Mimi Colligan Mimi Colligan i(A7586 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon Circus and Stage : The Theatrical Adventures of Rose Edouin and G.B.W. Lewis Mimi Colligan , Clayton : Monash University Publishing , 2013 7498053 2013 single work biography

Rose Edouin (née Bryer) and her husband, entrepreneur and circus performer George Benjamin William Lewis, have received little attention in the history of Australian theatre, and certainly few now would be aware of the achievements of this couple. Fame is ephemeral. For more than half a century, from the 1850s, Edouin and Lewis forged high-profile careers that encompassed circus, the popular stage and theatre management in Europe, Australia, China, India and New Zealand.

Actress Rose started as a child star in London, toured the gold towns of Victoria and acted in and directed popular theatre in India and China before opening the Academy of Music/Bijou Theatre in Bourke Street, Melbourne. George brought the equestrian/horse circus to Melbourne, opened the building that became the Princess Theatre, built theatres in Calcutta, was an early employer of JC Williamson, and for a decade, in the late 1800s, managed the Academy of Music/Bijou Theatre.

1 Scholar Who Ignited Batman Controversy Harriet Veitch , Mimi Colligan , Susan Priestley , 2009 single work obituary (for Marjorie Tipping )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 November 2009; (p. 22)
1 Trailblazing Woman of Letters Wrote Extensively on Australian History Mimi Colligan , Susan Priestley , 2009 single work obituary (for Marjorie Tipping )
— Appears in: The Age , 3 November 2009; (p. 17)
1 Theatre in the Neild Scrapbooks Mimi Colligan , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , May no. 83 2009; (p. 113-119)
Describes and discusses the theatrical aspects of two recently discovered scrapbooks of Neild.
1 The Mysterious Edward/Ellen De Lacy Evans : The Picaresque in Real Life Mimi Colligan , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , Autumn no. 69 2002; (p. 59-68)
1 De Lacy Evans Mimi Colligan , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: Margin , no. 34 1994; (p. 40)
The author is writing a biography about Ellen (Edward) De Lacy Evans and requests information about her true identity and nationality.
1 y separately published work icon Golden Days of Radio : Australia's Heritage in Stamps Mimi Colligan , Baulkham Hills : Vineyard Freepress , 1993 23094190 1993 single work information book children's
1 Culture in the "Embryo Kingdom" : Poetry in the Port Phillip Newspapers 1838-39 Mimi Colligan , 1981 single work column
— Appears in: The Push from the Bush , no. 10 1981; (p. 58-71)
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