Grattan Riggs

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Contributor Grattan Riggs
Gender Male
Nationality Irish
Functions Actor, Playwright
Notes Famous Irish Comedian Appearing with MacMahon Brothers dramatic company, Victoria Theatre, Newcastle 1891. Anecdote from Otago Witness , Issue 2071, 2 November 1893, Page 37: The following anecdote may be interesting, although heard before : — During a tour in Maoriland the famous Tarawera eruption took place, and Mr Riggs, fond of excitement, made for the scene. With two Maori guides he crossed the lake, and camped under the mountain. While attempting to return a fearful storm came on, which drove the party, now in the condition of drowned rats, back again to the camp. Mr Riggs lay down to sleep on the bare earth, with a Maori on either side of him, and a series of earthquakes for a mattress. During the night one shock took place of so severe a character that the actor deemed his time had come, especially as the smell of brimstone was more marked. Mr Riggs commenced to repeat any little prayer he had learned in his childhood, but the Maori on the right simply snored on, while the one on his left, just raising his head, said with an oath, ' Well, by damn. That best beggar I felt yet,' and slept again.
Events

Actor

Playwright

Maud Appleton - Actor

Scot Inglis - Actor

J P West - Actor

Robert Inman - Actor

Laurence Dunbar - Actor

Marcella Day - Actor

Charles Berkley - Actor

  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 4 March 1892
  • Handy Andy, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 2 March 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Theatre Royal, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand, 4 February 1892
  • Handy Andy, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 December 1891
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Town Hall, Dannevirke, New Zealand, 9 December 1891
  • Shin Fane, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 2 December 1891
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 30 November 1891
  • The Shadows of a Great City, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 5 October 1891
  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

Cynthia E Carey - Actor

  • The Irish Detective, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 21 June 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 4 March 1892
  • The Irish Detective, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 1 March 1892
  • The Emigrant, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 29 February 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Theatre Royal, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand, 4 February 1892
  • The Emigrant, Theatre Royal, Napier, New Zealand, 16 December 1891
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Town Hall, Dannevirke, New Zealand, 9 December 1891
  • Shin Fane, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 2 December 1891
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 30 November 1891

Mack D Alexander - Actor

R Dalton - Actor

  • The Irish Detective, Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 21 June 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 4 March 1892
  • The Irish Detective, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 1 March 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Theatre Royal, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand, 4 February 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Town Hall, Dannevirke, New Zealand, 9 December 1891
  • Shin Fane, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 2 December 1891
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 30 November 1891

L R Shewell - Playwright

Dion Boucicault - Playwright

  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 4 March 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Theatre Royal, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand, 4 February 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Town Hall, Dannevirke, New Zealand, 9 December 1891
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 30 November 1891
  • The Shaughraun, Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 27 November 1883

A Rose - Actor

  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 4 March 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Theatre Royal, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand, 4 February 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Town Hall, Dannevirke, New Zealand, 9 December 1891
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 30 November 1891

C Seagrave - Actor, Stage Manager

T Thorne - Actor

  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 4 March 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Theatre Royal, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand, 4 February 1892
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Town Hall, Dannevirke, New Zealand, 9 December 1891
  • Arrah-na-Pogue, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 30 November 1891

Frank Cates - Actor

Davis - Actor

Olly Deering - Actor

Alice Deorwyn - Actor

James Hasker - Actor

Georgie Leighford - Actor

Tom Pollard - Director, Playwright

Alma Abraham - Actor

Ethel Adele - Actor

Fred Appleton - Actor

H Baker - Actor

  • Handy Andy, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 2 March 1892

Bates - Actor

  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

Emma Bronton - Actor

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

R J Brooke - Actor

Addie Capper - Actor

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

Bertram Cooke - Actor

  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

George Dean - Actor

Constance Doorwyn - Actor

H N Douglas - Actor

Edmund Falconer - Playwright

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

C H Fenton - Actor

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

Emma Fischer - Actor

Maggie Ford - Actor

G Franklyn - Actor

Jessie Grey - Actor

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

Ida Herberts - Actor

Gwynne Herrick - Actor

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

Charles Holloway - Actor

  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

H S Jerdan - Actor

J G Joyce - Actor

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

H Leonard - Actor

  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

Harry Leston - Actor

George Lewis - Lessee

Love - Actor

  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

Docy Mainwaring - Actor

Eduardo Majeroni - Sub-Lessee

M A Melville - Actor

John Musgrave - Actor

Florrie Nelson - Actor

  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

Maggie Oliver - Actor

W S Percy - Set Designer

Poole - Actor

Arthur Redwood - Actor

Rose - Actor

  • Shin Fane, Odd Fellows Hall, Wanganui Central, New Zealand, 2 December 1891

Charles Seagrave - Actor

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

A M Seaton - Actor

  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

Brightie Smith - Actor

  • The Famine, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, 1 October 1891

D'Arcy Stanfield - Actor

John Steele - Actor

Docy Stewart - Actor

C Thompson - Actor

  • Peep O' Day Boys, Theatre Royal, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 July 1886

Charles Vollaire - Actor

Mary Weir - Actor

Grattan Riggs Company

J and C MacMahon

Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company

Data Set AusStage
Contributor Identifier 498813