Guide to the Australian Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collections in the National Library of Australia

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Collection Summary

Title
Australian Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collections in the National Library of Australia
Date Range
1880 - 2019
Collection Number
EPHT1
Extent
5269 collections
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Printed Collections

Introduction

Arrangement

For ease of searching, the listing of the Library's holdings of Australian performing arts programs and ephemera has been grouped as follows:

Individuals

Groups and Organisations: includes associations, bands, ensembles, companies and orchestras

Performances and Events: includes revues, awards, festivals and musicals

Venues: includes theatres, clubs and restaurants

Subject areas

Purpose

The purpose of this guide is to provide researchers with an overview of and links to the National Library of Australia's Australian performing arts programs and ephemera holdings.

Viewing our holdings

Most of these items are available for viewing in our Special Collections Reading Room. In order to request items you will need to be registered as a reader, which can be done online. Items need to be requested online via the Library's catalogue prior to your visit.

If you are unable to visit the Library in person, you can access information about our holdings via the Library's catalogue. Following is a list of all of the Library's Australian performing arts holdings. Each entry is linked to the individual catalogue record which provides a description of the holding and a link to finding aids and digitised images, where available.

Overview

The National Library of Australia holds a significant group of collections of Australian performing arts related material acquired from different sources over many years. As a whole, these collections offer researchers and patrons a valuable window into the performing arts and cultural life of Australia from the late 1880's to now.

The Australian Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collections hold a wide variety of material relating to prominent individuals, groups and organisations, venues and performances.

The individuals featured include opera singers, actors of stage and film, comedians and musical acts. The groups and organisations include orchestras, popular and rock music groups, ensembles, associations, companies and schools. Performances include musicals, recitals, plays, awards and revues. Venues vary from nationally and internationally known to local and small town spaces.

The material is largely comprised of programs, with some collections containing flyers, magazines, tickets and other souvenir items. Many PROMPT listings are based on imperfect holdings and is updated as gaps in the Library's holdings for this artist are filled.

Item Descriptions

Class. Groups and Organisations

Collection. 7 Sopranos

The 7 Sopranos are an Australian female vocal ensemble which are known for their high-impact presentation of a largely classical/operatic repertoire, with spectacular lighting and a high glamour wardrobe. They present a fusion of contemporary and classic style, and have toured Australia and Asia. Their debut album was released by ABC Music, and reached at No. 2 on the ARIA charts in 2013. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. ABBA

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. AC/DC

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, 1585

Internationally renowned musical institution, founded in 1585. Today the organisation consists of an academic organisation, a symphony orchestra and chorus. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Acrobat, 1995

Founded by Simon Yates and Jo-Ann Lancaster in the mid 90's, the Australian ensemble Acrobat blends astonishing acrobatic techniques with a higly personal vision on modern society. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adelaide Liedertafel

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adhoc Baroque (ensemble)

Adhoc Baroque is a Canberra-based ensemble performing well- and lesser-known baroque repertoire in a one-per-part format. The core ensemble consists of Greta Claringbould (soprano), Maartje Sevenster (alto) and Peter Young (continuo), recruiting additional musicians as required per programme. The group was formed in 2016. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. African Footprint, 2003

South African musical including dancers singers and drummers celebrating Africa's history, spirit and culture. Associated with several performances in Australia in 2003. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Aim 4 More, 1993 - 1997

Indigenous Australian band from Brisbane, QLD. Members included Troy Brady, Harry Whaleboat, Michael Tuahine, Rodney Stuurman, Wynyard Davis, Jonathan Bullen and Ross Johnson. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Air Supply

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alliance Francaise

Grant Company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. ANZAC Coves

Royal ANZAC coves, a recital company performing charity reitals in 1918-1920's. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Apex Antics

Revue's run by the Apex club from 1930-1960 were called Apex Antics, they often supported the club, Legacy or another charity and had a number of performers both minor and major celebrities of the time. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1871 - 2022

Art Gallery of NSW is located in Sydney NSW, and founded in 1871. The organisation aims to make art and culture more accessible and an aspect of daily life. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arts Projects Australia, 1974

Organisation to support, promote and advocate for Australian artists with intellectual disabilities. They operate a studio in Northcote, VIC and a gallery in Collingwood, VIC. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Associated Artists, 1950 - 1990

Production and presentation company active 1950-1990. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Atmasphere, 1991 - 2000

