Guide to the J. C. Williamson collection of theatre programs: Pantomimes

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Collection Summary

Title
J. C. Williamson Theatres Pantomimes
Date Range
1873 - 1966
Collection Number
JCWPanto
Extent
142 items 5 prompt boxes
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Printed Collections
Sponsor
The National Library of Australia is extremely grateful for the generous support of the Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation. This has enabled the work of preserving, digitising and publishing this collection.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

This list includes pantomimes held in J.C. Williamson theatres, as well as those produced by J.C. Williamson and performed in other theatres under venue hire arrangements.

The list also includes libretti for overseas pantomime productions collected by J.C. Williamson for their corporate archive.

Printed materials in the PROMPT collection include programs and printed ephemera such as brochures, leaflets, tickets, etc. Theatre programs are taken as the prime documentary evidence of a performance staged by the J.C. Williamson company. In a few cases however, the only evidence of a performance is a piece of printed ephemera. In these cases the type of piece is identified, eg, brochure.

The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated as gaps in the Library's holdings for these artists are filled. Unless otherwise stated, all entries are based on published programs in the PROMPT collection.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use this material should refer to the Ephemera PROMPT collection.

Citation of items from this collection should include references to author's/organisation's name, date, item title, Publisher and place of publication.

Example: J.C. Williamson (Firm). & Theatre Royal (Adelaide, S.A.). 1950, Gilbert & Sullivan opera season [theatre program] : The gondoliers J. C. Williamson Ltd [Adelaide]

The National Library's collection also includes: -Scrapbooks, journals and personal papers in the Records of J.C. Williamson 1874-1976 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2624931]; -scores for J.C. Williamson productions [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2970355]; -Pictures [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1585811]; -Broadsides relating to specific J.C. Williamson productions [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3167291]; -Bound volumes of J.C. Williamson programs and issues of the J.C. Williamson Ltd. Magazine can be accessed via the Library's catalogue [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/].

See also separate PROMPT ephemera collection finding aids to: -J.C. Williamson general theatre programs, film related ephemera and overseas productions collected by the company for reference [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3666467]; -J.C. Williamson Gilbert and Sullivan operetta programs [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3666430]; -J.C. Williamson grand opera, operetta, comic opera and light opera programs [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3887733] Other material including Australian newspapers and magazines can be found via Trove [https://trove.nla.gov.au/]

Arrangement

This list has two sections: Pantomimes produced by J.C. Williamson or produced in J.C. Williamson theatres and Libretti for overseas productions of pantomimes collected by J.C. Williamson.

The primary arrangement of this finding aid is chronological based on the start date of each production. The selection of libretti for overseas pantomimes at the end of the list has been arranged alphabetically according to the title of the production. All dates are based on evidence in the programs or ephemera, or have been confirmed by accessing newspaper articles and advertisements through Trove.

Entries for each program in the main section are arranged as follows:title of Production / creator if known; year of production. The scope and contents notes include extra information such as date (day and month); theatre/venue; headline performers; brief description of item , ie "1 program".

Digitisation Information

This collection contains some duplicate items. For digitisation, only one copy of each item was captured. Some items contain blank pages which were not copied.

Access

The J.C. Williamson Pantomime PROMPT files may be accessed through the Library's Special Collections Reading Room by eCallslip request [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3666448].

Advisory Statement

This collection contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This collection contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.

Biographical / Historical

James Cassius Williamson was an American actor who immigrated to Australia in the 1870s. Along with business partners, such as William Musgrove, his theatre company became one of the most dominant in colonial Australia. After his death in 1913 the company, now named J.C. Williamson Ltd. continued under the direction of George Tallis and the Tait brothers (who remained involved in the company until the 1970s).

J.C. Williamson continued to be one of the biggest theatre companies in Australia throughout the first three quarters of the 20th century. J.C. Williamson held the license for theatres in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and New Zealand (at times more than one theatre in each city). In 1976 the company closed, but the name was licensed until the mid 1980s.

Item Descriptions

Series. Pantomimes produced by J.C. Williamson or produced in J.C. Williamson theatres, 1885 - 1966

Season commencing 1885 (File)

Cinderella, 1885 - 1886 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Nellie Stewart. 1 souvenir script book.

