Theatrical Brisbane Shows DB
The Brisbane shows DB is an integrated database of the theatrical history of Brisbane shows until 2000, updated very regularly.
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SHOW | YEAR | AUTHOR | COMPANY | VENUE | DIRECTOR | STAR | FIRST DATE | GENRE | NOTES |
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The Gay Lord Quex | 1914 | Arthur Pinero | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 5-11 Dec 1914 | Theatrical | |||
A Magni 1cent Liar | 1915 | Harrington Reynolds Associate Players | Palace Gardens | 21-27 Aug. 1915 | Theatrical | ||||
A Pair of Spectacles | 1915 | Sydney Cirund | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 6- 12 Mar. 191_5 | Theatrical | |||
Caste | 1915 | T.W. Robertson | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 23-29 Jan. 1915 | Theatrical | |||
Caste | 1915 | T.W. Robertson | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 27 Feb.-2 Mar. 1915 | Theatrical | |||
Confusion | 1915 | Harrington Reynolds Associate Players | Palace Gardens | 14-20 Aug. 1915 | Theatrical | ||||
Fanny s First Play | 1915 | Bernard Shaw | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 2-15 Jan. 1915 | Theatrical | Hugh Buckler left for the war Front on 8 Jan. 1915 | ||
Fanny's First Play | 1915 | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 24-Mar-1915 | Theatrical | Return Engagement | |||
Grand Matinee Performancein aid of Dependents on Soldiers at the Front, includes the Empire Vaudeville Acts, King's Royal Dramatic Co., The Dandies, and the Buckler-Paget Co. | 1915 | Violet Paget | Palace Gardens | 16-Feb-1918 | Theatrical | ||||
Grand Patriotic Concert in aid of Hamilton Red Cross | 1915 | Zora Cross | Palace Gardens | 29-Sep-1915 | Theatrical | ||||
His Father's Son | 1915 | H. V. Esmond | Harrington Reynolds Associate Players | Palace Gardens | 28 Aug.-3 Sep. 1915 | Theatrical | |||
His House in Order | 1915 | Arthur Pinero | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 25-26 Mar. 1915 | Theatrical | Closing night held at His Maiestv's Theatre | ||
Liberty Hall | 1915 | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 20-23 Mar. 1915 | Theatrical | ||||
Liberty Hall | 1915 | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 13-19 Feb. 1915 | Theatrical | ||||
Lord and Lady Algy | 1915 | R.C. Carton | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 13-16 Mar. 1915 | Theatrical | |||
Lord and Lady Algy | 1915 | R.C. Carton | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 16-22 Jan. 1915 | Theatrical | |||
Mrs Dane's Defencee | 1915 | Harrington Reynolds Associate Players | Palace Gardens | Harrington Reynolds, Herbert Ford, Alfred Bristowe, Janet Warden, Leonard Stephens, Margaret Linden, Rita Webb, Jane King, Lily Stacey, Maude Edwards, Felix Bland, H. Hodson. | 31 July-6 Aug. 1915 | Theatrical | |||
She Stoops to Conquer | 1915 | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 20-26 Feb. 1915 | Theatrical | ||||
Sweet Lavender | 1915 | Arthur Pinero | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 17-19 Mar. 1915 | Theatrical | Return Engagement | ||
Sweet Lavender | 1915 | Arthur Pinero | Buckler-Paget Company & Brisbane Entertainments Ltd | Palace Gardens | Hugh Buckler, Violet Paget, Eileen Robinson, Gerald Kay Souper, Lillian Lloyd, Kenneth Brampton, Wilson Forbes, Amy Chilworth, Tempe Pigott, Arthur Cornell, Lillian Loyl, Victor Fitzherbert, Nettia Ralston, Kingston | 1 Jan. 1915 | Theatrical | ||
The Man on the Box | 1915 | Grace Livingstone Furness's Dramatisatio n of Harold McGrath's novel | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 30 Jan.-12 Feb. 1915 | Theatrical | |||
The School For Scandal | 1915 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Buckler-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 3-5 Mar. 1915 | Theatrical | Return Engagement | ||
The School For Scandal | 1915 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Buclder-Paget Company | Palace Gardens | 1-Jan-1915 | Theatrical | |||
Tom, Dick, & Harry | 1915 | Harrington Reynolds Associate Players | Palace Gardens | 7-13 Aug. 1915 | Theatrical | ||||
Comedy "'Le Pearl of Persia", George Tithen in Gave Some Impressions, L.es Cone is "Comedy Ditty", Comic Sketches, Georgic Martin, "Dance of Delilah". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 17-23 Aug. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Comic Songs, Les Corey Gave a Jewish Impersonation, and the included a small revue. | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 24-30 Aug. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: "The Rajah's Missing Pearl". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 30 Nov.-6 Dec. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: a Christmas Fairy Play entitled "The Dream", excerpts from .Rigoletto, "He Never New", and the costume ensemble "Great Britain And Australia". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 21-27 Dec. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: a dance called "Valse Du Partinage" and a playlet entitled "Belushalen". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 21-27 Sep, 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: a descriptive selection from the bijou orchestra called "Grandfather's Clock", the "Blue Moon" Dance, Scottish Songs, Dancing Dolls, a playlet called "The Royalist Maiden", and an international costume scena entitled "Great Britain and Australia". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 7-13 Sep. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: a musical comedietta called "Seaside Frolics", vocal selections from Faust, | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 5-11 Oct. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: a musical sketch called "At The Picnic", Excerpts From La Boherne. | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 7-13 Dec. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: a scene on the "Isle of Orangia" and Coney and De Roebeck presented a sketch about a visit to the hairdresser. | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 14-20 Sep. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: a Venetian Scene, Les Coney in "Dago" Songs, and a Rainbow Dance entitled "I've Got My Eye On You" | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 28 Sep.-4 Oct. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: an original playlet entitled "A Dutch Legacy", the vocal duet and dance, "The Spider And The Fly". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 14-20 Dec. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: Bird da Celebration ~ and a musical playlet entitled " aPP I hand" | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 31 Aug.-6 Sep. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: Georgie Martin and Gwen Gaylor in "Jack In The Box", and a Japanese Scena entitled "In Yokohama". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 12-18 Oct. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: the musical dramatic sketch entitled "Arizona". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 16-22 Nov. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: the Musical Scena "The Merry Bandits". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 19-25 Oct. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: the Musical Sketch "The Blacksmith's Wedding". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 26 Oct.-1 Nov. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: the Musical Skit called "'Way In The Back Blocks" which is based on Steele Rudd's play On Our Selection. | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 2-8 Nov. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: the new musical comedy called "The Orange Girl". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 28 Dec. 1917-3 Jan. 1918 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: the revue "The Telephone Girl". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 23-29 Nov. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Smart Set Vaudeville: the Revusical Comedy by Les Williams called "Sadie, the Girl from the U.S.A.", comic sketch called "Our Y.M.V.A." and the Finale Entitles "The Coster's Outing". | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 9-15 Nov. 1917 | Theatrical | |||||
Walter George's Smart Set. Includes a program a miniature musical comedy called "The Grand Hotel" | 1917 | Palace Gardens | 11-1 u . 1 l 7 | Theatrical | |||||
34th Vaudeville: the Ensemble Piece called "The Last Tram" and the first appearance of Stanley Tamblyn. | 1918 | Palace Gardens | Stanley Tamblyn | 5-11 Apr. 1918 | Theatrical | ||||
The Smart Set Season Closed On 22 Apr. Owing To The Illness Of Walter George (BC ). | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 23 Apr. 1918 | Theatrical | |||||
Vaudeville: Selections From Trovatore, the Musical Playlet "Belushalan" by Les Williams (a Burmese Love Story) [first appearance of Charles Callow (Tenor)] | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 8-14 Feb. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: Song Requests. | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 19-22 Apr. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the Comedy Ensemble | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 22-28 Mar, 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the Comedy Ensemble "A Coster's Outing", The Musical Revue "Sadie, the Girl from U.S.A." [Special Irish Program For 18 Mar. 1918] | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 15-21 Mar. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the comic sketch "The Photographer's Mistake" | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 30 Mar.-4 Apr. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the Humorous Monologue, "The Judge" | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 12-18 Apr. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the musical playlet "A Night In Venice" By Les Williams, scenes from The Mikado and The Problem Play. | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 4-10 Jan. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the Musical Playlet "The Scarab" by Les Williams [First Appearance Of Grace Saville (Contralto)] | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 15-21 Feb. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the Musical Playlet The Gipsy Maid" ["With Gwen Gaylor who has been ill for the past two weeks" (BC 24 Jan. 1918: 8)] | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 2 -- 1 Jan. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the musical sketch "In Sunny Japan" | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 11-17 Jan. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the musical sketch "The Blacksmith's Wedding" [First appearance of the Great Capelli On Monday 25 Feb. (Italian Operatic tenor late of the Gonsalez Italian Operatic Company) and Bice Ca.pelli (Dramatic Soprano)] Grand Opera Season | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 22 Feb.-9 Mar. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the Musical Sketch The Blacksmith's Wedding" [Benefit For Mackay-Rockhampton Flood Fund, 14 Mar. 1918 | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 11-14 Mar. 191 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: The old English musical playlet "The Royalist Maiden", Burlesque of "The Photographer", Robeck's Description Of Belgium's And The Allies') Stand Against The Kaiser. | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 18-24 Jan. 1918 | Vaudeville | |||||
Vaudeville: the Spider And Fly Dance, The Musical Playlet "By The Silvery Sea", Operatic Selections From La Boheme | 1918 | Palace Gardens | 1-7 Feb. 1918 | Vaudeville |
My full integrated database of the history of Brisbane theatrical shows, collating thousands of shows since 1847 until 2000 from various sources, including the addition of over 2,700 shows not in Ausstage, manually entered from information researched from theatre society minute books, theatrical magazines and books, program advertisements, grant submissions, government reports, Gregory Gesch, Arthur Frame, facebooks groups and web searches.
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