 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 |
Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW |
| First Date |
27 February 1897 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
|
| Secondary Genre |
Pantomime
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
| Name |
Function |
Notes |
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Gus Gregory
|
Acrobat
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Cashup, Boomly's acrobatic valet
|
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P B Bathurst
|
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
|
Soda
|
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Lila Clifton
|
Actor and Singer
|
Ilena, Zelica's friend
|
|
Lucy Cobb
|
Actor and Singer
|
Yoruk
|
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Annie Cubitt
|
Actor and Singer
|
Aetheria
|
|
England
|
Actor and Singer
|
Captain of ship
|
|
Fred England
|
Actor and Singer
|
Seti
|
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Ernest Fitts
|
Actor and Singer
|
Her High Priest
|
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Flora Graupner
|
Actor and Singer
|
Zelica, an Arabian princess
|
|
Newton Griffiths
|
Actor and Singer
|
Shu
|
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Little Gulliver
|
Actor and Singer
|
Onn, King of the Pigmies
|
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Kitty Hehir
|
Actor and Singer
|
Mirza
|
|
George Lauri
|
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
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Matsa, Queen of Fire
|
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Maie Saqui
|
Actor and Singer
|
Ahmed
|
|
Scott
|
Actor and Singer
|
Slavin, a Middy
|
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Little Ivy Scott
|
Actor and Singer
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Oph, Queen of the Pigmies
|
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Edie Smith
|
Actor and Singer
|
Hafed
|
|
Howard Smith
|
Actor and Singer
|
Enna
|
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Madge Torrance
|
Actor and Singer
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Husho
|
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Alma Vaughan
|
Actor and Singer
|
Hassen
|
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Howard Vernon
|
Actor and Singer
|
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
|
Prince Simbal, captain in Khedive's guard
|
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Millie Young
|
Actor and Singer
|
Cassim
|
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Rosalie Phillipini
|
Choreographer
|
|
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Walter Raynham
|
Choreographer
|
|
|
Emily Nathan
|
Costume Co-ordinator
|
|
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Mary Weir
|
Dancer
|
principal dancer
|
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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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|
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George F Pack
|
Musical Arranger
|
|
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James Cassius Williamson
|
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
|
Scenic Artist
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John Gordon
|
Scenic Artist
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C Neild
|
Scenic Artist
|
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Bert Royle
|
Scriptwriter
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James Cassius Williamson
|
Scriptwriter
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| Resources |
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Review: Her Majesty's - Matsa, Referee, 3 March 1897, 7
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Review: Her Majesty's - Matsa, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 March 1897, 7
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Review: Her Majesty's Theatre - Matsa, Evening News, 1 March 1897, 3
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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 |
|
| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
115358 |
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