Season commencing 1886 (File)

Robinson Crusoe / Alfred Maltby, 1886 - 1887 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 27 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Miss Alice Jones and also - Mr Arthur Lissant. 1 copy of souvenir script book.

Robinson Crusoe / Alfred Maltby, 1886 - 1887 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 27 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Miss Alice Jones and also - Mr Arthur Lissant. 1 copy of souvenir script book.

Robinson Crusoe / Alfred Maltby, 1886 - 1887 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 27 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Miss Alice Jones and also - Mr Arthur Lissant. 1 copy of souvenir script book.

Season commencing 1887 (File)

Robinson Crusoe / Alfred Maltby, December 1887 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Aggie Kelton. 1 cover for souvenir script book. There is no dating information on the cover, but it matches the cover for the previous year's Melbourne season.

Season commencing 1889 (File)

Sinbad the Sailor / E. W. Royce and E. B. Manning, April 1889 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 20 April, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Edith Blande. 1 program.

Sinbad the Sailor / E. W. Royce and E. B. Manning, April 1889 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 20 April, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Edith Blande. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Cinderella / Frank Emery, 1889 - 1890 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Miss Clara Merivale and Mr Walter Marnock. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Cinderella / Frank Emery, 1889 - 1890 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Miss Clara Merivale and Mr Walter Marnock. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Season commencing 1892 (File)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 1892 - 1893 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 24 December, Princess Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Mr E. J. Lonnen and Miss Kate Barry. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Little Red Riding Hood / Bert Royle with music by Lovell Phillips, 1892 - 1893 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 27 December, Lyceum Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Alice Leamar. 1 program - incomplete.

Season commencing 1893 (File)

Beauty and the Beast / Toso Taylor, 1893 - 1894 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Lyceum Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Nellie Stewart, Mr George Lauri, Miss Florence Young and Mr Arthur Lissant. 1 program.

Season commencing 1894 (File)

Beauty and the Beast, 1894 - 1895 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 22 December, Princess Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Miss Alice Saker and Mr Alfred Saker. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Cinderella / Toso Taylor, 1894 - 1895 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 22 December, Lyceum Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Ray Jones. 1 souvenir program.

Season commencing 1895 (File)

Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man! / Bert Royal and J.C. Williamson, 1895 - 1896 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Princess Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Cast includes Florence Young and Mary Weir (who went on to become the 2nd Mrs Williamson). 1 souvenir book of show - incomplete (cover missing).

Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man! / Bert Royal and J.C. Williamson, 1895 - 1896 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Princess Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Cast includes Florence Young and Mary Weir (who went on to become the 2nd Mrs Williamson). 1 copy of souvenir pictorial program - red cover.

Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man! / Bert Royal and J.C. Williamson, 1895 - 1896 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Princess Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Cast includes Florence Young and Mary Weir (who went on to become the 2nd Mrs Williamson). 1 copy of souvenir pictorial program - pink cover.

Season commencing 1896 (File)

Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man! / Bert Royal and J.C. Williamson, March 1896 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 28 March, Lyceum Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Cast includes Florence Young and Mary Weir (who went on to become the 2nd Mrs Williamson). 1 program.

Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man! / Bert Royal and J.C. Williamson, 24 November 1896 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

2 December 1896, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Cast includes Florence Young and Mary Weir. 1 copy of The Electric Spark theatre programme advertising the performance.

Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man! / Bert Royal and J.C. Williamson, March 1896 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 28 March, Lyceum Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Cast includes Florence Young and Mary Weir (who went on to become the 2nd Mrs Williamson). 1 program - Pages possibly taken from a newspaper containing program information.

Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man! / Bert Royal and J.C. Williamson, March 1896 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 28 March, Lyceum Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Cast includes Florence Young and Mary Weir (who went on to become the 2nd Mrs Williamson). 1 photocopy of program information possibly from newspaper.

Sinbad the Sailor / Bert Royle and J.C. Williamson, 1896 - 1897 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 24 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Mr Will Crackles and Miss Stella Elsdale. 1 souvenir program.

Season commencing 1897 (File)

Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man! / Bert Royal and J.C. Williamson, 27 December 1897 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

27 December 1897, Opera House, Wellington (New Zealand). 1 souvenir book of show.

Season commencing 1898 (File)

The Forty Thieves / Arthur H. Adams, 1898 - 1899 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Patti Browne, Mr John Coleman and Miss Carrie Moore. 1 program.

