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Resource	InteractiveResource: Website / Online media
Title	James Brennan
Creator Contributors	Clay Djubal, Author
Abstract/Description	JAMES BRENNAN Racehorse owner, bookmaker, sports promoter, theatre and circuit owner, businessman, producer. James Brennan entered the variety theatre industry in 1906 when he converted the athletic hall of the National Sporting Club (Sydney) into the National Amphitheatre. The following year he took over the lease of Melbourne’s Gaiety Theatre, and later toured Brennan’s Vaudeville Entertainers around Australia. In 1911 he set up Brennan’s Amphitheatres Ltd and took up the lease of the Newtown Hippodrome. After building a new Amphitheatre in Melbourne in 1912 Brennan sold his circuit to Ben and John Fuller and returned to bookmaking.
Genre	Variety Vaudeville
Related Contributors	James Brennan
Related Organisation	Brennan’s Amphitheatres Ltd Brennan’s Vaudeville Entertainers
Related Venues	Gaiety Theatre, Melbourne, VIC Hippodrome, Newtown, NSW National Amphitheatre, Sydney, NSW
Source	Clay Djubal, Australian Variety Theatre Archive
Item URL	http://ozvta.com/entrepreneurs-a-f/
Language	English
Citation	Clay Djubal, James Brennan, Australian Variety Theatre Archive
Data Set	AusStage
Resource Identifier	52136