William Haly Harper Hollinworth

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Contributor William Haly Harper Hollinworth
Gender Male
Nationality Australian
Date of Birth 19 April 1865
Date of Death 23 June 1925
Functions Actor, Director, Entrepreneur, Playwright, Producer, Scenic Artist, Tour Manager
Notes Born Brisbane Queensland 19 April 1865, died Brisbane Queensland 23 June 1925, aged 60. Third son of Edwin William Hollinworth of Stanthorpe, Queensland, and grandson of the late Admiral John Ibbotson Hollinworth RN of Southsea England. Career: trained as a draftsman, employed as stock and station agent and wool broker (1893-1901), inventor (1902-1903), Manager of The Australian Mutoscope Co., Ltd (1903-1904), theatrical touring manager and advance agent (1905-1912), theatrical entrepreneur and playwright (1913-1921). Married 30 July 1892 to Alice Ida Louisa Dansey (Born 14 August 1
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  • Is parent of May Hollinworth (Actor, Director, Producer, Stage Manager. Event Dates: 1921 - 1964)
Events

Entrepreneur

Playwright

Actor

Producer

Director

  • Jane, Odd Fellows Hall, Uralla, NSW, 26 December 1923

Scenic Artist

  • Jane, Odd Fellows Hall, Uralla, NSW, 26 December 1923

Heloise Austa - Singer

Jack Campbell - Tour Manager

Harry Elliott - Comedian

La Petite Verto - Singer

Percy Verto - Illusionist

Gwil Adams - Actor, Entrepreneur

  • The Day, School of the Arts, Muswellbrook, NSW, 1 November 1915
  • The Day, Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW, 23 October 1915

D J Langsley - Actor

  • The Day, School of the Arts, Muswellbrook, NSW, 1 November 1915
  • The Day, Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW, 23 October 1915

Maud Martin - Actor

  • The Day, School of the Arts, Muswellbrook, NSW, 1 November 1915
  • The Day, Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW, 23 October 1915

Alice Stuart - Actor

  • The Day, School of the Arts, Muswellbrook, NSW, 1 November 1915
  • The Day, Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW, 23 October 1915

Andrews - Actor

Nellie Banks - Actor

Melba Barton - Actor

A Burne - Actor

Victor Cohen - Actor

Les Conroy - Actor

Daly - Actor

Allan Douglas - Actor

E Grant - Actor

C J Griffith - Actor

George Hendersen - Actor

J Leonard - Actor

W Lestocq - Playwright

  • Jane, Odd Fellows Hall, Uralla, NSW, 26 December 1923

Macnamara - Actor

Cordelia May - Actor

E G Melville - Actor

Edgar Melville - Tour Manager

Harry Nichols - Playwright

  • Jane, Odd Fellows Hall, Uralla, NSW, 26 December 1923

Jessie Page - Actor

Watts Phillips - Playwright

James H Rainford - Stage Director

George Norton Russell - Actor

Percy Spence - Actor

Charlton Stratton - Actor

The Australian Mutoscope Co., Ltd

Gwil Adams Dramatic Company

  • The Day, School of the Arts, Muswellbrook, NSW, 1 November 1915
  • The Day, Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW, 23 October 1915

Hollinworth's Royal Dramatic Company

Ladies Committee of the Women's College

Southern Amateur Theatrical Society
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Data Set AusStage
Contributor Identifier 465237