clubs, achieving notable singles and rinks wins for Victoria in interstate play and finishing high in championships. Wife Mrs. Ross and family receive wide sympathy.
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William Frederick Fines
Melbourne Argus
Rossy
Moonee Ponds
Melbourne Windsor
Elsternwick
Ross
Victoria
BE M Pascoe
Melbourne
Joss
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Minnie Love
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E. J. Tait
States
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Cohan
O. Henry
Asd
Prince Regent
Hay
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Bristol
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George Robey
Uist Tha
Aunt Saterday
the Togos
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Theatre
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Root Hal
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Australasia
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Mum
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Harry McDonagh
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Trooper
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New Zealand
Tramways Trust
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AL Selwon
Herman
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Magen MD
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Terry Mees
Trimdir Ware
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Mirth
Fo Worth
Watkins
George Willoughby
Wilsatia
Mo Warren
Wiha
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Wallace
MNERO
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Majesty's. Theatre
Williambon, Ltd
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Theatre Royal, Direkion
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Allan SR
ING' S$ Theatre
Lasevie
Malev
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Wiscent
W. F. Corsett
W. F. Ross
HER Majesty's. A6
Wilamaen, Lad
Today &T
Ascrentast
THE
Cinema Star
Willameen, Ted
Hartley Manners
Tivole
Hed Cianteu
Bietany
Dion
Thia
Harry Hickams
Tivoli Theatre, Ltd
Tivoli Tanatre
Sydosy
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