The Forty Thieves / Arthur H. Adams, 1898 - 1899 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 26 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Pattie Browne, Mr John Coleman and Miss Carrie Moore. Program information – seems to have been cut out of a newspaper.

Babes in the Wood, May 1898 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 9 May, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Miss Connie Soloman and Miss Isobel Hendley. 1 program.

Season commencing 1899 (File)

Little Red Riding Hood / Bernard Espinasse and F.W. Weierter, 1899 - 1900 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 27 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Dorothy Vane, Miss Carrie Moore and Mr George Lauri. 1 souvenir program.

Season commencing 1902 (File)

Aladdin / Jay Hickory Wood, February 1902 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 22 February, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Rose Hamilton, Miss Ada Willoughby and Miss Celia Ghiloni. 1 program.

Season commencing 1903 (File)

The Sleeping Beauty & The Beast / Monty Grover and Alfred Hill, 1903 - 1904 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Olive Lenton, Miss May Beatty, Miss Sara Hyman, Mr Fred Leslie, Miss Aggie Kelton and Mr Fred H. Graham. 1 program.

Season commencing 1906 (File)

Mother Goose, 1906 - 1907 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 22 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Harry Phydora, Florence Young, Celie Ghiloni and Pressy Preston. 1 program.

Mother Goose, 1906 - 1907 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 22 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Harry Phydora, Florence Young, Celie Ghiloni and Pressy Preston. 1 program.

Mother Goose, 1906 - 1907 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 22 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Harry Phydora, Florence Young, Celie Ghiloni and Pressy Preston. 1 program.

Season commencing 1907 (File)

Blue Bell in Fairy Land / Seymour Hicks and Walter Slaughter, 1907 - 1908 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 14 December, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Lily Moore and Miss Rosie Fitzgerald. 1 program.

Humpty Dumpty / J. Hickory Wood, 1907 - 1908 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Australian tour commencing 21 December. Starring Mr Bert Gilbert, Mr Bert Barton, Miss Florence Young and Mr Harry Phydora. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Humpty Dumpty / J. Hickory Wood, 1907 - 1908 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 21 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Mr Bert Gilbert, Mr Bert Barton, Miss Florence Young and Mr Harry Phydora. 1 program.

Season commencing 1908 (File)

Humpty Dumpty / J. Hickory Wood, April 1908 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 18 April, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Bert Gilbert and Mr Bert Barton. 1 copy of program. / 2 copies of program

Humpty Dumpty / J. Hickory Wood, April 1908 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 18 April, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Bert Gilbert and Mr Bert Barton. 1 program.

Season commencing 1909 (File)

Jack and Jill / J. Hickory Wood, April 1909 (Item) - Box 1885-1899

Season commencing 3 April, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Bert Gilbert, Miss Stella Gastelle and Miss Alma Barber. 1 program.

Aladdin / Jay Hickory Wood, 1909 - 1910 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 18 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Miss Lily Iris. 1 program.

Aladdin / Jay Hickory Wood, 1909 - 1910 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 18 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Miss Lily Iris. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Season commencing 1910 (File)

Jack and the Beanstalk / J. James Hewson, 1910 - 1911 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 17 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Neil Kenyon, Sybil Arundale, Jack Cannot and Dorothy Firmin. 1 program.

Season commencing 1911 (File)

Jack and the Beanstalk / J. James Hewson, April 1911 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 8 April, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Neil Kenyon and Sybil Arundale, Jack Cannot and Dorothy Firmin. 1 program.

Sinbad the Sailor / J. Hickory Wood, 19 March 1912 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 23 December 1911, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Florence Imeson, Pip Powell and Celia Ghiloni. 1 pictorial souvenir book of the 100th performance.

Season commencing 1912 (File)

Sinbad the Sailor / J. Hickory Wood, April 1912 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 27 April, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Florence Imeson, Pip Powell and Celia Ghiloni. 1 copy of program.

Sinbad the Sailor / J. Hickory Wood, April 1912 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 27 April, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Florence Imeson, Pip Powell and Celia Ghiloni. 1 copy of program.

Season commencing 1913 (File)

Puss in Boots / J. Hickory Wood and Frank Dix, music by Andrew MacCunn, March 1913 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 15 March, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Violet Loraine, George Miller, Pip Powell and Fred Leslie. 1 program.

