Acis and Galatea and The Blind Beggar

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Event Acis and Galatea and The Blind Beggar
Venue Olympic Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 17 October 1885
Last Date 20 November 1885
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description OLYMPIC BURLESQUE COMPANY TO-NIGHT (Saturday), OCTOBER 17th
and EVERY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Commencing at 8 sharp, with Offenbach's Sparkling and Comical Operetta BLIND BEGGARS.
To be followed by the grand production of the London latest Burlesque, by Robert Reeve and Frank C. Burnand, ACIS and GALATEA
for the first time in Svdney.
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Burlesque
Contributors
Name Function Notes
G Rivers Allpress Choreographer
Jacques Offenbach Composer
G Rivers Allpress Conductor
M L Raphael Entrepreneur
Clarie Bell Performer Ceres (Celestlal Nymph)
Esther Claire Performer Mercury (God of Postmen)
Fred Dark Performer Vulcan (God of Thunder)
Fred England Performer Arges (A Cyclops)
Emily Fox Performer Galatea (Nymph ot the Sea)
Amy Horton Performer Acis (a dandy young shepherd)
Florence Howard Performer Mars (God of the N.S.W Contingent)
Rosie Johnson Performer Cupid (God of Love)
Maud Larard Performer Buttons (a page of history)
J Lindsay Performer Steropes (A Cyclops)
Annie Martin Performer Venus (Goddess of Beauty)
Katie Martin Performer Adonis (God of Mashers)
Minna Schrader Performer Nydella (Galatea's maid)
D'Arcy Stanfield Performer Polyphemus (chief of Vulcan's forge)
H Trevorah Performer Brontes (A Cyclops)
Francis Cowley Burnand Playwright
Robert Reeve Playwright
D'Arcy Stanfield Producer
H Trevorah Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Advertising. (1885, October 17). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 2.
Event Identifier 117700