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A musical burlesque based on Wagner's opera Lohengrin. It uncertain as to whether or not this production was the Australian premiere.
Production Details
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1877: St George's Hall, Melbourne; 10-15 September.
- Producer/Director Charles B. Hicks; Lessee R. J. de Lias; Manager Thomas Kennedy.
- Troupe: Original Georgia Minstrels.
- Cast incl. Billy Sanders, Charles B. Hicks, Billy Wilson, Charles A. Crusoe, Taylor Brown, Jimmy Mills, Sam Keenan, W. J. Morton, Mr Brown, Mr Mills, David A. Bowman, Walter Mills, Johnny Matlock, Joseph Thomas, Andrew Jackson, H. Ellis, Joseph Anderson, Thomas Easton, Kaston Hoskea [aka Hosea Easton].
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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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