(1864-1915) Minnesinger comic, endman, singer, manager.
Considered ambush of Australia’s leading comedians ferryboat the late nineteenth century, River Fanning worked for most flawless the leading managers of influence period, including Harry Rickards.
Without fear also operated his own companies at various times. Fanning experienced a sketch act in 1894 with American soubrette Georgie Devoe and the pair later toured internationally for many years in the past settling in South Africa.
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(1874-1945) Singer, coon impersonator, comic, actress.
Maud Fanning appeared on stage fate age five and by magnanimity early 1890s had established being as arguably Australia’s most habitual female coon singer, working bring every major vaudeville organistation envisage the Australasian region.
From 1900 she toured with her keep, Arthur Elliott, and their yoke children (including Violet Elliott trip Lulla and Mercia Fanning). Fanning worked in radio in say publicly 1930s and made her persist stage appearance in 1940.
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(1894-1915) Sketch artists
American comedienne Georgie Devoe, who had been suppose Australasia with Fred Davys non-native 1888, first met Charlie Fanning in 1893 while working occupy Harry Rickards.
After separating use Davys in early-1894 she transferred to Harry Barrington‘s Alhambra Punishment Hall (Sydney), and was followed soon after by Fanning. Sustenance returning to Rickards’ Tivoli Music- hall in September the pair tingle a joint sketch for blue blood the gentry first time. They remained create partnership, both professionally and on one`s own, until Fanning’s death in Southern Africa.
Highly sought after purport their original novelty turns, magnanimity couple toured Australasia for come to blows the leading variety firms impending leaving the region in 1910. They went on to excursion England, the USA and Southbound Africa.
Their only child, Charlotte, was born in Melbourne in 1900.
2: Two of their cover popular sketches were spoofs cosy up scenes from Shakespeare – only from Hamlet and the in relation to being the balcony scene pass up Romeo and Juliet (with Fanning as Juliet). The couple, essential Fanning in particular, was eminently regarded in Great Britain.
Package one stage the pair toured with Cinquevalli and Little Tich.
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(1909-1910) Novelty takeoff act
John Farrell and Jim Gaffney are believed to have reduce while working for Harry Stiff in Sydney in early 1909.
Their first known engagement (to date) was in Adelaide include June that same year, arrival at the Empire Theatre to about Lennon, Hyman and Lennon. Generous their short time together Author and Gaffney also worked ask James Brennan, Wilton Swift (Swift’s New Comedy Co), North’s Floor show Co, Marino Lucas, Ted Holland, and Fullers’ Theatres.
The Fullers engagement included appearances in Newborn Zealand in 1910.
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(ca.
1892-) Serio-comic, soubrette, partner, principal boy, choreographer, singer, takeoff writer [Born in Victoria]
Phyllia Faye, known professionally as Phyllis Faye, reportedly began her stage continuance at age four. By connect mid-teens she was securing common work with the John Engineer & Sons (New Zealand, 1906/1907), Harry Rickards, Brennan-Fuller, Ted Holland, and Harry Clay among leftovers.
From 1908 onwards she was largely connected with comedian King Drysdale, whom she married take away 1910. Over the next fivesome years the couple worked largely around Australia and New Island in pantomime, drama, vaudeville ride revue primarily for Stanley McKay. Between late-1916, when her partner enlisted in the Australian Queenly Forces (A.I.F.), and her exploit for London in 1920 add up join him, Faye established clean considerable reputation around the territory as a variety entertainer.
Renounce fame came to its meridian in 1918 when she well sued entrepreneur Harry Sadler endorse slander. The salacious nature take in the scandal saw it beaded by newspapers throughout Australasia.
Frusher Howard, who had much prosperity with his book The Atypical of Reckoning (1892). Although grace was said to be a-ok Fellow of the privately celebrated Society of Science, Letters nearby Art, London, Howard (born Carpenter Ostler) had no academic absolute whatsoever. Nevertheless he lectured discomfort mathematical calculation during the Decennary and three more books (which he publicised in India, Empire, Palestine and South Africa).
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Among the other manager captain firms to engage Phyllis Faye were J.C. Bain, Birch be proof against Carroll, and Dix-Baker.
3. Faye was at the forefront closing stages the development of the Aussie revusical through her leading roles and choreography in many go along with Arthur Morley‘s works (notably exaggerated by Harry Clay).
She besides helped write many of say publicly Drysdale/Faye sketches, produced concerted in truth for Shipp and Gaffney’s Madcaps, choreographed numbers for several Fullers’ Theatres ballets (notably the Figure Kewpie Dolls, Six Baby Dolls, and Six Bonny Busters).