Bo-Peep, October 1913 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 16 October, Opera House, Wellington (New Zealand). Starring Rita Webb and Kathleen Mack. 1 program.

The Forty Thieves / Frank Dix, music by Andrew MacCunn, 18 March 1914 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 20 December 1913, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Barry Lupino, Jessie Lonnen and Dorothy Firmin. 1 souvenir pictorial book of 100th performance.

Season commencing 1914 (File)

The Forty Thieves / Frank Dix, music by Andrew MacCunn, April 1914 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 4 April, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Barry Lupino, Jessie Lonnen and Dorothy Firmin. 1 souvenir book of the script.

The Forty Thieves / Frank Dix, music by Andrew MacCunn, April 1914 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 4 April, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Barry Lupino, Jessie Lonnen and Dorothy Firmin. 1 program.

Cinderella / Frank Dix, 1914 - 1915 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 19 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Barry Lupino, Minnie Love, Jack McArdle and Arthur Stigant. 1 program.

Cinderella / Frank Dix, 1914 - 1915 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 19 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Barry Lupino, Minnie Love, Jack McArdle and Arthur Stigant. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Cinderella / Frank Dix, 1914 - 1915 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 19 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Barry Lupino, Minnie Love, Jack McArdle and Arthur Stigant. 1 souvenir pictorial 'book'.

Cinderella / Frank Dix, 1914 - 1915 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 19 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Barry Lupino, Minnie Love, Jack McArdle and Arthur Stigant. 1 souvenir pictorial 'book'.

Season commencing 1915 (File)

Cinderella / Frank Dix, March 1915 - April 1915 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 20 March, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Barry Lupino, Minnie Love, Jack McArdle and Arthur Stigant. 1 program.

Cinderella / Frank Dix, March 1915 - April 1915 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 20 March, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Barry Lupino, Minnie Love, Jack McArdle and Arthur Stigant. 1 program.

Mother Goose / J. Hickory Wood, music by Victor Champion, 1915 - 1916 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 18 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Lilian de Venny, Harry Farrow, Queenie Paul, Gladys Moncrieff and Maud Fane. 1 program.

Season commencing 1916 (File)

Mother Goose / J. Hickory Wood, music by Victor Champion, February 1916 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 4 February, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Lilian de Venny, Harry Farrow, Queenie Paul, Gladys Moncrieff and Maud Fane. 1 program.

The House that Jack Built / George Slater and Frank Dix, 1916 - 1917 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 23 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Harry Roxbury and Arthur Stigant. 1 program.

The House that Jack Built / George Slater and Frank Dix, 1916 - 1917 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 23 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Harry Roxbury and Arthur Stigant. 1 copy of short program.

The House that Jack Built / George Slater and Frank Dix, 1916 - 1917 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 23 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Harry Roxbury and Arthur Stigant. 1 copy of short program - with misprinted date of 1915.

The House that Jack Built / George Slater and Frank Dix, 1916 - 1917 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 23 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Harry Roxbury and Arthur Stigant. 1 souvenir book of the script.

Season commencing 1917 (File)

The House that Jack Built / George Slater and Frank Dix, August 1917 (Item) - Box 1902-1917

Season commencing 2 August, His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane (Queensland). Starring Harry Roxbury and Arthur Stigant. 1 program.

Season commencing 1919 (File)

Goody Two Shoes / R. C. Oldham, adapted by Frank Dix, April 1919 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 19 April, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Dorothy Hastings and Arthur Stigant. 1 program.

Goody Two Shoes / R. C. Oldham, adapted by Frank Dix, May 1919 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 17 May, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring May de Sousa and Arthur Stigant. 1 program - incomplete (missing centre page).

Sleeping Beauty / Frank Dix, music by Victor Champion, December 1919 - 1920 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 20 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Winifred Roma, Marriott Edgar, Eve Lynn and Maggie Dickinson. 1 program.

Sleeping Beauty / Frank Dix, music by Victor Champion, 25 February 1920 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 20 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Winifred Roma, Marriott Edgar, Eve Lynn and Maggie Dickinson. 1 souvenir program for Gala Performance – 25 February 1920.

Sleeping Beauty / Frank Dix, music by Victor Champion, 25 February 1920 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 20 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Winifred Roma, Marriott Edgar, Eve Lynn and Maggie Dickinson. 1 souvenir program for Gala Performance – 25 February 1920.

