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Organisation	Pioneer Players
Address	Melbourne VIC Australia
Functions	Presenting Company, Production Company
Notes	An amatuer company founded in 1922 by Louis Esson, Vance Palmer and Stewart Macky. Altogether, five full length and thirteen one-act plays were produced, all by Australian authors, including Vance Palmer, Katherine Susannah Prichard, Gerald Byrne as well as Louis Esson. The venture only lasted four
Events	Date Contributor Organisation Venue
	The Black Horse, St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW, 21 August 1931 The Bride of Gospel Place, Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 1926 Rebel Smith, Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 1925 The Pioneers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922
	The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC The Pioneers, 3 December 1923 Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, 16 August 1923 The Battler, 17 May 1922 Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC The Bride of Gospel Place, 1926 Rebel Smith, 1925 Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, 26 October 1922 St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW The Black Horse, 21 August 1931 Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC A Happy Family, 21 September 1922
	Leo Burke - Actor Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Pioneers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Hilda Bull - Actor The Pioneers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 George Dawe - Actor, Director Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Pioneers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Charles Doherty - Actor Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Louis Esson - Playwright The Bride of Gospel Place, Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 1926 Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Vance Palmer - Playwright The Black Horse, St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW, 21 August 1931 Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 Alice Crowther - Actor Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 J O'Connell - Actor Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Charles H Row - Actor The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Irene Appleton - Actor The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 J Harcourt Bailey - Actor Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Pioneers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 Frank Keon - Actor Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Eileen O'Keefe - Actor Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Katharine Susannah Prichard - Playwright The Pioneers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Bryce Dunning - Actor Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Hettie Feuerman - Actor Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Stewart Macky - Playwright The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 Reg Moyle - Actor Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Alan Murray - Actor Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 A Happy Family, Temperance Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 21 September 1922 Earnest O'Ferrall - Playwright The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 Jack Beresford Fowler - Stage Manager The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Marie Boyers - Actor The Black Horse, St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW, 21 August 1931 Spencer Brodney - Playwright Rebel Smith, Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 1925 Frank Brown - Playwright The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Gerald Byrne - Playwright Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 Ann Carlson - Actor The Black Horse, St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW, 21 August 1931 Charles Cunnington - Actor The Black Horse, St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW, 21 August 1931 Vern Cunnington - Actor The Black Horse, St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW, 21 August 1931 T Flannagan - Actor The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Isabel J Handley - Actor Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 Frank Hidden - Actor The Black Horse, St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW, 21 August 1931 T Jennings - Actor The Pioneers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 T Kanake - Actor Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 Henry Lawson - Author Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 Furnley Maurice - Playwright Pioneers / A Disturber of Pools / The Drovers / Travellers, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1923 Ruby May - Actor The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Winifred Moverley - Actor Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922 Thomas Skewes - Actor The Battler, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 17 May 1922 Carrie Tennant - Director The Black Horse, St James' Hall (1887-1961), Sydney, NSW, 21 August 1931 Kathleen Venman - Actor The Great Man / The Black Horse / Mates / The Trap / The Bishop and the Buns, The Playhouse (1910 - 1920s), Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1923 Frances Wyatt - Actor Telling Mrs. Baker / The Woman Tamer / The Trap / The New Bridge / The Bishop and the Buns, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 October 1922
Resources	Collection: Francis Brown, Francis Paterson Brown, State Library of Victoria Review: Richard Fotheringham, Review: Peter Fitzpatrick, Pioneer Players: The Lives of Louis and Hilda Esson, Australasian Drama Studies, Australasian Drama Studies, c/- Department of English, Univ, 28, April 1996, 200 - 203
Data Set	AusStage
Organisation Identifier	30343

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