Ship A-Hoy! or Insured at Lloyds

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Event Ship A-Hoy! or Insured at Lloyds
Venue Academy of Music, Guild Hall, Sydney, NSW
First Date 21 June 1879
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The Guild Hall, which has been converted for the nonce into an Academy of Music, was opened on Saturday night by a combination dramatic company, of which Mr. Walton and Miss Marian Willis are the principals.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Melodrama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Julia Featherstone Actor
Harry Leston Actor
Marion Saunders Actor
Henry Walton Actor
J J Welsh Actor
Marion Willis Actor
Keogh Entrepreneur
Charles Austin Musical Director
William Kinchella Scenic Artist
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The Guild Hall, in Castlereagh-street, which is now called the Academy of Music, has undergone important alterations during the past week. It is now fitted up as a comfortable bijou theatre, suitable for all purposes of dramatic representation. On Saturday night, the new lessees, Messrs. Keogh and Co. (who have shown a laudable enterprise) opened with a most efficient company.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper ACADEMY OF MUSIC. (1879, June 23). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved August 13, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28392225
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 140518