First Grand Drawing-Room Entertainment

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Event First Grand Drawing-Room Entertainment
Venue Theatre Royal, Coolgardie, WA
First Date 1 July 1896
Opening Date 1 July 1896
Last Date 1 July 1896
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The first performance advertised for 27 June 1896 was postponed until 1 July 1896 due to bad weather. New scenery was painted by Con Berthold. The concluding tableaux, 'Coolgardie in 1893, represented "a digger and native in mortal combat, with a bushfire in the wings."
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Music
Sketch Comedy
Farce
Song
Concert
Tableaux
Subjects Bushfires
Colonial
Conflict
Indigenous Australia
Local history
Nationalism
Race relations
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Con Berthold Actor
Alf Martin Actor
Alf Martin Comedian
Con Berthold Impersonator
Con Berthold Scenic Artist
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The programme included a military sketch, 'The German Fifth;' a second sketch, 'The Dustman's Revenge;' and a farce, 'The Blood Thirsty Chef.'
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Coolgardie Miner 27 Jun. 1896, vol 2, no. 484, p. 4; 29 Jun. 1896, vol 2, no. 485, p. 4; 1 Jul. 1896, vol 2, no. 487, p. 4; 2 Jul. 1896, vol 2, no. 488, p. 5.
WA Goldfields Project
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 87186