Australian jazz ensemble, made up of David Jones (drums and percussion), Daryl Pratt (vibraphone and effects), Adam Armstrong (bass), Carmen Warrington (vocals) and Dev Gopalasamy (guitar). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ausdance

National Dance Company that includes a number of smaller dance organisations from each of the states and territories and provides insurance for them. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australia Pro Arte

Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra is a chamber orchestra from Melbourne, VIC who specialise in music from the baroque era. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Air Aces

"The Australian Air Aces featuring Ernest Staig with his Incomparable Daredevils of the Air, Flying Motor Cyclist and Aerial Gymnasts" -- description in program: The Grand Theatre of Varieties, Churchgate Bolton, United Kingdom, for Monday, August 12, 1946. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Baroque Brass

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Bee Gees

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Choral Conductors Education & Training, 1996 - 2022

The ACCET aims to provide education, information, awareness and engagement for choral conductors of all levels. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Crawl, 1978 - 1986

Rock band from Australia, whose original members were James Reyne, Brad Robinson, Paul Williams, Simon Binks and David Reyne. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Creightons (novel eccentricities)

Jugglers and acrobats, active circa 1910s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Doors

Doors tribute act. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Friends of Shakespeare's Globe, 1980 - 1992

Shakespeare group active in 1980-1992. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian International Conservatorium of Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Jazz Archive

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen & Women, 1944

Organisation made up of former Australian Defence Force members. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Made Entertainment

Australian Made Entertainment is an independent arts organisation based in New York City, which is dedicated to bringing Australian works to the United States. It was founded by Kathleen and Matthew Foster. Australian Made Entertainment produces theatre and film with a distinctly Australian flavour, featuring Australian artists, writers and entertainment professionals. Importantly, this organisation introduces American audiences to emerging Australian talent, as well as providing opportunities for Australian performers, directors and other entertainment professionals. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Museum, 1827

The Australian Museum, founded in Sydney in 1827, has presented and sponsored a number of performances and events in Australia, specifically between 1994 and 1996. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Musical Association

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Musical Foundation in London

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Performing Arts Market, 1997

An organisation to help Australian artists in theatre, dance and experimental art with opportunities nationally and internationally. Specifically, they have run showcase events in Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Teachers of Dancing

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Waites

Billed on the 1926 Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, B.C. program as "World's greatest stock whip manipulators and boomerang throwers." Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Wind Virtuosi

Musical group who performed on 9 April 1989 at Boardwalk Studio (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. AustralianPlays.org

AustralianPlays.org is an initiative of the Australian Script Centre, which is a non-profit organisation which has been selectively collecting, promoting and distributing contemporary Australian plays in manuscript form since 1979. The Australian Script Centre grew out of an initiative of Barbara Manning and the Salamanca Theatre Company, called the Salamanca National Script Resource Centre. It ran successfully throughout the 1980s, and in 1993 separated from the Salamanca Theatre Company to become the Australian Script Centre. It is recognised by the Australia Council for the Arts as a Key Organisation providing essential infrastructure services to the theatre sector, and is a significant cultural and historical resource. The Centre also houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of unpublished contemporary Australian playscripts in the world. AustralianPlays.org is an ecommerce website providing playwrights a global distribution and marketing network for their work as well as giving producers across the world a simple access point for professionally written and production-ready Australian plays. It also supports the work of drama educators, students, and theatre companies. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Avalon Stars

Adelaide based Music revue company, active in the 1950s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ayres Baroque

Baroque ensemble. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bale Foclorico da Bahia, 1988 - 2022

Folk dance company, who perform song, dance and stories from the people of Bahia. The company tours frequently across the world, including performances in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Balkana the music of Bulgaria

Bulgarian music collective. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ballarat Liedertafel

Musical group which performed in the Alfred-Hall, Ballarat 10 May 1884. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ballet Rambert, 1947 - 1949

Founded in 1930 by Marie Rambert. The understated style of the company owes its heritage to many influential dancers such as I.Duncan, Jacques-Dalcroze, Diaghilev and Nijinsky. The small company of thirty dancers arrived in Australia, October 1947 in association with the British Council as the first major overseas ballet company to visit Australia after World War II. Their impact on ballet here was significant, recruiting Australians for their tour as well as taking some of them to England. Australians who had important careers included Cecil Bates, Charles Boyd, Ann Somers (or Kathleen Gorman), David Hunt. Several of the English dancers remained in Australia such as Margaret Scott, Rex Reid and Joyce Graeme whose influences were significant. The company's repertoire included contemporary works by English choreographers such as Frederick Ashton and Antony Tudor. Their tour was extended from six to fifteen months with two seasons in Australia and one in New Zealand. In that time they gave over 500 performances of 33 ballets, introduced 26 new English creations as well as reviving several classics. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Ballets Russes