Season commencing 1920 (File)

Humpty Dumpty / Frank Dix and Victor Champion, 1920 - 1921 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 18 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Beatrice Allen, Albert le Fre, Edith Drayson and Maggie Dickinson. 1 program.

Sinbad the Sailor / J. Hickory Wood, 1920 - 1921 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 18 December, King's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Jennie Hartley, Dan Agar, Jack Cannot, Edgley and Dawe. 1 program - incomplete (centre pages only).

Season commencing 1922 (File)

Cinderella / George Ross, 1922 - 1923 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 23 December, New Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Kitty Reidy, Marie Le Varre and Gus Bluett. 1 program contains invitation to Cinderella garden party, 16 January 1923.

Cinderella / George Ross, 1922 - 1923 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 23 December, New Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Kitty Reidy, Marie Le Varre and Gus Bluett. 1 program.

Cinderella / George Ross, 1922 - 1923 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 23 December, New Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Kitty Reidy, Marie Le Varre and Gus Bluett. 1 program missing fold out cover.

Babes in the Wood / Frank Dix and George M. Slater, April 1922 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 15 April, His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane (Queensland). Starring Nora Delany, Jack Williams, Audrey Thacker, Floie Allen, W. S. Percy and Josie Melville. 1 program.

Season commencing 1923 (File)

The Forty Thieves, February 1923 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 10 February, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Mona Magnet and Daisy Yates, Edgely and Dawe, and Jack Cannot. 1 program.

Aladdin, December 1923 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 22 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria).Starring Ada Reeve and Gus Bluett. 1 program.

The Forty Thieves / Frank Dix, December 1923 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 22 December, Hippodrome, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Jack Cannot, Bert Harrow and Kitty Reidy. 1 program.

Season commencing 1924 (File)

Aladdin, February 1924 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 23 February, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Miss Ada Reeve and Gus Bluett. 1 program.

Aladdin, April 1924 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 19 April, The New Palace Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Ada Reeve. 1 program - incomplete (centre pages only).

Aladdin, April 1924 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 19 April, The New Palace Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Miss Ada Reeve. 1 souvenir pictorial program.

Season commencing 1925 (File)

Aladdin / Ernest C. Rolls and Cyril Hemmington, 1925 - 1926 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Jenny Benson, Bruce Green and Gus Bluett. 1 program - incomplete (centre pages only).

Season commencing 1926 (File)

Aladdin / Ernest C. Rolls and Cyril Hemmington, December 1926 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Jenny Benson, Bruce Green and Gus Bluett. 1 program.

Aladdin / Ernest C. Rolls and Cyril Hemmington, 1926 - 1927 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 27 December, Grand Opera House, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Dorothy Lena, Bruce Green, Roy Rene and Marie Bremner. 1 program.

Season commencing 1930 (File)

The House that Jack Built / George Slater and Frank Dix, 1930 - 1931 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 20 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Arthur Stigant, Roy Rene, Sadie Gale, Dan Agar and Nell Taylor. 1 program.

The House that Jack Built / George Slater and Frank Dix, 1930 - 1931 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 20 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Arthur Stigant, Roy Rene, Sadie Gale, Dan Agar and Nell Taylor. 1 program.

The House that Jack Built / George Slater and Frank Dix, 1930 - 1931 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 20 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Arthur Stigant, Roy Rene, Sadie Gale, Dan Agar and Nell Taylor. 1 program.

Season commencing 1932 (File)

Sinbad the Sailor, February 1932 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 13 February, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Lilian Crisp, Afred Frith and Robert Helpmann (specialty dancer). 1 program.

Sinbad the Sailor, February 1932 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 13 February, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Lilian Crisp, Afred Frith and Robert Helpmann (specialty dancer). 1 program.

Season commencing 1940-1941 (File)

Aladdin, March 1940 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 23 March, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Cath Esler and Rex Dawe. 1 program.

Aladdin, March 1940 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 23 March, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Cath Esler and Rex Dawe. 1 program.

Sleeping Beauty, 1940 - 1941 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 21 December, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Ailsa Green, Don Nicol, Clem Dawe and Eric Edgley. 2 pages from J.C. Williamson Ltd. Magazine containing program information.