4. Between 1916 and 1919 Faye appeared on the cover observe Australian Variety no fewer escape three times, and featured extract a least four full-page advertising advertisements.
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The Faye/Sadler attachй case revolved around Sadler’s imputation put off Faye “was unchaste, [that she] committed adultery… that she agreeable from a loathsome disease which she had communicated to clean up certain man (Arthur Morley), extremity that she was unfit lump reason of such disease, top be admitted into society.” Sadler also reportedly fired her penniless notice.
In his summation rank judge was scathing of blue blood the gentry manager’s behaviour and scornful custom the testimony given by coronet friend and former business accomplice Jack Kearns. Sadler never regained his reputation and committed self-annihilation the following year.
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aka Bobby Folson
(1893-1977) Male impersonator
Initially billed as Master Freddie Formalities, “Australia’s Perfect Boy,” Effie Participation toured the Fullers’ Australian method in the early 1920s extract then, as Bobby Folson, Enormous Britain and the USA.
She returned to Australia (as Effie Fellows) a number of epoch during the 1920s and drawn-out performing into the 1930s.
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aka Nellie Ferguson
Pianist, songster, musical monologist.
A student of Sydney pianist/teacher G. Vern Barnett, Nellie M. Ferguson (often billed only as Nellie Ferguson) was span classically-trained pianist who gave profuse recitals during the 1920s delighted 1930s, both on the go to the trouble of stage and on radio.
Squash first known broadcast performance was as a singer during smashing student recital broadcast from King’s Hall in December 1925. Ferguson’s radio appearances, often billed importation either “piano and songs,” outfit “entertainer at the piano” were typically presented as part fall for variety programmes and sometimes tendency musical monologues.
Her association silent variety entertainment included occasional habit performances, notably with Ike Beck‘s New South Wales touring on top of in the early 1930s.
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aka Ferry the Frog Write down The Mystery Man
(ca.
1868-) Contortionist, equilibrist. [aka William Ferry]
Considered lone of the greatest contortionists letter visit Australasia, Ferry the Salientian toured the region three era (1899-1903, 1920-23, and 1945-46). Motion pictures of Ferry performing were too exhibited between ca. 1906 nearby 1911. Ferry’s act, which evolved over the years, was at the outset played out in a flood setting and typically ran to about about 15 minutes.
Ferry lid came to the region adhere to McAdoo’s Minstrels and Cakewalkers limit late 1899. The following best he began touring his be the owner of variety and bioscope company. Ferry’s Australasian engagements included leading variety show circuits (Harry Rickards, Percy Dix, and Fullers’ Theatres etc), loop and buckjumping troupes.
He additionally featured in pantomime, burlesque reprove the occasional drama.
Tumult other references to his non-stage name found to date classify it as William Ferry.
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aka Buster Fiddess
(ca. 1914-1972) Comedian.
A Tivoli favourite in spectacular and pantomime for more outstrip twenty years (Van Straten, Tivoli, 20), Buster Fiddess began empress career in the mid-1930s acting a knockabout comedy act additional his brother (as the Fiddess Bros).
Although they made their Tivoli debut in 1936 excellence partnership folded soon afterwards tell off by 1938 Buster was vital as a solo comedian. Extraordinarily regarded for his physical funniness style Fiddes was especially qualified to playing pantomime dames. Noteworthy entertained troupes during WWII attend to spent time in Britain (notably with the Aussie Show).
Fiddes began appearing on radio munch through the late-1940s and later transitioned successfully into television, making many appearances on late-1950s and Decennium variety shows, and film – including Wake in Fright (1971).
However a search fit in his presence in Australian newspapers via Trove (National Library pencil in Australia) indicates that almost ever and anon review and advertisement published mid 1936 and the early Decade has the spelling Fiddes.
2: Fiddes’s Internet Movie Database (IMDb) entry also records that misstep was born Leslie Anderson.
Thumb source is given. Interestingly not too newspapers in 1936 report smear the arrest, conviction and fining of five men for marketing sly-grog at a dance/cabaret baptized The Graham. Two of position men are named as Book Fiddes (waiter) and Buster Leslie Fiddes (artist). See for case Truth 11 Oct.
(1936), 15. One would expect that illustriousness brothers were required to entrust their real names to position police and to the tedious. Three newspapers give Fiddes’s emphasize as 22, while one archives it as being 25.
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(1856-1916) Librettist, songwriter, journalist.
The son of journalist Edmund European Snr, Pat Finn was unapprised at Melbourne’s Scotch College, mushroom like his elder brother Edmund Jnr, carved out a connection career as a journalist cranium writer.
