Essie Jenyns

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Contributor Essie Jenyns
Other Names Essie Jennyns; Essie Jermyns
Gender Female
Nationality Australian
Date of Birth 5 October 1864
Date of Death 6 August 1920
Functions Actor
Notes Born in Brisbane. Died in Sydney. Daughter of the actress Kate Arden. Died in 1920. Known as a charming Shakespearean actress. Obituary (Scroll down the column to find it.). Anecdote from Evening Post 26/4/1913, page 11: When Essie had got sufficient experience, W. J. [Holloway] headed a dramatic company, of which she was the star. Atholwood, Greenaway, Inman, Rolfe, Stewart, jun., and others were in the casts. This long-sustained venture brought forward an unprecedented number of young Australian actors in Shakspearean and other first-rate plays. Essie so utterly quenched the ladies of the company that one hardly remembers any of them. When she married the wealthy Newcastle Wood, of the local brewery, W. J's occupation was largely gone. Essie's mother jealously estopped the young chaps out of the part of Romeo, for which all those mentioned above were ambitious. W. J. himself had to be Romeo, and at last it became rather absurd.
Events
  • The Trial Scene from The Merchant of Venice, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 28 June 1914
  • The Sunny South, Surrey Theatre, Southwark, England, 5 September 1898
  • The Sunny South, Grand Theatre, Islington, London, England, 27 October 1884
  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883
  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Actor

  • The Trial Scene from The Merchant of Venice, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 28 June 1914
  • The Sunny South, Surrey Theatre, Southwark, England, 5 September 1898
  • The Sunny South, Grand Theatre, Islington, London, England, 27 October 1884
  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883
  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

W J Holloway - Actor, Director

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883
  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Kate Arden - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883
  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Herbert Flemming - Actor

  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Neil O'Brien - Actor

  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Louise Pomeroy - Actor

  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

William Shakespeare - Playwright

  • The Trial Scene from The Merchant of Venice, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 28 June 1914
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Theo Hamilton - Actor

  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

William Hoskins - Actor

  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

H Jewett - Actor

  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Reg Rede - Actor

  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

JJ Wallace - Actor

  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Maud Douglas - Actor

  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Jessie Grey - Actor

  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

George Darrell - Actor, Director, Playwright

J S Willis - Set Designer

  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 3 November 1881
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1881
  • Cymbeline, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 3 September 1881

Dion Boucicault - Playwright

  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881

E D Mowry - Actor

  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 24 November 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1881
  • A Winter's Tale, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1881

Fred Appleton - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

J Costello - Actor

Olly Deering - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Alice Deorwyn - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Constance Deorwyn - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

H A Douglass - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

A T Dunning - Lessee

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Alexander Habbe - Scenic Artist

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Charles Holloway - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

W Jerrames - Actor

H R Jewett - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

J J Kennedy - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Harry Leston - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

John Little - Scenic Artist

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Neil O'Brien - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Alfred Rolfe - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883
  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Woods - Actor

Walter Bentley - Actor

Carrie Bilton - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Roland Conway - Actor

Harry Daniels - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

John Foley - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

W Gardiner - Properties Master

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883

Ida Herberte - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883

K Herberte - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

M Hill - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Robert Inman - Actor

James - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Kelly - Properties Master

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Lance Lenton - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Annie Mayor - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883

Edwin Palmer - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

J A Patterson - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

J A Power - Actor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883

C Wilson - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Wisdom - Actor

  • The Sunny South, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1883

Reginald Wykeham - Actor

Thomas Zeplin - Conductor

  • The Naked Truth, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1883

The Pomeroy Dramatic Company

  • Led Astray, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 27 January 1882
  • Cymbeline, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 November 1881
  • Led Astray, Theatre Royal, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 November 1881

J C Williamson Limited (1910-1979)

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