William Mower Akhurst

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Contributor William Mower Akhurst
Other Names W M Akhurst
Gender Male
Nationality English
Date of Birth 29 December 1822
Place Of Birth London
Date of Death 7 June 1878
Functions Adaptor, Composer, Lyricist, Playwright, Writer
Notes Dramatist, lyricist, composer Born Hammersmith, London, England, 29 December 1822 Arrived Adelaide, SA, 20 June 1849 (per Posthumous) Moved to Melbourne in 1853. Departed Australia for England, 1869/70 Died on return voyage to Australia, 6/7 June 1878 (Austral Harmony)
NLA http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-520460
Events

Adaptor

Playwright

Writer

Henry Richard Harwood - Actor, Actor-Manager, Stage Manager

John Hennings - Actor-Manager, Scenic Artist

Scott - Mechanist

Jagar - Costume Maker

Docy Stewart - Actor

Maggie Stewart - Actor

Alfred Clint - Scenic Artist

John Dunn - Actor

Margie Chester - Actor

Liddle - Scenic Artist

William Pitt - Scenic Artist

C Warde - Actor

Alice Bray - Actor

Gladstone - Actor

Lester - Actor

B Levy - Musical Arranger

R Stewart - Actor

Strebinger - Actor, Dancer

Blanche Bray - Actor

Charles - Properties Master

Frederick Coppin - Actor, Actor-Manager, Composer, Musical Advisor, Musical Arranger