The Ballets Russes is a generic name given to a succession of ballet companies which emerged in Europe after the demise of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1929. The three Ballets Russes companies were formed for touring to Australia between 1936 and 1940. For the first tour in 1936-37 it was called Colonel W. de Basil's Monte Carlo Russian Ballet. For the second tour in 1938-39 it was called the Covent Garden Russian Ballet. For the third tour in 1939-40 it used three names, Colonel W. de Basil's Covent Garden Ballet; Colonel W. de Basil's Ballet Company; The Original Ballet Russe. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Barton's Follies

Barton's Follies was a circus/vaudeville touring company which was begun by Roy Barton and his brother in 1932. The Follies toured New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand until Barton was declared bankrupt in 1954. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bauls of Bengal

Group of mystic minstrels of India. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bay City Rollers, 1964 - 2020

Scottish rock and pop band, who experienced very high popularity in the 1970s. The group was founded in 1964, and has been active off and on until 2020. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Beach Boys

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bell Shakespeare Company

Bell Shakespeare is an Australian theatre company specialising in the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries and other classics. It was founded in 1990 by John Bell, and is Australia's only national touring theatre company. Its current practice is to tour three mainstage productions to each Australian state in each year, plus a variety of education programs. Rather than using Renaissance costumes and sets, the Company uses contemporary styles. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Berlin Staatskapelle, 1570 - 2022

Orchestra from Germany, with roots dating back to 1570. Until 1918, the group was called Königliche Kapelle (German Orchestra). The orchestra has been lead by Daniel Barenboim since 1992. They performed in Australia on 14 and 16 March 1986 at Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW.

Collection. Bert Bailey Popular Dramatic Organisation

Albert Baileys (11 June 1968-30 March 1953) touring performance organisation. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Big hART

Big hart is an Australian arts and social-justice company. It was founded by playwright and director Scott Rankin and John Bakes in Burnie (north-western Tasmania) in 1992. The company initiates large scale, long-term community cultural development projects in disadvantaged communities in urban, regional and remote Australia. At the heart of Big hART's approach rests the idea, that "it's harder to hurt someone if you know their story". Hipbone forms part of the larger Yijala Yala Project which is supported and encouraged by cultural leaders and the creative talent of the community in the Pilbara. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bill Haley & His Comets, 1952 - 2022

Rock and roll band from US, also referred to as Bill Haley and the Comets and Bill Haley's Comets (1952-1981 as Bill Haley and His Comets, and 1981-present as Bill Haley's Comets). The band was founded by Bill Haley in 1952, and had several popular songs between 1954 and 1956. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Black Voices

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blondie, 1974 - 2022

American rock and new wave band, founded in 1974 by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein. The group disbanded in 1982 and reunited in 1997. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blue Grassy Knoll, 1996 - 2022

Gypsey-bluegrass 5 piece ensemble, founded in 1996 in Melbourne. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bond, 7 November 2004

All-female string quartet, who performed at the Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW in 2004. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Border Crossings

Border Crossings is an international performing arts company based in the United Kingdom, which specialises in combined arts performances fusing many forms of world theatre, dance and music. Since 1995, Border Crossings has collaborated with artists and companies from around the world, and has featured Indigenous Australian singers, choreographers, dancers, theatre companies, and filmmakers in its Origins Festival of First Nations. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brady Bunch

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Broadway Musical Comedy Company

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Broken Consort

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Broken Hill Centenary Committee

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Buckskin Brothers

Collection. Bud Atkinson's Circus & Wild West

Bud Atkinson's Circus and Wild West was an American circus and show imported by Bud Atkinson from San Francisco. It first appeared on the 16th of December, 1912, at Moore Park in Sydney, according to newspaper accounts, and may have been broken up and the related goods sold at auction in April of 1913. Featured acts included champion buckjump riders, Tex M'Cloud the American Lariat Expert; the De Coma Troupe of Aerial Artists; The Blanchetts ("bronco busters"); Dick Ford the famous clown from the Barnum and Bailey Circus; and Col. Wm. A. LaveII ("a scout and Indian fighter"). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bundanon and the Bundanon Trust, 1920 - 1999

