Theatre Heritage Australia

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Profiles

This is section documents some of the more interesting characters that have made substaintial contributions to our theatre history.

The Majeroni brothers: Stage royalty and pioneer screen villains

Written by Nick Murphy

Melba and the Rise of La bohème

Written by Roger Neill

Grant Dale: Born to Dance—An Australian Gypsy

Written by Peter Stephenson Jones

Finding George: A daughter’s search for her father

Written by Antoinette Birkenbeil

Old Melodrama Made J.C. Williamson’s Fortune

Written by Claude Mckay

Fanny Dango—The Soubrette’s Stage Career in Australia (Part 1)

Written by Bob Ferris

Frank Neil—‘He Lived Show Business’ (Part 3)

Written by Frank Van Straten

A Child Among You (Part 3)

Written by Charles Heslop; with picture research and endnotes by Rob Morrison

The Memoirs of J. Alan Kenyon or Behind the Velvet Curtain (Part 14)

Written by J.A. Kenyon; edited by Judy Leech

Re-discovering Syria Lamonte: Pioneering Recording Artist

Written by Roger Neill

Bert Bailey Started in Melodrama and Made a Fortune from a Beard

Written by Robert Morrison

Digging Up the Roots of Lilian Tree

Written by Kurt Gänzl

Said J.C. Williamson (Part 2)

Written by J.C. Williamson, with picture research by Rob Morrison

Frank Neil—‘He Lived Show Business’ (Part 2)

Written by Frank Van Straten

A Child Among You (Part 2)

Written by Charles Heslop; with picture research and endnotes by Rob Morrison

Encounters with Stars of the Theatrical Kind (Part 4)

Written by Raymond Stanley

The Memoirs of J. Alan Kenyon or Behind the Velvet Curtain (Part 13)

Written by J.A. Kenyon; edited by Judy Leech

James Hay: A tenor lowly-born who married into a world of wealth

Written by Jeff Clarke

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