George Coppin - Actor, Actor-Manager, Director

Marion Dunn - Actor

Maughan - Actor

McFarlane - Actor

Siede - Composer, Musical Arranger

C Vincent - Lessee, Stage Manager

Richard Younge - Actor, Actor-Manager, Director, Stage Manager

Dick - Actor

Sinclair - Actor

Webster - Actor

Susan Wooldridge - Actor

Charles Young - Actor, Assistant Director

Raffaele Abecco - Actor

Joe Chambers - Actor

Herr Cushla - Mask Maker, Properties Master, Unknown

H Flexmore - Actor, Choreographer, Director

William Hoskins - Actor, Director, Lessee

Richard Stewart - Actor, Actor-Manager, Director

Mdlle Therese - Actor

Douglass - Actor, Scenic Artist

Frauline Fannie - Actor, Dancer

Freyberger - Scenic Artist

Charles Fry - Scenic Artist

E Harvey - Actor

Mortimer - Actor

Sydney Nelson - Composer, Musical Arranger

James Brogden - Properties Master

Joe Brown - Actor, Stage Manager

W P Collins - Actor, Actor-Manager

C Dherang - Actor

J C Lambert - Actor, Lessee

George Leopold - Actor

Tom Leopold - Actor, Assistant Director, Director

Fanny Morgan - Actor

Murray - Actor

George Herbert Rogers - Actor

Kate Ryder - Actor

Schmidt - Actor

H Stanley - Actor

Geraldine Warden - Actor

Charles Young - Actor

Fanny Young - Actor

Gustavus Brooke - Lessee

Charles Burford - Actor

Emilia Don - Actor

Heloise Duvalli - Actor

Rosalie Duvalli - Actor

Anna Forde - Actor

Amy Herbert - Actor

Hydes - Actor

J P Hydes - Actor, Lessee

Keogh - Actor

Henry Leopold - Actor, Choreographer

Little - Scenic Artist

Julia Matthews - Actor

Phillips - Actor

John Renno - Mechanist

Minnie Stanley - Actor

K Stewart - Actor

Kate Warde - Actor

J J Welsh - Actor

C Wilson - Dancer, Scenic Artist

Joseph Wyatt - Actor, Scenic Artist

Fanny Younge - Actor

Frances Bentley - Actor

George Buckingham - Actor

Carandini - Dancer

A Collins - Actor

L Coppin - Actor

Kate Corcoran - Actor

Crawford - Actor

Charles de Groot - Mechanist

Tilly Earl - Actor

John Edouin - Actor, Dancer

Julia Edouin - Actor

Rose Edouin - Actor

George Fawcett - Actor, Lessee

W B Gill - Actor

Gordon - Actor

Green - Actor

John L Hall - Actor, Actor-Manager, Lessee

Hancock - Costume Maker

Hasker - Actor

H Herberte - Actor

Henry Holmes - Scenic Artist

May Howard - Actor

Clelia Howson - Actor

Emma Howson - Actor

Frank Howson - Actor, Actor-Manager

G R Ireland - Actor

Jones - Actor

N La Feuillade - Actor

Albert Leopold - Actor

Charles Leslie - Actor

T H Lewis - Actor

Thomas Lewis - Actor

Tom Lewis - Actor

Sally Lloyd - Actor

McGowan - Actor

Robert McGowan - Actor

Melville - Actor

James Milne - Actor

Thomas Nunn - Actor

A Phillips - Actor

Charles Poole - Actor

Pope - Mechanist

C W Rayner - Actor

Charles Raynor - Actor

Schmidt - Actor, Choreographer

Sefton - Actor

Harry Sefton - Actor

Smith - Actor

J W Smith - Actor-Manager, Director

P M Tannett - Scenic Artist

B Thom - Composer, Musical Arranger

R Tolano - Lessee

Frank Varley - Scenic Artist

Vieuxulles - Actor

J H Vinson - Actor, Stage Manager

Ward - Actor

Watts - Properties Master, Scenic Artist

J Wieland - Actor

T Wieland - Actor

Williams - Actor

Laura Wiseman - Actor

Young - Lessee

Younge - Actor

Frederick Younge - Actor

Charles Andrews - Actor

William Andrews - Actor

Louise Arnot - Actor

Arrogoni - Scenic Artist

Avins - Actor

Avins - Actor

Batsen - Actor

Beaumont - Actor

Vincenzo Bellini - Composer

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Bennett - Costume Maker

Bennison - Actor

Benson - Actor

Benson - Actor

Antoinette Berg - Dancer

Anna Bishop - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

John Black - Administrator

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Blanche - Actor

Bond - Actor

Robert Brough - Comedian, Director, Production Supervisor

Brown - Actor

Boleno Brown - Actor

Chas Brown - Actor

John Bryan - Musical Arranger

Bush - Actor

Carolan - Actor

Carter - Actor

Caulson - Actor

Chambers - Actor

Chapman - Actor

Charles - Mechanist

Marian Chester - Actor

Chichester - Actor

George Claremont - Clown, Director

Clark - Scenic Artist

Collingwood - Actor

Collins - Actor

Annie Collins - Actor

Elizabeth Collins - Actor

J Collins - Actor

Teresa Collins - Actor

Compton - Actor

Coulon - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Charles Coutts Duvalli - Actor

Crosby - Actor

Fanny Cushla - Actor

Flora Cushla - Actor

L Cushla - Actor

L Daniels - Actor

S Daniels - Actor

Charles deGrosse - Properties Master

Dennis - Properties Master

Dickson - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

William Don - Actor

Doubledee - Actor

Dunn - Mechanist

Herr Durglass - Actor

Earl - Costume Maker

Earl - Conductor

Tilly Earle - Actor

W Edinger - Properties Master

H Edwards - Stage Manager

John Edwards - Actor

E Egerton - Actor

Nelly Egerton - Actor

Charles Eigenschank - Musical Arranger

E Fagan - Actor

Robert Farquharson - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Figgins - Mechanist

Sara Flower - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

J Flynn - Actor

Anna Ford - Actor

K Ford - Actor

Elinor Forde - Actor

Gill - Actor

Graham - Actor

Grainger - Actor

Dolly Green - Actor

  • We've Taken Gardiner, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 4 August 1862

Gregg - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

J R Greville - Actor

J R Greville - Actor, Director, Stage Manager

Alexander Habbe - Scenic Artist

C Hall - Actor

Florence Harcourt - Actor

Frank Harlowe - Actor

W Hill - Actor

Walter Hill - Actor

Walter Hill - Actor

Hobbs - Scenic Artist

Georgiana Hodson - Actor

Hogan - Actor

Clarance Holt - Lessee

Hooper - Actor

Mary Hotham - Actor

L Howard - Actor

Howell - Actor

Humphreys - Actor

Morin Humphreys - Actor

Humphries - Actor

Inman - Scenic Artist

George Ireland - Actor

  • We've Taken Gardiner, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 4 August 1862

Jackson - Actor

Jager - Costume Maker

Joseph Jefferson - Actor

  • We've Taken Gardiner, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 4 August 1862

