William John Wilson

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Contributor William John Wilson
Other Names W J Wilson
Gender Male
Nationality English / Australian
Date of Birth 1822
Date of Death 1909
Functions Actor, Scenic Artist, Lessee
Notes Arrived in Australia 6th March 1855.
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  • Also known as W J Wilson (Photographer, Scenic Artist. Event Dates: 1865 - 1879)
Events

Scenic Artist

Lessee

Actor

Edward McLean - Actor, Choreographer, Dancer

Frederick Younge - Actor, Dancer

W S Lyster - Entrepreneur, Lessee

Morrison - Dancer, Properties Master

J Corcoran - Dancer

Georgiana Hodson - Actor and Singer

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Murphy - Scenic Artist

James H Rainford - Actor, Stage Manager

J J Welsh - Actor

C W Barry - Actor, Stage Manager

James Burns - Properties Master

Alfred Clint - Scenic Artist

Herbert Flemming - Actor

Samuel Howard - Actor

George Melville - Actor, Comedian

Maggie Oliver - Actor

Harry Power - Actor

Joseph Raynor - Actor, Lessee

John Renno - Mechanist

Walter Rice - Musical Arranger, Musical Director

Janet Achurch - Actor

William Andrews - Actor

Appleton - Actor

Emma Bronton - Actor

Eleanor Carey - Actor

Charles Charrington - Actor

Harry Evans - Lighting Designer

George Forbes - Actor

Frank Gerald - Actor

Hasker - Actor

James Hasker - Actor, Dancer

W James - Actor

B N Jones - Actor, Stage Manager

Maggie Knight - Actor

J C Lambert - Actor

George Ross Morton - Adaptor

Meta Pelham - Actor

George Herbert Rogers - Actor

James South - Actor, Actor and Singer

Charles Walsh - Actor

Younge - Actor

J J Bartlett - Actor, Producer

James Bartlett - Actor

  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 27 May 1864
  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 28 April 1864

Beamer - Costume Designer

Edith Blande - Actor

John Brunton - Scenic Artist

B Coleman - Actor and Singer, Stage Director

George Coleman - Actor

Crosby - Actor

George Darrell - Actor, Playwright

Olly Deering - Actor

Dillon - Actor

  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 27 May 1864
  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 28 April 1864

Charles Dillon - Actor, Actor-Manager, Adaptor

  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 27 May 1864
  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 28 April 1864

Emilia Don - Actor and Singer, Performer

Frank Eugarde - Composer

George Gordon - Scenic Artist

Harriet Gordon - Actor

John Gourlay - Actor, Producer

Alexander Habbe - Administrator, Scenic Artist

George Hall - Musical Arranger

Owen Harris - Actor

William Holman - Actor

Jagar - Costume Maker

Jager - Costume Maker

  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 27 May 1864
  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 28 April 1864

Gustav Kuster - Orchestral Leader

Samuel Lazar - Entrepreneur, Lessee

George Leitch - Actor

George Leopold - Actor, Performer

Henry Leopold - Actor, Performer

Tom Leopold - Actor, Performer

E B Manning - Adaptor

G Massey - Properties Master

Alice May - Actor

McGaurin - Director

Lachlan McGowan - Actor

  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 27 May 1864
  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 28 April 1864

Melville - Actor

  • The Butcher Baronet, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 12 June 1872
  • Euchred, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 23 March 1872

Frank Milne - Lighting Designer

Milner - Actor

Edward Moore - Playwright

Fanny Morgan - Actor

Emily Nathan - Costume Designer

Emma Neville - Actor

  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 27 May 1864
  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 28 April 1864

