Event |
Matsa, Queen of Fire or, the Apples of Isis, the Dates of Osiris, and the Little People of the Mountains of the Moon, Onn and Oph
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Venue |
Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC |
First Date |
26 December 1896 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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Secondary Genre |
Pantomime
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
Name |
Function |
Notes |
Gus Gregory
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Acrobat
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Cashup, Boomly's acrobatic valet
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P B Bathurst
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Actor and Singer
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Ramses III
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W Beaumont
|
Actor and Singer
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Amasia
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Linda Bergin
|
Actor and Singer
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Soda
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Lila Clifton
|
Actor and Singer
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Ilena, Zelica's friend
|
Lucy Cobb
|
Actor and Singer
|
Yoruk
|
Annie Cubitt
|
Actor and Singer
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Aetheria
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Fred England
|
Actor and Singer
|
Seti
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Mr England
|
Actor and Singer
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Captain of ship
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Ernest Fitts
|
Actor and Singer
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Matza's High Priest
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Flora Graupner
|
Actor and Singer
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Zelica, an Arabian princess
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Newton Griffiths
|
Actor and Singer
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Shu
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Little Gulliver
|
Actor and Singer
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Onn, King of the Pigmies
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Kitty Hehir
|
Actor and Singer
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Mirza
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George Lauri
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Actor and Singer
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Col. Kidstone Boomly, syndicator, speculator, company promoter
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Carrie Moore
|
Actor and Singer
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Nokatch, a Cairo donkey boy
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Marietta Nash
|
Actor and Singer
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Mrs M'Lonely, elderly Irish spinster
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May Pollard
|
Actor and Singer
|
Matsa, Queen of Fire
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Maie Saqui
|
Actor and Singer
|
Ahmed
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Little Ivy Scott
|
Actor and Singer
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Oph, Queen of the Pigmies
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Miss Scott
|
Actor and Singer
|
Slavin, a Middy
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Edie Smith
|
Actor and Singer
|
Hafed
|
Howard Smith
|
Actor and Singer
|
Enna
|
Madge Torrance
|
Actor and Singer
|
Husho
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Alma Vaughan
|
Actor and Singer
|
Hassen
|
Howard Vernon
|
Actor and Singer
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Pentaur, bediviled mummy
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Juliet Wray
|
Actor and Singer
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Kitty Truslove, an American heiress
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Florence Young
|
Actor and Singer
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Prince Simbal, captain in Khedive's guard
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Millie Young
|
Actor and Singer
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Cassim
|
Rosalie Phillipini
|
Choreographer
|
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Walter Raynham
|
Choreographer
|
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Emily Nathan
|
Costume Co-ordinator
|
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Mary Weir
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Dancer
|
principal dancer
|
Walter Raynham
|
Director
|
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George Ridgeway
|
Director
|
harlequinade only
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Harry Jones
|
Lighting Designer
|
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William Salisbury
|
Mechanist
|
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Leon Caron
|
Musical Arranger
|
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George F Pack
|
Musical Arranger
|
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James Cassius Williamson
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Producer
|
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G F Williams
|
Properties Master
|
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Algernon Blake
|
Scenic Artist
|
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John Brunton
|
Scenic Artist
|
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George Gordon
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Scenic Artist
|
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John Gordon
|
Scenic Artist
|
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C Neild
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Scenic Artist
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Bert Royle
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Scriptwriter
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James Cassius Williamson
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Scriptwriter
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Resources |
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Review:  Princess Theatre - The Pantomime Matsa, The Age, 28 December 1896, 6
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Review:  Princess's Theatre Pantomime - Matsa the Fire Queen, The Argus, 28 December 1896, 7
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Script:  Bert Royle, James Cassius Williamson, Matsa, Queen of Fire ; Or, The Apples of Isis, the Dates of Osiris, and the Little People of the Mountains of the Moon, Onn and Oph, McCarron, Bird, Melbourne, State Library of Victoria, December 1896
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Thesis:  Josephine Fantasia, Entrepreneurs, Empires and Pantomimes, Department of English, University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, March 1996
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
|
Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Thesis |
Fantasia |
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Event Identifier
| 115357 |
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