Aladdin, January 1941 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 4 January, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Cath Elser and Rex Dawe. 1 magazine program.

Season commencing 1942 (File)

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, January 1942 (File) - Box 1919-1965

New Zealand tour commencing 22 January. Starring the Great Levante. 1 program.

Season commencing 1943 (File)

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, 1943 - 1944 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 27 December, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Joy Youlden and Don Nicol. 1 program.

Season commencing 1944 (File)

Mother Goose, 1944 - 1945 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Stan Foley. 1 program - also contains program for Hits & Highlights.

Season commencing 1946 (File)

Mother Goose, 1946 - 1947 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 21 December, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Rex Dawe, Margaret Fitzgibbon and George Wallace Jr. 1 program - also contains program for Clambake.

Season commencing 1951 (File)

Old Mother Hubbard / Victor Roberts, 1951 - 1952 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Rex Dawe. 1 program.

Old Mother Hubbard / Victor Roberts, 1951 - 1952 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Rex Dawe. 1 program.

Old Mother Hubbard / Victor Roberts, 1951 - 1952 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Rex Dawe. 1 program.

Old Mother Hubbard / Victor Roberts, 1951 - 1952 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Rex Dawe. 1 program.

Old Mother Hubbard / Victor Roberts, 1951 - 1952 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Old Mother Hubbard / Victor Roberts Season commencing 26 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Rex Dawe. 1 program.

Old Mother Hubbard / Victor Roberts, 1951 - 1952 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Rex Dawe. 1 publicity brochure.

Season commencing 1952 (File)

Cinderella on Ice / Percy King, 1952 - 1953 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 20 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Peggy Mortimer. 1 program.

Season commencing 1954 (File)

Puss in Boots on Ice / Armand Perren, 1954 - 1955 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 27 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Pat Gregory, Britta Rahlen, Terry Scanlon, Joe Whitehouse and Kenny Lamb. 1 program.

Season commencing 1955 (File)

Puss in Boots on Ice / Armand Perren, April 1955 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 9 April, His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland (New Zealand). Starring Pat Gregory, Britta Rahlen, Terry Scanlon, Joe Whitehouse and Kenny Lamb. 1 program.

Season commencing 1958 (File)

Cinderella on Ice / Percy King, 1958 - 1959 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Empire Theatre, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Jenny Howard and Peggy Mortimer. 1 program.

Season commencing 1959 (File)

Aladdin in the Wonderful Lamp, December 1959 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Frank Sheldon and Judy Banks. 1 program.2 copies of program

Aladdin in the Wonderful Lamp, December 1959 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Frank Sheldon and Judy Banks. 1 program.

Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp, 1959 - 1960 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane (Queensland). Starring Hazel Phillips and Johnny Lockwood. 1 program.

Season commencing 1960 (File)

Jack and Jill / Emile Littler, 1960 - 1961 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Johnny Lockwood. 1 flyer.

Season commencing 1961 (File)

Alice in Wonderland / William Orr, 1961 - 1962 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Kathy Gorham. 1 program with leaflet on Mad Hatter's Party Contest.

Alice in Wonderland / William Orr, 1961 - 1962 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Alice in Wonderland Season commencing 26 December, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Kathy Gorham. 1 program.

Alice in Wonderland / William Orr, 1961 - 1962 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 26 December, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring Kathy Gorham. 1 program.

Season commencing 1965 (File)

Cinderella / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1965 - 1966 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 22 December, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Roslyn Dunbar. 1 program.

Cinderella / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1965 - 1966 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 22 December, Theatre Royal, Sydney (New South Wales). Starring Roslyn Dunbar. 1 program.

Alice in Wonderland / William Orr, 1965 - 1966 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 27 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Carole Ann and Brian Crossley. 1 program (contains leaflet for Qantas V Jet to Disneyland Colouring Competition)

Alice in Wonderland / William Orr, 1965 - 1966 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 27 December, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide (South Australia). Starring Carole Ann and Brian Crossley. 1 program.

Pinocchio / John Howson, 1965 - 1966 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 27 December, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring James Kenney. 1 program.

Pinocchio / John Howson, 1965 - 1966 (Item) - Box 1919-1965

Season commencing 27 December, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (Victoria). Starring James Kenney. 1 program.