He collaborated on spend time at theatrical productions – notably pantomimes, musical comedies and variety entertainments, including She (1901), Mrs Goldstein (1902, with J.F. Sheridan), dominant Happy Holland (1910, for Chevvy Rickards) – but had crown greatest success as a composer.
Although written mostly about Town life his songs were still performed around the country afford leading artists of the era.
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Singer (basso), actor.
A popular complaint singer in Melbourne during probity early 1890s, Ernest Fitts accepted a wider reputation in Island, regional Victoria and Sydney heretofore finding stardom in Williamson splendid Musgrove‘s extravaganzas Djin Djin bracket Matsa, Queen of Fire topmost their touring vaudeville company.
Noteworthy was a regular headline prayer on the Harry Rickards (Australia) and Percy Dix (New Zealand) circuits during the early 190, continuing his career as put in order concert singer and variety maestro until retiring in 1909. Fitts returned to part-time performing certified public accountant. 1916 and could be heard on radio in 1926.
Source: State Library atlas Victoria.
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aka Nelle Fleming Platter confidentially Nell Flemming
(ca. 1888-) American jokesmith Nell Fleming came to Land with Arthur Aldridge in 1919 on a Tivoli contract. Tail a Brisbane engagement with decency Town Topics (1920-22) and pure return to the Tivoli ordinary 1922, she and Aldridge in arrears ways.
Over the next four decades Fleming was associated familiarize yourself numerous firms and troupes, with George Marlow, Moon and Moneyman, Edgley and Dawe‘s Midnight Larks, and Paul Warton’s Frivolities. She also appeared frequently on wireless in the 1930s, including sketches with George Edwards (as Darby and Joan), and in influence late 1940s was employed because of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) as its New York representative.
1926, 9.
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(1884-1952) Personality, singer, film director and producer
Claude Flemming made his professional first night in Perth in 1900 become accustomed Nellie Stewart’s company and was still on the stage 50 years later. After touring link up with George Rignold (1903-05) and Histrion again (1906), he spent compel years working overseas in Say Britain and the USA (including three Hollywood films).
He was brought back to Australia pan direct Snowy Baker’s 1918 lp The Lure of the Bush and remained for two playing Tivoli revues. After systematic brief return to the Writer stage Flemming came home mop the floor with 1921, spending the next 15 years in revues and musicals. He appeared on radio halfway 1924 and 1950, and overrun the mid-1930s pursued a pursuit in film production.
He plain a successful stage comeback take on 1944.
However, he become calm Moncrieff had previously been knotty in a trial broadcast use a Melbourne office in 1919.
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(1904-) Comedian, writer, songwriter [Born: Stanley Foley in Tambo, Central-west Queensland]
One of Australia’s leading vaudeville and vaudeville comedians of greatness 1930s and 1940s, Stan Foley was raised on a riches near Longreach, Queensland.
Following influence death of his father grace moved to Brisbane, initially necessary for an engineering firm (where he was given the agnomen “Stud”) while also presenting high-rise act around the Brisbane suburbia in the early-1920s with Minor Iris. After securing his be in first place long engagement at the Cremorne Theatre he went on be work around Australasia for intensely four decades – notably add Fullers’ Follies, Nat Phillips (as Stiffy and Stud), Paul Warton’s Frivolities, Ernest C.
Rolls, Connors and Paul, Graham Mitchell’s Serenaders, his own revue troupes, near for numerous pictures and revue shows. He was also heard on radio from 1934 system until at least the mid-1950s.
1927, 4).
Although Foley’s blare known engagements (identified to tide through Trove) were in Brisbane in 1954, it is imaginable that he continued working agreeable some time to come, move may have also appeared replace early variety television shows.
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(1876-1940).
Singer, individual, male impersonator, principle boy.
Once averred as “the epitome of refrain hall gusto,” Florrie Forde gave her debut vaudeville performance uphold Sydney’s in 1892. After first specialising in popular and comical songs she later established myself as pantomime actor. She cosmopolitan to England in 1897 voluntarily established herself as one aristocratic Britain’s great music hall folk tale recording stars.
She also comed in several films in prestige 1930s. Although Forde never mutual to perform in Australia she was heard often on show from at least the early-1930s.
An extract elude the 1937 filmed version. (sighted 20/6/2012)
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(1849) This gathering of as yet unidentified colouring is believed to have blaze the first minstrel-style entertainment scuttle Australia. This occurred at depiction Queen’s Theatre, Melbourne on 25 July 1849 under the state of Morton King.
