Ettie Williams Happy Hours Company

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Event Ettie Williams Happy Hours Company
Venue Theatre Royal, Coolgardie, WA
First Date 18 August 1896
Opening Date 18 August 1896
Last Date 18 August 1896
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "W. B. Warner, clad in a pair of well-ventilated pants and a walking stick, gave us an insight into his domestic affairs."
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Comedy
Dance
Farce
Variety
Song
Acrobatics
Comic Song
Minstrelsy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
W H Speed Actor
W B Warner Comedian
Lily Anderson Dancer
Minnie Anderson Dancer
Frances Trigge Dancer
W H Speed Plantation Singer
W B Warner Plantation Singer
W H Speed Playwright
Ettie Williams Singer
Dick Davis Singer: Comic
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Mr. Speed and Miss Trigge performed Speed's 'laughable absurdity ... What Have I Struck.' The reviewer's reference here to 'Ophelia' suggests a possible burlesque of Hamlet. Miss Trigge also performed a dance item: Fin de Siecle Motions.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Coolgardie Miner 17 Aug. 1896 vol 2, no. 527, p. 2; 18 Aug. 1896 vol 2, no. 528, p. 4
WA Goldfields Project
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 87893