The Lyons Mail / A Maid of Honour

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Event The Lyons Mail / A Maid of Honour
Venue Criterion Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 27 March 1912
Last Date 28 March 1912
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description From the programme: "The story of the Play, “ The Lyons Mail,” is founded on a case of mistaken identity which occurred in France in 1797. The Mail travelling from Paris to Lyons was robbed and the guard murdered by a gang of ruffians headed by one Dubosc. Unfortunately, a worthy citizen named Lesurques bore a striking resemblance to Dubosc, so striking as to deceive even his father. On account of this likeness to the real robber, Lesurques was arrested and accused of a crime of which he was entirely innocent."
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Dorothea Baird Actor
S Beaumont Actor
Claude Beerbohm Actor
Irene Browne Actor
J Cass Actor
H Cook Actor
Arthur Curtis Actor
Walter Gibbs Actor
W H Graham Actor
Stanley Howlett Actor
H B Irving Actor
Eric Maxon Actor
Roland Pertuis Actor
Maude Plunkett Actor
Tom Reynolds Actor
C Trevor Roper Actor
Avice Scholtz Actor
Frank Tyars Actor
Henry Vibart Actor
P Walder Actor
Arthur Whitby Actor
W Noble Adminstrator: Business Manager
Frank Musgrove Lessee
Charles Reade Playwright
James Cassius Williamson Presenter
Resources
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia, J. C. Williamson scrapbooks of music and theatre programmes, no 8 vol2, page 63, digitised on Trove
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 103873