A Handsome Husband! / Perseus and Andromeda! or, The Maid and the Monster

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Event A Handsome Husband! / Perseus and Andromeda! or, The Maid and the Monster
Venue Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS
First Date 19 May 1865
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "Fifth grand fashionable night! Under the immediate patronage of His Excellency Col. T. Gore Browne, C.B., Mrs Gore Browne, and Suite. Ministers."
"To-night, Friday, May 19th. upon which occasion the distinguished favorite Lady Don will appear in two new characters!"
"Grand production, for the first time in Tasmania, of Brough's great classical extravaganza of Perseus and Andromeda!"
Description Source Flyer/Poster
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bartlett Actor
Chambers Actor
S Chambers Actor
Crosby Actor
Dixon Actor
Emilia Don Actor
J Harwood Actor
Clelia Howson Actor
Emma Howson Actor
F Howson Actor
Johnson Actor
Jones Actor
Lloyd Actor
McLean Actor
Murray Actor
Rogers Actor
George Herbert Rogers Actor
Hattie Shepparde Actor
Harriet Louisa Gore Browne Patron
Thomas Robert Gore Browne Patron
William Brough Playwright
Elizabeth Planché Playwright
Resources
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Poster Collection of theatre broadsides relating to Lady Don and her tours of Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, New Zealand and the United States of America, National Library of Australia, PROMPT Collection, also digitised and available on Trove
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 151914