Norman - Actor

Osborne - Actor

J A Paterson - Actor

James Peake - Scenic Artist

Edith Pender - Actor

Mary Reddall - Choreographer

J Rodgers - Properties Master

E W Royce - Director, Producer, Scriptwriter

Syl Ryan - Actor

Harry Simmons - Actor

H Somers - Actor

Stapleton - Costume Maker

R Tolano - Lessee

J H Tully - Composer, Musical Arranger

Henry H Vincent - Mechanist

Spencer Wallace - Mechanist

  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 27 May 1864
  • The Duke's Motto, Prince of Wales Theatre (1863-1872), Sydney, NSW, 28 April 1864

J P West - Actor

Robert Percy Whitworth - Playwright

Wisdom - Actor

Charles Young - Actor

Ethel Adele - Actor

William Mower Akhurst - Adaptor

W Andrews - Actor

R A Anterorum - Actor

Arnold - Lighting Operator/Technician, Properties Master

Louise Arnot - Actor

S H Banks - Adaptor

W C Barry - Actor

A H Bell - Actor

Benison - Actor

John Bennett - Actor-Manager

Benson - Actor

Auy Bevan - Actor

Edward Blanchard - Scriptwriter

Dion Boucicault - Playwright

James Brogden - Properties Master

Alice Brooke - Actor

Gustavus Brooke - Lessee

Marie Brooke - Actor

Buckland - Actor

Bumble - Actor

Burford - Actor

Maggie Burton - Dancer

Campbell - Actor

Charles - Mechanist

Joseph Collins - Scriptwriter

Rosa Cooper - Actor, Director

Frederick Coppin - Musical Arranger

H T Craven - Playwright

Croucher - Costume Co-ordinator

Herr Cushla - Properties Master

Gwyn Dallas - Actor

Harry Daniels - Actor

F Darbyshire - Actor

Fred Dark - Actor

Constance Deorwyn - Actor and Singer

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

William Dind - Lessee

Jessie Dixon - Actor

  • Euchred, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 23 March 1872

Lizzie Dixon - Actor

H A Douglass - Actor

Earl - Costume Maker

Willie Edouin - Scriptwriter

Constance Edwards - Actor

Charles Eigenschenck - Actor-Manager

Fraulein Fannie - Dancer

Josephine Fiddes - Actor, Adaptor

Figgins - Mechanist

M Fisher - Actor

J Flintoff - Actor

Mary Ford - Dancer

W H Ford - Costume Maker

Ada Forde - Actor

Eliza Forde - Actor

Fortescue - Actor

Abbie Francis - Actor

Arthur Garner - Adminstrator: Business Manager

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

William Schwenck Gilbert - Book and Lyrics Librettist

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

Gill - Actor

W B Gill - Actor, Adaptor, Director

Paolo Giorza - Musical Director

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

F C Grove - Writer

Harcourt - Actor

Lionel Harding - Lessee

H Harries - Actor

Sophie Harris - Actor

Henry Richard Harwood - Actor

Tiripini Huia Hau - Actor

Matiu Hautapu - Actor

W Holland - Actor

W E Holmes - Lighting Designer

Patty Holt - Actor

  • Euchred, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 23 March 1872

C Horne - Composer

Hourigan - Actor

Bronson Howard - Playwright

Frank Hutchinson - Playwright

Harry Jackson - Director, Stage Manager

Harry Jackson - Actor

Jeffens - Actor

Charles Jones - Actor

Joyce - Actor

Wiripini Te Kani - Actor

Kelly - Properties Master/Mistress

Hori Kepa - Actor

Meina Kereti - Actor

Timoti Tangata Kino - Actor

Lambert - Actor

Charles Lascelles - Actor

Ernest Legouvé - Playwright

Albert Leopold - Performer

Fannie Leopold - Actor

Infant Leopold - Performer

Harry Leston - Actor

Fannie Liddiard - Actor

Little - Properties Master

Lloyd - Actor

Annie Lockhart - Actor

George William Lovell - Playwright

Hemi Maka - Actor

Henari Nga Manu - Actor

Anaia Mataturu - Actor

Maggie McKeown - Actor

McLean - Actor

E McLean - Actor

