Event | The Fatal Wedding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 4 June 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opening Date | 4 June 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 9 June 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part of a Tour | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | This is the first stop on the New Zealand leg of the tour, after the Fatal Wedding company split in two. Their last performance was at Toowoomba Town Hall on Monday 28th May 1906. A new troupe was formed to continue on the tour in Australia, while the original cast sailed to New Zealand.
It was reported on Sunday 3rd June in Truth (Brisbane, QLD) p.6 “The Fatal Wedding has departed. This choice comestible has divided itself into two parts, and the Tin-Can Band has been split in twain. The original cast, with section one of the Jam-Tin Orchestra, played Toowoomba to rattling biz on Saturday and Monday, whence they proceeded to Seddon-land by the Zealandia last Thursday. The duplicate, with a brand-new powerful cast, supported by the remainder of the “Tin-Canners,” has been despatched on a northern worry, and opened at Gympie on Monday, cramming that venerate pile, the Theatre Royal, to its utmost capacity.” (sourced from Trove Newspapers online) 'This play is regarded as the most popular production ever presented in Australia' (Daily Mercury (MacKay, QLD), Thursday 14th June 1906) Described by producer Clyde Meynell as a 'domestic musical melodrama, with a strong human interest, natural and well- developed, and relieved by touches of sentiment and humor. The child interest is a leading feature.' (Herald (Melbourne, VIC), Thursday 8th March 1906) |
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Description Source | Article | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Music Theatre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Melodrama
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Text Nationality | United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Further Information | 1906 Poster: https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/182150128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Identifier | 147425 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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