Bundanon is a large home near Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, which was the home of the painter Arthur Boyd, and is listed on the Register of the National Estate. Bundanon was donated to the people of Australia in 1993 by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd, who believed "you can't own a landscape" and wanted to share the place that inspired them with everyone, along with the adjoining property which was owned by the Artist Sidney Nolan. The Australian Government established Bundanon Trust as a wholly owned Australian Government company limited by guarantee, with the Company holding the gift as a charitable trust. The Trust's Board of Directors reports directly to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, who in turn appoints the Chairperson and the Directors. Bundanon is now open to the public, and contains an educational centre, and constantly evolving studio space for artists and writers. There are currently four studios with attached residences and a writers cottage which are offered meritoriously to a select group of talented individuals from all over the world. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bushwackers, 1971

The Bushwackers are an Australian band, who perform folk and country music. The band was founded in 1971, at La Trobe University in Melbourne, VIC. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cadi McCarthy & Company

Cadi McCarthy & Company is a professional dance theatre company based in Canberra and Newcastle. The company has a mission to create professional dance theatre productions through narratives that incorporate dance, dialogue and humour which are based in real life situations that are relevant and accessible to the general public. Cadi McCarthy is a dancer, educator, choreographer and director who established the company in 2002. In 2014, Cadi founded Catapult dance in Newcastle, and developed the Flipside Project, a contemporary dance theatre program for young people aged 8 - 18, and emerging artists aged 18 - 26, from the Newcastle, the Central Coast and Greater Hunter regions of New South Wales. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. California Youth Symphony

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Californian Minstrels

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cambridge Buskers, 1977 - 2007

British musical-comedy duo, made up of Michael Copley and David Adam Gillespie, founded in 1970s. They released several pieces of discography between 1977 and 2007. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Camerata Bern

Known for being an orchestra without a conductor, the Swiss Camerata Bern was founded in 1963. The group toured the world, including performing at Concert hall (Sydney opera House), Sydney in October, 1987. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Camerata of St John's

Choir group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Canadian Brass

Brass quintet from Toronto, Ontario. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Canberra Gay & Lesbian Qwire

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Canned Heat, 1965 - 2022

Rock and blues band from America, founded in 1965 in Los Angeles by Alan Wilson and Bob Hite. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Canterbury Student Players, NZ

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Capella Corelli

Baroque chamber orchestra. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Capercaillie

Folk band from Scotland, founded by Doland Shaw and Karen Matheson in 1984. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carmen La Cuadra de Sevilla

Flamenco, Salsa group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cavalcade of Song

A song and dance recital by Ballet Petite, an amateur dance troupe. Includes a Russian style piece, a toyshop ballet, a jazz work and a dance choreographed to the theme of Christopher Robin, for the littlest dancers. The latter only performed at matines. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Celebrity Circuit

Harry Wren (1916-1973) was an entrepreneur producing variety entertainment in mid-twentieth century Australia. He first worked in cinemas and built up a chain of movie theatres in South Australia before venturing into live entertainment. By 1947 he claimed to be operating variety theatres in Adelaide, Hobart, Launceston, Geelong, Ballarat, Broken Hill and Brisbane, and presenting shows at the Empire and Palladium Theatres in Sydney and the Princess and King's Theatres in Melbourne. He operated various enterprises: Harry Wren Theatres Pty Ltd, Celebrity Theatres Pty Ltd, and Celebrity Circuit Pty Ltd. His operations were outside the auspices of J.C. Williamson Limited and the Tivoli Circuit, although he sometimes worked in association with them. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Celtic Crossroads, 2005

Music troupe featuring talent from Ireland, featuring singers, dancers and musicians. Their performances combine traditional Irish music with other genres, including jazz. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ceol Chiarrai

Irish production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ceoltoiri Maghlocha

Irish Band. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chamber Made Opera

The Chamber Made Opera are a Melbourne based production company founded in 1988, who specialise in performance, sound and music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chamber Strings of Melbourne

String group from Melbourne. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chanticleer

Chanticleer Productions is a presenting company from London, England, associated with a performance of Canterbury Tales in Phoenix Theatre, London on 21 March 1968. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cherniavsky trio, Leo, Jan and Mischel (chamber music trio)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Children's Hospital

