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Title	The Silent Showman
Alternative Title	Sir George Tallis, the man behind the world's largest entertainment organisation of the 1920's
Creator Contributors	Michael Tallis, Author Joan Tallis, Author
Abstract/Description	George Tallis arrived in Melbourne in 1886 as a seventeen year old Irish immigrant. he secured a job with the growing theatrical concern run by James Cassius Williamson, and remained involved with companies bearing that great actor-manager's name until the early 1940's. By any measure George Tallis's achievements were large, yet his story lies buried. In part, this can be attributed to his own personality: he was a quiet man, not given to self-promotion. The Silent Showman gives this enigmatic man his place in the history of Australian entertainment.
Related Events	VENUE DARK, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 10 August 1912 VENUE DARK, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 5 August 1911 Patience / Charity Begins at Home, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 17 September 1904 Three Little Maids, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 14 May 1904 VENUE DARK, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 2 February 1901 VENUE DARK, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 14 October 1900 The Pirates of Penzance, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 26 May 1900 H.M.S. Pinafore, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 19 May 1900 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1892 The Yeomen of the Guard, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 19 December 1891 Cinderella, Gold and Silver and the Little Glass Slipper, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1889 H.M.S. Pinafore, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 19 June 1889 Patience, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 8 June 1889 Hamlet, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 6 October 1888 The Tomboy, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 25 August 1888 Farewell benefit for Charles Warner, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 14 June 1888 London Assurance, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 12 June 1888 The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 9 June 1888 Old Heads and Young Hearts, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 7 June 1888 The Fool's Revenge, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 5 June 1888 School for Scandal, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 2 June 1888 The Tomboy, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 2 June 1888 Hamlet, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 May 1888 Taken From Life, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 May 1888 Dora, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 19 May 1888 Alone in London, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 May 1888 The Barrister, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 5 May 1888 Mankind; or Beggar Your Neighbour, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 28 April 1888 The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 28 April 1888 Old Heads and Young Hearts, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 21 April 1888 The Fool's Revenge, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 14 April 1888 London Assurance, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 7 April 1888 School for Scandal, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1888 The New Babylon, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 31 March 1888 Faust, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 17 March 1888 The Road to Ruin, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 17 March 1888 Erminie, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 10 March 1888 Faust, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 3 March 1888 Drink, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 18 February 1888 Dorothy, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 28 January 1888 Erminie, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1887 The Pirates of Penzance, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 17 December 1887 H.M.S. Pinafore, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1887 Patience, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 November 1887 Iolanthe, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 19 November 1887 The Mikado, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1887 La Mascotte, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 29 October 1887 La Fille du Tambour-Major, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 15 October 1887 La Mascotte, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 8 October 1887 Les Cloches de Corneville, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 1 October 1887 The Mikado, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 24 September 1887 Dorothy, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 20 August 1887 Princess Ida, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 16 July 1887 Alone in London, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 14 May 1887 Called Back, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 March 1887 The Harbour Lights, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 February 1887 The Tempest, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 February 1887 Billee Taylor, or The Rewards of Virtue and Charity Begins at Home, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 5 February 1887 Siberia, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 5 February 1887 The Mikado, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 4 February 1887 Patience, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 29 January 1887 Iolanthe, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 22 January 1887 The Pirates of Penzance, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 8 January 1887 Robinson Crusoe, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1886 The Mikado, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 18 December 1886 The Tomboy, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 4 December 1886 Human Nature, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 23 October 1886 Taken From Life, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 8 September 1883
Related Contributors	George Tallis
Publisher	Wakefield Press
Publisher Location	17 Rundle Street, Kent Town, SA 5067
Date Issued	1999
Language	English
ISBN 10	186254431X
Citation	Joan Tallis, Michael Tallis, The Silent Showman, Wakefield Press, 17 Rundle Street, Kent Town, SA 5067, 1999
Data Set	AusStage
Resource Identifier	51802