Tenor, revue producer, straight man, music teacher, composer, manager.
A Gold Medal student at Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium, Maurice Chenoweth later toured Australasia for five years with the Westminster Glee Club, followed by a lengthy engagement with West's Pictures circuit in South Australia. He performed with the Leidertaefel and Royal Philharmonic Societies, before taking up engagements in vaudeville with James Brennan, Ted Holland, and J.C. Bain.
Chenoweth started with Harry Clay in 1914, and later worked with Bert Howard before an engagement on the Fuller circuit around 1916. He later returned to Clay's where he eventually worked as a theatre/circuit manager and revue producer. Upon Harry Clay's death Chenoweth become General Manager of the Bridge Theatre Co, holding that position until 1928, at which time he returned to the Fullers as one of their house managers. He continued working in the industry until his retirement.
[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]
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