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chorgemeinschaft Bohner

Long running (130 year) Berlin Choral group that has toured Australia a number of times. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chrome, 2007

Chrome is a singing trio from Australia. They performed in Melbourne, VIC 24 March 2007. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chunky Move

Chunky Move is an Australian contemporary dance company from Southbank, Victoria. It was founded in 1995 and debuted at the Melbourne International Arts Festival with artistic director Gideon Obarzanek. The company's diverse work has included stage, new-media and installation works, and it has toured internationally extensively. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cikagas Piecisu

Exiled Latvian satirical music ensemble from Chicago. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Circus Royale

Franz Gasser, a Swiss acrobatic trapeze artist, was brought to Australia by the Bullen Brothers Circus in the early 1960s. Gasser remained in Australia, and with his Australian wife Manuela established Circus Royale in 1971. Circus Royale prospered in the 1980's and toured to New Zealand and South East Asia. Franz Gasser was innovative, and introduced the first vinyl Big Top tent into Australia. The circus was taken over by Damian Syred in 2007. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cirque du Soleil

Includes Varekai kit from the 2006-2007 Australia & New Zealand tour. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. City of London Sinfonia

Musical organisation, known for their orchestra (which performs regularly), their health and social care work, and artistic programes. The orchestra was founded in 1971 by Richard Hickox, and was named the Richard Hickox Orchestra until 1979. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Clancy Brothers

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Clannad

Irish band founded 1970, who have performed in a number of genres, including folk, new-age, traditional Irish and smooth jazz. Their line-up (in 2021) is Ciarán Brennan, Moya Brennan, Noel Duggan and Pól Brennan. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Clarion Fracture Zone, 1988

Australian jazz ensemble, with present members Sandy Evans, Tony Gorman, Alister Spence, Lloyd Swanton and Toby Hall. They released 4 albums between 1990 and 1995, the first of which received an ARIA Award. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cold Chisel

Australian Pub rock band active 1973-present. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cole's new varieties

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Collegium Choristers

Choir group from USNW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Collegium Musicum Zurich

Music college in Zurich and performance group form from students. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Collegium Vocale Cologne

German Vocal Group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Come Out

Youth Arts festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Comedie Francaise

French comedy production toured in 1988 and 1992. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Como Camerata

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Compagnie Maguy Marin

Organisation of interpreters, who have a focus on transmission. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Compagnie Preljocaj

French Production company and Touring company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Concentus Musicus Vienan

Austrian Baroque music ensemble based in Vienna. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Consort of Musicke

Consort of Musicke in a music group from Britain, founded by Anthony Rooley in 1969. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Consortium Classicum, 1966 - 2022

German chamber orchestra, founded in 1960s by Dieter Klocker. Performed in the Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW on 30 July 1983. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Co-Opera

Co-Opera is a professional touring opera company which was set up in 1990 with a principal objective to perform operas with regional/remote Australian communities as its main target audience. The key principals involved in the formation of Co-Opera at this time were David Cox, Tessa Bremner and Brian Chatterton. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Corrick Family

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Country Arts SA

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Critical Path

Presenting company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crossfire

Performance group in Sydney. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crusaid-Dance for Life

British Charity that provided assistance during the AIDs epidemic to people suffering from HIV/AIDS. Was absorbed into Terrence Higgins Trust in 2011. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dance Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dance Company, 1950

The Dance Company (NSW) was originally founded in 1969 as the dance-in-education group Ballet in a Nutshell by by Suzanne Musitz (Davidson). The group later changed its name to Athletes and Dancers, and Dance Company (NSW) in 1976. In 1979 the company was renamed the Sydney Dance Company by its new artistic director Graeme Murphy, who had joined the Dance Company (NSW) in 1976. Sydney Dance Company is one of Australia's most successful and well-known contemporary dance companies. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dance Exchange

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dance North

Dance North is a contemporary dance company in Townsville, North Queensland which focuses on new Australian works. It originally began as the North Queensland Ballet Company in 1969, and in 1985 became fully professional and changed its name to Dance North. Since 2002 the company has toured both within Australia and internationally, including to London's Barbican Theatre in 2007. It is one of only a handful of regional dance companies in Australia, and primarily trains and performs in Townsville region but tours extensively. Link to catalogue record.

Related Materials

Related material is held in the PROMPT collection under the North Queensland Ballet Company at http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3530069.