Herman Merivale - Writer

Henari Piri Mete - Actor

Miran - Actor

Rangatira Moetara - Actor

Nelly Montague - Actor

Moore - Actor

Gerald Moore - Actor

Maggie Moore - Actor and Singer

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

W P Morrison - Actor

Mortimer - Actor

Mortyn - Actor

Murphy - Actor

Nelly Murphy - Actor

  • Euchred, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 23 March 1872

Naylor - Actor

Neilson - Actor

Hohepa Pire Ngatara - Actor

Baby Nicholls - Actor

Noble - Actor

Eille Norwood - Actor

Barry Oakley - Actor

Page - Actor

Bessie Palmer - Actor

Edwin Palmer - Actor

Hans Phillips - Actor

William Pitt - Scenic Artist

Charles Poole - Director

Aperahama Pungaturu - Actor

T Rainford - Actor and Singer

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

Raleigh - Actor

J Rayner - Actor

Charles Reade - Playwright

Marie Reddall - Actor

Wybert Reeve - Actor

Vernon Reid - Actor and Singer

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

Richmond - Actor

Rogers - Actor

Edward Royce - Actor, Stage Manager

Sagenninguus - Actor

Marion Saunders - Actor

Augustin Eugene Scribe - Playwright

Selwyn - Actor

Seymour - Actor

William Shakespeare - Playwright

Shelton - Actor

Sidney - Actor

James Simmonds - Actor-Manager, Lessee

George Simms - Actor, Clown, Scriptwriter

Theyre Smith - Playwright

H Smithers - Actor

Marie St Clair - Actor and Singer

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

Stanley - Actor

Minnie Stanley - Actor

Harold Stephen - Playwright

  • Euchred, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 23 March 1872

Streeton - Actor

Arthur Seymour Sullivan - Composer

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

J W Sweeney - Actor

Sweeny - Actor

Annie Taylor - Actor

Manuera Tekaru - Actor

Richmond Thatcher - Adaptor

Tomlinson - Actor

Pene Tutu - Actor

August von Kotzebue - Playwright

Hoani Pappita Hunia Waikera - Actor

Garnet Walch - Playwright

Charles Ward - Mechanist

Kate Warde - Actor

Merinia Ware - Actor

Welsh - Actor

J West - Actor

Parahapa Whakaheke - Actor

Pauro Whakaheke - Actor

Tomati Hapimana Wharinaki - Actor

Whyte - Actor

Mary Wier - Actor

James Cassius Williamson - Actor-Manager, Entrepreneur

  • H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 November 1879

Winston - Actor

Patarika Taumata Wiwi - Actor

Wolfe - Actor

Wood - Actor

Henry Young - Actor

Fanny Younge - Actor

Richard Younge - Actor-Manager, Director

Lyster Opera Company

Dr McGauran's Māori Troupe

Samuel Lazar [sole entrepreneur]

Williamson, Garner and Musgrove

Lyceum Company

Matthews Brothers

Royal Ballerinas

Royal Pantomime Company

The Achurch-Charrington Company

W. J. Wilson

Walhalla Brothers

Wonderful Boranis

Wybert Reeve

Resources
  • Article:  Francis Brewer, Music and the Drama - Some Sydney First Appearances, Old Times, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, April 1903, 35-44
  • Article:  Joseph Michael Forde, ANNALS OF THE TURF AND OTHER SPORTS. No. LIII, Sydney Sportsman, 18 May 1904, 8
  • Article:  Mr W. J. Wilson. A Sixty Year's experience, Old Times, April 1903
  • Article:  [Her Majesty's Theatre and Grand Opera House Company, Limited], Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May 1883, 6
  • Photograph:  Talmar, Photograph, At the Bar, Theatre Royal, c.1865, Arts Centre Melbourne, Australian Performing Arts Collection
  • Photograph:  William John Wilson, Photograph of sketch of Queen's Theatre, Melbourne, Arts Centre Melbourne, Australian Performing Arts Collection
Data Set AusStage
Contributor Identifier 438955