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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
6
Alice Hollander and Adelina Patti appear at venues in March while Sir J M Barrie leads charity acts across Great Britain. Performers like Chung Ling See and Peter Dawson tour India and London with new acts. Coal shortages force coal hauling by horse and cart to a concert at the Palace.
Dorothy Brunton and Connie Edise plan farewell Melbourne appearances in revived revival of a popular Australian piece. London rights secured, with Brunton and Edise set for Letty, then Hig h Jinks. The long Melbourne cast list for London Pride includes Fred Cambourne and others. production by Charles St John Denton brought from London. Adelaide next with The Cinema Star as J C Williamson Royal Comic Opera opens at Theatre Royal.
Ila Valentine Day recalls Nellie Stewart from girlhood in Melbourne to stardom in Australia and London. The narrative traces her rise from stage debut in Shakespearean roles and light operas to leading parts in Boccaccio and Sweet Nell of Old Drury, with tours in America and later charity work.
On Friday night at the Tivoli Sydney audiences said goodbye to the Folies with a packed house. Vera Pearce and other principals received confetti gifts as the long running Australian show, with over 1100 performances, pressed farewell before sailing to Africa for about a year.
The reminiscence recalls Harry Richards born Henry Benjamin Leete, mocked as a London coster monger in a local paper. It notes his career as an engineer like his father and brothers, his Woolwich apprenticeship, and a family move when Leete senior aided an Egyptian railway venture led by Said Pasha, with John C Lee accompanying.
In Melbourne Justice Powers proposed a theatre workers award setting 3 pounds as the base adult male wage for a 48 hour week, with adjustments for living wages and state standards. Women workers receive 1 pound 18 shillings weekly for 43 hours, with no child labor incentives. Biograph operators capped at 36 hours weekly. overtime rates to follow.
The article recalls Henry Braty and a wage debate on staged workers, notes a war era pay scale, and describes Braty’s rise from amateur to major performer. It depicts London venues, early British music halls, and his breakthrough at Canterbury and Oxford, including hits like Captain Jinks and Cerulea before sailing to Australia.
A complimentary matinee for Colon Bob Love, former circle proprietor recovering from illness, will be held at the New Hippodrome Haymarket with a programme arranged. Gunner Tom Craig, bound for the front, was given a musical send-off by the Five Ways Social Club where he received a basil vest and air cushion. A May 8 cable from England notes dramatist Paul Rubens bequeathing £11,000 to Mixa Fayis Dare. their engagement ended due to Ruben's illness.
The Tivoli presents three new American acts this week including Willard and Wilson with The Crime Wonters a black face sketch praised for humor and acting. Alf Grant delivers strong dialect material and impressions while Archie Onr showcases multiple talents. The Takiness Duo return to strong reception and Malcolm McEnschern keeps singing, with Gwen Lewis earning warm welcomes.
Miss Ada Reeve's Melbourne run draws huge crowds as she entertains 40 wounded soldiers from Camberwell Rest Home. The Long Long Trail pleases khaki crowds while tributes, floral gifts, and gala attendance mark a high profile engagement.
After a year of continuous performances in the Commonwealth Peg o My Heart remains a record breaker in Brisbane at the Tivoli Theatre closing Friday after a three week season. The play has toured to Adelaide for three weeks at Easter. Cast changes include Muss Sara Allgood Gerald Henson G Kay Souper and Charles Bertal with Peg then touring Queensland towns.
Vincent Dennis, noted for Samms Wartin in Turn to the Right at the Palace, described an extraordinary New York audition scene. A Gaiety reading drew two hundred actors, with ten per role, as Winchell Smith and Bree formed a Chicago cast amid strong New York success. Dennis secured a Chicago role before a move to Australia aided by Mr. Tait.
Captain Frank Huling notes the Mesers Wirths New Hippodrome seals show high intelligence. One seal tries to steal the stage and humor, but the troupe curbs the act. The Hippodrome closes Saturday night with amateur and league diving championships among the final features.
William Andersons dramatic company keeps a busy season at the Tivol with A King of Crime followed by My Jack. Willoughby directs Joyous Jones in Melbourne and has secured Are You A Mason rights for the coming tour across Adelaide Melbourne Perth and Sydney.
Mr. Harry Sader enlarges his vaudeville circuit to Launceston with limited success. The Hobart show proceeds at Temperance Hall as normal, while Mr. Hugh Huxham's Serenaders plan a Hobart appearance early in August.
Wellington notes say Allen Doone begins his Newealand tour with opening engagement at Hamilton later this month. He is expected to travel to New York soon as part of his itinerary. The Seven Keys to Baldpate Company have plans awaiting further details.
Clay's Enterprises promotes a varied vaudeville lineup across the Harry Clay circuit. Acts include Amy Rochelle Ted Stanley the Bronsons Lulu Gene Will Roliow Edna Farrell the Two Dudleys and more. Theatre upgrades at Bridge Theatre Newtown add private boxes a new drop curtain and other improvements for patrons.
A fragment listing weekly events appears to mix several Australian towns such as Wagga Jolle Gwenfell Lithgow Batwomba and Harden. The items suggest regular Friday Saturday or weekday occurrences but details are garbled and dates are unclear. No coherent event or venue is specified.
The big Australian Round Up will open at the Royal Agricultural Society Show Ground, Moore Park, on Saturday May 26 at 6 p.m. and run each evening for a limited season. It features 200 head of outlaws and 25 top rough riders, plus a £25 buck jumping contest, £10 soldiers’ rough riding, £25 steer roping, and other events. Entries are free and received by The Prince of Wales Hotel, George Street. Also notes include Sam Mayo’s restraining action against singers of his songs and a judge’s ruling on mimicry as criticism.
J C Wilhameen delivers final motions at 2 o clock in the case, with court to hear last arguments. The docket lists the judge and involved parties, setting a decisive afternoon session.
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