Collection. Dance Works

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dancehouse

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. De Horde Speelt Wangedachte, 1980 - 1985

Dutch Production company or theatre group that toured Australia in early 1980s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. De La Guarda, 1998-06-09/2004-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

Argentinian theatre troupe who perform suspended from cables, above the audience. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Deep Blue, 2008 - 2022

Orchestra from Brisbane, made up of string and electronic instruments, as well as physical theatre, who remix various famous musicians. The group performed at State Theatre, Sydney, NSW 25 September 2008. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Def Leppard (musical group)

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. They have toured to Australia in 2008, 2011 and 2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Descendance

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander dance theatre company. They perform both contemporary and traditional dances, and have toured around the world. They currently have over 50 dancers, in addition to singers, didgeridoo players, traditional painters and storytellers. They were founded in 1993. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Deutsche Gastspieloper Berlin

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Die Brucke

Collective of expressionist artists from Germany, who have been acknowledged for their impact on modern art and expressionism. Formed 1905. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Die Kammermusiker Zurich

Swiss Ensemble. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dinawan Koori Productions

Dinawan Koori Productions was launched in Canberra in 1992 as Australia's first fully Aboriginal theatre company. The company's aim was to present locally written, directed and produced theatre. Its first production was Balaan Balaan Gwdha, written and directed by Richard Walley, and starring Ernie Dingo. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dire Straits

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Disney on Ice

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Distressed Actors Fund

Was Distressed Actors Fund from 1901-1930ish then became the Benevolent Actors Fund from 1930-present. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Doppio Teatro

Production and presentation company active, 1984-2000. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Doug Anthony Allstars, 1962

The Doug Anthony Allstars (or Doug Anthony All Stars, DAAS, D.A.A.S.) are an Australian musical comedy, alternative rock and vocal group who initially performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band is an acoustic trio, comprising Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on guitar and backing vocals. The 2014 DAAS Live reformation tour features Paul Livingston (aka Flacco) on guitar and vibes. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dracula's Cabaret Restaurants

Collection. Dramaturgical Services, 1992 - 1998

Dramaturgical Services Inc is a production company, associated with performances of various works of Shakespeare between 1992 and 1998. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dramsoc (UNSW)

UNSW Dramatic society. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Drum Drum, 2003 - 2005

Drum Drum is a world music group, associated with a number of performances between 2003 and 2005, including two self-titled events. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dudley Goldman Production

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. DV8

DV8 Physical Theatre was founded by Australian director, choreographer and dancer Lloyd Newson in 1986. The company specialises in dance and theatre, particularly in regards to development and experimentation. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eclectic Pelican

Production company specialising in 'hybrid physical theatre'. Founded 1992. (quotes from https://www.eclecticpelican.com/) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Edgley International Pty Ltd

Edgley International is a theatre and concert promotions company from Australia, first started in the 1930s by brothers Eric Edgley and Clem Dawe. It has also been known as Edgley & Dawe Attractions, Edgley Ventures, and Michael Edgley International. The company is noted for bringing to Australia many foreign acts not previously seen in the country, particularly dance companies from Russia. Link to catalogue record.

Related Materials

See records of Edgley International held in the Manuscript collection: MS Acc07.149 [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4236038] and PROMPT file for Eric Edgley and Clem Dawe [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3527703].

Collection. Edgley, Eric and Dawe, Clem (comedians/directors/theatrical entrepreneurs)

English vaudeville brothers Eric Edgley (1899-1967) and Clem Dawe (d.1955) were invited to Australia in 1920 by J&N Tait to appear in a production of Sinbad the Sailor at King's Theatre, Melbourne. They were originally born Eric and Clem White, and changed their names in their early years to stage names. The partnership later toured Australia for theatre manager J. C. Williamson, and played in shows including Robinson Crusoe, Love Lies and So This Is Love, and then toured Australasia, the United Kingdom and South Africa, doing shows under various arrangements, and moving from performers to promoters. In 1951 they moved to Perth, Western Australia to manage His Majesty's Theatre, taking a lease on the venue in 1954. Clem Dawe died the following year. In 1958 the company purchased His Majesty's Theatre and undertook extensive renovation work. From the early 1960s Eric Edgley arranged tours to Australasia from Russian performing troupes including the Bolshoi Ballet, the Georgian State Dance Company and the Moscow Variety Theatre. Edgley also promoted local talent including the West Australian Ballet. Eric died in 1967 and management of the company was taken over his then 23-year-old son Michael Edgley. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eifman Ballet