Series. Pantomime Libretti collected by J.C. Williamson Ltd., 1873 - 1952

Aladdin, 1887 - 1949 (File)

Aladdin or The Widow, The Wizard and the Wonderful Lamp / Written by Mr Jolly, December 1887 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Season commencing 17 December, Theatre Royal, Edinburgh (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Aladdin / Written by Horace Lennard, 1891[?] (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Manchester (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Aladdin / Written by Frank Dix, December 1907 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Season commencing December, Adelphi Theatre, London (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Aladdin / Written by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley, 1949 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

1 French's Acting Edition, No. 1485.

Babes in the Wood, 1888 (File)

Babes in the Wood, 1888 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Season commencing December, Theatre Royal, London (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Beauty and the Beast, 1891 (File)

Beauty and the Beast / Written by Wilton Jones and Sir Augustus Harris, December 1891 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Season commencing December, Tyne Theatre, Newcastle (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Beauty and the Beast / Written by J. Hickory Wood, 190[?] (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Unknown Theatre, Edinburgh (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book - cover missing.

Blue Beard - The Great Bashaw, 1875 (File)

Blue Beard, The Great Bashaw; or Harlequin Stormcloud, and the Fairy Starlight Queen / Written by Wybert Reeve, 1875 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Season commencing December, Edinburgh Theatre, Edinburgh (United Kingdom). 1 script book.

Boy Blue, 1908 (File)

Boy Blue / Written by J. Hickory Wood, December 1908 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Season commencing 24 December, Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Cinderella, 1952 (File)

Cinderella / Written by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley, 1952 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

1 Samuel French Limited edition.

Cock Robin and Jenny Wren / Old King Cole and Good Queen Cole / Dollom (File)

Cock Robin and Jenny Wren; Old King Cole and Good Queen Cole; Dollom / Written by M. C. Gillington; William Younge; Clifton Bingham, 190[?] (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

1 Joseph Williams edition.

Humpty Dumpty (File)

Humpty Dumpty / Written by Robert Breitenbach, 190[?] (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

1 published edition.

The Invisible Prince, 1901 (File)

The Invisible Prince / Written by J. Hickory Wood, 1901 (Item) - Box Aladdin to Invisible Prince

Unknown theatre, Edinburgh (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book - cover missing.

Jack and Jill, 1908 - 1909 (File)

Jack and Jill / Written by T. F. Doyle, 1908 - 1909 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing 24 December, Theatre Royal, Bradford (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Robinson Crusoe, 1902 - 1910 (File)

Robinson Crusoe / Written by A. M. Thompson and Robert Courtneidge, 1902 - 1903 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing 20 December, Prince's Theatre, Manchester (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Robinson Crusoe / Written by Fred A. Marston, 1909 - 1910 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing December, Grand Theatre, Brighton (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

The Rose and the Ring, 1890 (File)

The Rose and the Ring / Written by H. Saville Clarke, 1890 (Item)

Prince of Wales Theatre, London (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Sinbad the Sailor, 1907 - 1908 (File)

Sinbad the Sailor / Written by J. Hickory Wood, 1907 - 1908 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing 23 December, Theatre Royal, Manchester (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

The Sleeping Beauty, 1904 - 1910 (File)

The Sleeping Beauty / Written by J. Hickory Wood, 1904 - 1905 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing 24 December, Prince's Theatre, Bristol (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book - contains list of all pantomimes at the theatre since 1867.

The Sleeping Beauty / Written by St John Hamund, 1909 - 1910 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing 26 December, New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or Harlequin Jack Frost, Little Tom Tucker and the Old Woman that Lived in a Shoe!, 1873 (File)

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or Harlequin Jack Frost, Little Tom Tucker and the Old Woman that Lived in a Shoe! / Written by John Strachan and Marcus Clarke, December 1873 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing 26 December, Theatre Royal, Melbourne (Victoria). 1 souvenir script book.

Willie Winkie, 1909 - 1910 (File)

Willie Winkie / Written by J. James Hewson, 1909 - 1910 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing 9 December, Royal Princess's Theatre, Glasgow (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.

The White Cat, 1904 - 1905 (File)

The White Cat / Written by J. Hickory Wood, 1904 - 1905 (Item) - Box Jack & Jill to The White Cat

Season commencing December, Theatre Royal, London (United Kingdom). 1 souvenir script book.


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