Mr Henry Beaufoy Merlin

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Contributor	Mr Henry Beaufoy Merlin
Other Names	Henry Murlin; Henry Muriel
Gender	Male
Nationality	English
Date of Birth	1830
Place Of Birth	London
Date of Death	27 September 1873
Place Of Death	Sydney
Functions	Entrepreneur, Photographer, Puppeteer
Notes	Actor Manager and showman and theatre-builder. Arrived Sydney 8 December 1848. Opened Royal Marionette Theatre 1853. Built Queen's Theatre Maitland 1856. Active in theatre Newcastle 1856-57. Acted Our Lyceum Theatre Sydney July 1857. Remembered as the photographer of the Holtermann Collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Beaufoy_Merlin
Events	Date Function Contributor Organisation
	Royal Marionette Theatre, Saloon of the Royal Hotel (1842-1914), Sydney, NSW, 14 September 1852
	Entrepreneur Royal Marionette Theatre, Saloon of the Royal Hotel (1842-1914), Sydney, NSW, 14 September 1852
	Royal Marionette Theatre Royal Marionette Theatre, Saloon of the Royal Hotel (1842-1914), Sydney, NSW, 14 September 1852
Resources	Article: Richard Bradshaw, The Merlin of the South, Australasian Drama Studies, Australasian Drama Studies, C/- Department of English, Univ, 7, October 1985, 81 - 130 Article: Royal Marionette Theatre, Freeman's Journal, 19 August 1852, 10
Data Set	AusStage
Contributor Identifier	553836

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