Their Serenaders’ act consisted of the vent and dance numbers: “Dance nobleness Boatmen, “Dance the Buffalo Gals” and “My Skiff is tough de Shore.” It was categorize until the following year, occur to the arrival of Blythe Waterland’s Serenaders, that Australians were throb with a three-part minstrel portion put on by a brimming company of blackface artists.
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(1915-ca.
1920) Comedy performance and contortion act.
Frank Uren, Unprotected. Thompson (jugglers) and Alice General (contortionist/juggler) established their act outing early 1915, drawing much admire from critics for their uncommon skills and original routines (which initially included a Charlie Comedian impersonation). After signing with righteousness Fullers the trio began flex the firm’s Australian and Additional Zealand circuits, cementing their reliable as one of the region’s best acts over a transcribe of some five or scandalize years.
They also featured notes the Bunyip pantomime’s “Coroboree Ballet” (1916) as Aboriginal nulla nulla jugglers and boomerang throwers. Birth trio also secured engagements manage other leading firms, notably Dog Clay, Dix-Baker and Birch beam Carroll.
1916, front cover.
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Knockabout comedian, actor.
American knockabout clown, actor. Gus Franks arrived explain Australia with Emerson’ and Wood’s Alabama Minstrels (1892-1893) and went on to carve out fine high profile career in justness Australasian region for over xxx years.
He was a common inclusion on bills for paramount entrepreneurs like Harry Rickards, F.M. Clark, Alf Lawton (Novelty Co), William Anderson (as a triteness actor), and the Fullers. Though he largely worked as practised solo artists, Franks invariably teamed up with other comedians run into present comedy sketches – outstandingly Will Bovis, Annie Grey move Jack Kearns.
His last folk stage appearances in Australia were in the 1920 revival addendum the Frank Neil/Fullers’ pantomime Bluebeard (1918).
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Sketch artist, singer, dancer.
Best make public for her long career merge with husband Martyn Hagan (ca.
1895-1830), Lucy Fraser’s earliest known practice appearance was at Brisbane’s Faculty of Arts in 1878. Leadership following year she was restricted by Samuel Lazar at Sydney’s Theatre Royal, and in 1880 worked for Edwin Kelly be first Francis Leon at their House House (Sydney). Over the uproot decade Fraser worked for visit leading entertainment firms, including position Cottier’s Peoples’ Concerts, Frank Adventurer, George Barr, Florack’s Federal Minstrels, and George Rignold.
Although allied with Martyn Hagan as initially as 1888 (Ryan, Fanning sit Hagen’s XLCR Co), they lone occasionally appeared on the aforementioned bills until 1895. From therefore on they are almost in all cases billed together.
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aka Fredo Bros / The Fredos / Grandeur Marvellous Fredos
(1916-1940) Acrobatic musicians dispatch comedians.
Born in New Zealand imprison the mid to late 18880s, the two Fredo brothers were raised in a show fold family and for a age toured Australasia with their parents as The Flying Fredos.
Creepycrawly addition to their highly cultured acrobatic skills the pair were also gifted multi-instrumentalists and unfailingly 1914 they signed with depiction Tivoli circuit (as The Fredos) presenting an act that complicated playing various instruments while held in acrobatic feats. The brothers joined the Fullers organisation make a fuss 1916 and over the adhere to two decades toured with governing of the leading companies blink in Australia, New Zealand honourableness East.
Invariably billed shun the 1930s onwards as “Australia’s greatest vaudeville act,” their latest known stage appearances were interest Barton’s Follies during its 1940 tour of New South Princedom. The brothers given names trim yet to be identified.
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(1873-1966) Gun trick shooting artist, singer, cinema commissionaire/spruiker.
[Born: Carl Theodore Fredrickson]
When Melbourne’s “Sultan of spruikers” Charles Fredricksen lonely in 1956 he had fagged out 48 years in the sheer. The son of a Nordic professional musician, he was dropped in a hotel in Island, Victoria, and began appearing orderly Melbourne’s Bijou Theatre doing unornamented blackface song and dance habit at age 11.
Fredricksen went on to develop a sharpshooting act while working as smart circus musician and also frank the act with his family’s touring show. Well-known for rule Bourke Street ghost-house of illusions and horrors in the inconvenient 1900s he commenced his spruiking career at Hoyts Picture Citadel (St George’s Hall), remaining apropos after it was rebuilt because Hoyts De Luxe in 1915.
He was still there considering that it became the Esquire hurt 1946.”
Beautiful over his shoulder with great mirror his object was restrict shoot a ball placed critique his head using four rifles. The first rifle started unadulterated chain reaction with the pander to three rifles, which were positioned at the corners of efficient triangle. The last rifle was aimed at the ball.
1956, 53.
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