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Elision

Australian Ensemble later production company, active 1989-2008. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Encuentro Flamenco

Flamenco, Salsa group. Link to Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Engel Family

Family of performers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ensemble Liaisons

Ensemble Liaisons is comprised of three internationally acclaimed musicians, Timothy Young (piano), Svetlana Bogosavljevic (cello) and David Griffiths (clarinet). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. EnsembLinx (group)

Melbourne-based group EnsembLinx perfoms Chinese, Japanese and Western art songs, Peking opera, and Huangmei opera. The group features Chinese-Australian tenor James Yang, and aims to link the audience with music from many cultures, particularly Asian. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eric Dare Productions

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Esoteric Entertainment

Esoteric Entertainment presented "My Night with Reg" by Kevin Elyot in February 1998 as part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. The play featured Graham Harvey, Steven Tandy, Sean Hall, Peter Flett, Jonathan Mill and Anthony Phelan, and was directed by Tony Knight. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Estampas Portenas, 2003

Estampas Portenas is an Argentinian dance company specialising in tango dancing. The company was founded in 1996 by Carolina Soler, a dancer and choreographer. The company performed at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, NSW 7-9 August 2003. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eurythmeum Stuttgart, 1923

Training centre for art movement Eurythmy. The organisation was founded in 1923 by Marie Steiner, and was directed for several decades by Else Klink. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Everclear

American Rock Band, active 1991-present. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Everly Brothers, 1951 - 2005

Musical duo from Iowa, America, who perform country-influenced rock music. The duo consists of brothers Isaac Donald 'Don' Everly and Phillip 'Phil' Everly. Active 1951-1973, 1983-2005. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Finn Brothers (Musical group), 1952

The Finn Brothers are a New Zealand musical duo consisting of brothers Neil and Tim Finn. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Five Australians

The Carmos as described for their 1907 show: "Australian Herculean novelty jugglers, an absolutely new and novel show. Just arrived in England. The sensation of the world." Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Flaneur's Dog Comedians

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Flederman, 1978 - 1989

Australian music ensemble, founded by Simone De Hann and Carl Vine. The ensemble plays contemporary music, and won an ARIA award in 1989. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Flemington and Kensington Liedertafel

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Florilegium, 16 November 1999

Ensemble of 16 members, who performed at 'A Portrait of Bach and his Times' at the Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW on 16 November 1999. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Four Capitals Folk Song

Union supported folk song group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Four on the floor, 1995 - 2004

Australian presenting and production country, associated with several performances in Australia between 1995 and 2004. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Four Tops

Singing quartet from Michigan, USA, who have been acknowledged for their contribution to Detroit's Motown sounded in the 1960s. They were originally named Four Aims, when they were founded in 1953. Their lineup has been consistent since their founding: levi Stubbs, Abdul 'Duke'. Fakir, Renaldo 'Obie' Benson and Lawrence Payton. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Friends of Chopin Australia

Friends of the Australian International Chopin Competition changed its name to Friends of Chopin Australia in 2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fuller news

Theater and movie periodical, Ben and John Fuller; 1921- Aprox. 1935, mostly a mouthpeice for the theater - Fullers Theatres Sydney. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fun and Follies Revue (theatre company)

The Fun and Follies Revue was probably an amateur group which presented variety shows to fundraise, under the organisation of Molly Brown [as per article in the Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 1932]. The 1930 program in this collection is to benefit "Graythwaite", a convalescent home, which was sold in 2009 by the New South Wales State Government, against the wishes of the original donor, sold the building to the nearby GPS school Shore, for $A35.2 million. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gadflys

Canberra based acoustic / punk / pop band featured on Good News Week. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gaelforce Dance

Irish Dance Group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gaiety Theatre Company

Gaiety Theatre champions theatre that is inclusive of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GLBTQ) characters. The organisation feels that visibility through performance can be a powerful tool to counteract prejudice and to reinforce pride within the GLBTQ community. Stephen Colyer is the Artistic Director of Gaiety Theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Galapagos Duck

Jazz Group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gemischter Chor Germania

Mixed Choir Germania, Gemischter Chor Germania active between 1892-present. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Georgia Minstrels, 1986

The Georgia Minstrels, aka The Georgia Jubilee Minstrels, are a production company that toured WA in 1896. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gipsy Kings

