Little Treasure! / Ali Baba or, The Forty Thieves!

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Event Little Treasure! / Ali Baba or, The Forty Thieves!
Venue Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS
First Date 16 May 1865
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "Under the direction of Lady Don!...The farewell nights!! Of the distinguished and accomplished artiste Lady Don..... Grand special performance. This evening, Tuesday, May 16th, 1864. For the benefit of the Misses Emma and Clelia Howson, and Mr. F. Howson."
Between the two works is "The great miserere scene from Il Trovatore!"
featuring Emma and Frank Howson."
Description Source Flyer/Poster
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Burlesque
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bartlett Actor
A Chambers Actor
S Chambers Actor
Crosby Actor
Dixon Actor
Emilia Don Actor
Hasker Actor
Clelia Howson Actor
Emma Howson Actor
Frank Howson Actor
Lloyd Actor
Murray Actor
George Herbert Rogers Actor
Hattie Shepparde Actor
Emilia Don Director
H D Wilton General Manager
E Salamon Musician: Pianist
Augustus Harris Playwright
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Playwright
Bartlett Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Further Information Date on the poster is Tuesday May 16th, 1864. May 16th in 1864 is Monday. May 16th in 1865 is a Tuesday. Lady Don's second tour of Tasmania commenced April 1865. She was in Hobart in May 1865. The first tour was in 1862. Refer Nicole Anae documents including: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19207/1/whole_AnaeNicole2005_thesis.pdf
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, Poster in hard copy and also digitised on Trove
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 152271