Never Say Die

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Event Never Say Die
Venue Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Fred Niblo company season
First Date 16 May 1914
Last Date 28 June 1914
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Farce
Play with Music
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ronald Byram Actor
Josephine Cohan Actor
Gertrude Cremer Actor
John de Lacey Actor
Maurice Dudley Actor
Robert Greig Actor
Frank Harcourt Actor
David Jefferson Actor
Edwin Lester Actor
Fred Niblo Actor
Vera Spaull Actor
George Spelvin Actor
Sidney Sterling Actor
G H Smith Adminstrator: Business Manager
Clyde Meynell Company Director
George Tallis Company Director
Hugh J Ward Company Director
Taylor Darbyshire General Manager
James Cassius Williamson Lessee
William Collier Playwright
William H Post Playwright
Fred Niblo Producer
Leslie Board Set Designer
William Little Set Designer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The programme claims this production was the first occasion electricity was used for cooking onstage in Australasia.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Tallis, Silent Showman
Programme PRMPT Collection, National Library of Australia, J. C. Williamson Scrapbooks of Muic adn Theatre Programmes, Vol 2, image no 446 as digitised on Trove
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 124415