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English-born variety performer, writer, revusical troupe leader, and director.
Arthur Hemsley came to Australasia with his partner Elsa Brull (1879-1961, aka Elsa May) in 1916 and toured for Fullers' Theatres and other firms for a little over ten years. During that time he also worked as a director/producer of musical comedies, and operated his own variety companies (on some occasions this involved leasing theatres himself). Between the late 1920s and mid-1940s Hemsley’s career was largely associated with radio (both drama and variety) in Australia and New Zealand. He also occasionally directed stage productions and appeared in the 1951 film The Glenrowan Affair.