Johnson - Actor

J H Johnson - Actor

Avonia Jones - Actor

Kaye - Actor

Willie Kelly - Dancer

Edward King - Band Leader

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Juliana King - Actor

Kitts - Actor

Herr Kopp - Musical Director

Laglaisi - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

T Lenton - Actor

Blanche Leopold - Actor

H Leopold - Actor, Director

Lydia Leopold - Actor

H Leslie - Actor

  • Maritana, Melbourne Polytechnic Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 25 August 1866

Major Leslie - Actor

Levy - Actor

E J Loder - Composer

George Loder - Conductor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Loman - Actor

Lowman - Actor

W S Lyster - Lessee

E B Manning - Actor

S H Marsh - Musical Director

G B Mason - Actor

M Massartic - Actor, Director

Matthews - Costume Maker

Maynard - Actor

Lachlan McGowan - Actor

McGragh - Mechanist

Julia Milne - Actor

Monro - Actor

Moore - Actor

Moore - Actor

J Morris - Actor

Mortyn - Actor

Moyle - Mechanist

Murphy - Actor

Leon Naej - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Naylor - Actor

Lizzy Naylor - Actor

Mdlle Neli - Actor

Nelson - Actor

Alfred Nelson - Actor

Carry Nelson - Actor

H Nelson - Actor

Emma Neville - Actor

  • We've Taken Gardiner, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 4 August 1862

Newman - Actor

Florence Norman - Actor

Linley Norman - Musical Director

  • Maritana, Melbourne Polytechnic Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 25 August 1866

Norton - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

O'Donnell - Actor

O'Neill - Actor

Opie - Scenic Artist

Pap - Actor

Parker - Actor

Pierce - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Charles Plushe - Properties Master

Prestige - Actor

Anna Maria Quinn - Actor

T Rainford - Actor

  • Maritana, Melbourne Polytechnic Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 25 August 1866

Ray - Actor

Ray - Actor

Harry Raynor - Actor

  • Maritana, Melbourne Polytechnic Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 25 August 1866

E Reeves - Actor

A Jnr Reiff - Musical Arranger

Reilly - Actor

Walter Rice - Musical Arranger

George Ridgway - Actor

John Ridgway - Actor

T Ridgway - Actor

A Roberts - Actor

G Roberts - Actor-Manager

K Roberts - Actor

Fanny Robina - Actor

Robinson - Actor

Rogers - Actor

J P Rogers - Actor

Kate Royal - Actor

E W Royce - Actor

E Salamon - Musical Director

Salem - Actor

Leon Samwells - Actor

R Sandford - Actor

  • Maritana, Melbourne Polytechnic Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 25 August 1866

Herr Schluter - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

Searle - Actor

Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Playwright

Walter Sherwin - Actor

  • Norma, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 22 April 1857

James Simmonds - Actor-Manager, Lessee

  • We've Taken Gardiner, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 4 August 1862

Herbert Skelton - Actor

Smith - Actor

F M Soutten - Playwright

Walter B Spong - Scenic Artist

F Stanislaus - Conductor

Stanley - Actor

Stapleton - Costume Maker

W H Stephens - Actor

Stewart - Actor

Stoneham - Actor

Tannett - Scenic Artist

Benjamin Tannett - Scenic Artist

Targett - Actor

Emma Temple - Actor

Thom - Actor

Thomas - Actor

B Thorn - Actor-Manager

Andrew Torning - Scenic Artist

Frank Trevor - Actor

Trotter - Properties Master

Waghorn - Actor

A Wallis - Actor

L Wallis - Actor

Walter - Mechanist

Charles Ward - Properties Master

Warde - Actor

W Warde - Actor, Dance Director

Watson - Mechanist

J Watson - Scenic Artist

Wilkinson - Actor

William John Wilson - Scenic Artist

Alice Wiseman - Actor

Emily Wiseman - Actor

Yeaman - Actor

E Young - Properties Master

Nelson Family

Royal Star Company

Christy's Minstrels

Royal Burlesque Company

Buckingham Family

Chiristy's Minstrels

Corps de Ballet

40th Regiment

Brothers Seagrist

Brothers Wieland

Complete Burlesque Company

Criterion Grand Orchestra

Grand Opera Chorus

Juvenile Flying Squadron

Lenton Troupe

Leopold Family

Lyster Opera Company

Queen's Company

Three Misses Worrell

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Data Set AusStage
Contributor Identifier 438261