Lone-Grin single work   musical theatre   burlesque   humour  
Adaptation of Lohengrin Richard Wagner , 1850 single work musical theatre
Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 Lone-Grin
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Although advertised as a burlesque Italian Opera extravaganza ('out-Wagnering Wagner'), there are only minor references to Wagner's Lohengrin (1848) in the cast list. The major characters introduced by Bent are a prima donna, a composer, a stage 'Mis-Manager,' a 'piratical baron,' a village tenor, the 'Count of Clifton Hill,' and a stage assassin (Age 5 December 1885, p.12).

Production Details

  • 1885: Victoria Hall, Melbourne, 5 and 7 December.

    • Producer F. E. Hiscocks; Music Director Nicholas La Feuillade.
    • Troupe Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels and Specialty Union.
    • Cast incl. Sam Keenan (Prof. Sheepskin), W. Horace Bent (Slippery Bob, a stage manager), Lou Braham (Edgarde, the village tenor), W. A. Ball (The Piratical Baron), E. Amery (The Baron de Bull), J. S. Porter (Razorini, a stage assassin), George Turner (Mde Squalini, a prima donna).

    1886: Academy of Music, Brisbane, 15-19 May.

    • Producer F. E. Hiscocks.
    • Troupe Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels.
    • Cast incl. Sam Keenan, W. Horace Bent, Lou Braham, W. A. Ball, E. Amery, J. S. Porter, George Turner.

    1887: Victoria Hall, Melbourne, 4-11 June.

    • Producer F. E. Hiscocks and Frank M. Clark; Manager Harry Friedman; Music Director Owen Conduit; Stage Manager Thomas R. Gilpin.
    • Troupe Frank M. Clark's Silk Stockings Company.
    • Cast incl. Nina Tulloch, W. B. Warner, W. Horace Bent, Thomas R. Gilpin, J. Lindsay, Tom Holland, Charles Fanning.

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Note:

This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre (ca. 1850-1930). See also the Australian Variety Theatre Archive

Details have also been derived in part from the Annotated Calendar of Plays Premiered in Australia: 1870-1890.

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