Fremantle Lunatic Asylum Entertainment

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Event Fremantle Lunatic Asylum Entertainment
Venue Fremantle Lunatic Asylum, Fremantle, WA
First Date 16 May 1894
Opening Date 16 May 1894
Last Date 16 May 1894
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Concert given to inmates of Fremantle Lunatic Asylum, at the Asylum, by former members of the recently disbanded Manning Opera Company. The performers themselves were in need of financial assistance, the Company having been disbanded on 9 May 1894, with no provision for its members to return home. See West Australian, 10 May 1894, 3.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Music
Secondary Genre Song
Subjects Charities
Inmates
Mental Illness
Contributors
Name Function Notes
J Arnott Chorus
H Stoneham Musician
Ceschina Musician: Pianist
Dan Montgomery Singer
Hettie Patey Singer
W Simonsen Singer
Cissy Stoneham Singer
F Wentworth Singer
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information No presenting organisation is given because the Manning Opera Company, to which the performers had belonged, was disbanded on 9 May 1894.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper West Australian 17 May 1894, 4
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 140764