Flamenco, Salsa group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Glengarry Glen Ross

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Glenn Miller Orchestra

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was a swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938 which became one of the most well-known bands of the swing era. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and tours extensively, including to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Glyndebourne Touring Opera

Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England since 1934. In 1968, Glyndebourne Festival Opera established a touring ensemble, Glyndebourne Touring Opera. The PROMPT collection features programs which feature Australian artists and performers appearing with the Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gordon Frost Organization

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Goteborgs Brassband, Sweden

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Graham Parker and the Rumour, 1976 - 2015

British band comprised of lead singer Graham Parker, and back-up band The Rumour. In their early collaborations (1976-1980) they were referred to as Graham Parker and the Rumour. The band was active between 1976-1982 and 2011-2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grainger Museum, 1882

The Grainger Museum is located at the University of Melbourne, and is the only purpose-built autobiographical museum in Australia. Its collection contains objects directly related to Percy Grainger's career, such as scores and manuscripts, and as well as diaries, ethnographic objects, furniture, decorative arts, photographs, artworks, clothing and correspondence associated with, and collected by Grainger. Grainger began planning the Museum after his mother's death in 1922, and it was officially opened in December 1938. The building was designed by the University's architect, John Gawler of the firm Gawler and Drummond, in close consultation with Grainger. The Museum's historical and architectural significance is recognised by the building's inclusion on the Register of the National Estate and the Victorian Heritage Register, and its classification by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grand Kabuki, 1600 - 2022

A Theatre group from Japan, who entertain audiences with a combination of music, dance, vocal performance and mime. The troupe originated in the 1600s, making it one of the oldest theatre troupes in Japan. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Green Mill Dance Project

Presentation dance company active in 1990s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grishman-Ryce Duo of USA

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Guitar Trek

Guitar quartet, established in 1987. Members are Tim Kain, Minh Le Hoang, Matt Withers and Callum Henshaw. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Guitars Unlimited

Jazz Guitar Duo, 1980, Swedish guitarists Ulf Wakenius and Peter Almqvist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Guns n' Roses

Rock music group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Harding, McDonald, Munro Horn Trio

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Harlem Blackbirds

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team from USA, whose performances combine theatre, comedy and athleticism. Founded 1926. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Harp Consort, 1997

Ensemble directed by Andrew Lawrence-King, who perform Baroque opera from 16th and 17th centuries. They performed at the Concert Hall (Sydney opera House), Sydney NSW 28 May 1987. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Heidelberg District Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Her Majesty's Dramatic Coy

Musical and drama troupe active 1890's. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

American band from the 1960s, active 1962-1969, led by trumpeter Herb Alpert. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hesperion XX

Swiss Production Company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Highwaymen, 1985 - 1995

American country music supergroup, composed of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hinge and Bracket

Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were the stage personae of the English musical performance and female impersonation artists George Logan and Patrick Fyffe, who toured to Australia under the title Hinge and Bracket. Active in theatre, radio and television between 1972 and Fyffe's death in 2002, this comedic partnership entertained the public in the guise of two elderly eccentric spinsters, living genteel lives in the village of Stackton Tressel and seemingly celebrating their former "careers" on the provincial operatic stage. The two ladies generally performed together, but on rare occasions did appear separately, although George Logan declined to continue the characterisation of Dr. Hinge after Fyffe died. Hinge and Bracket toured to Australia in 1976, 1980, 1988, and in 1989 with their show "The Importance of Being Earnest". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hogarth Puppets

Puppet theatre company from London, England, founded by Jan Bussell and Ann Hogarth in 1932. The company was highly successful in Brittan, as well as abroad, particularly due to their long-running television series. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hollywood Ice Fantasy, 1947

Ice Skating Ballet performance troupe organisation that toured in 1947. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Honky Trash

Band. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hoodoo Gurus, 1981 - 2022

Rock music band from Sydney, Australia. Current members are Dave Faulkner, Brad Shepherd, Nik Rieth and Richard Grossman. The band was formed in 1981, took a hiatus from 1998 to 2003. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hooley Dooleys, 1996

Australian children's performer's and musicians, formed 1996 and disbanded 2009. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Horderian Entertainment Unit

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Horderian Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hotel Pro Forma

Dutch production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Human Nature

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Humming Birds

Capella group 1990s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. I Musici, 1976 - 2012

Chamber orchestra from Italy, who have performed multiple times in Australia in Adelaide (18 October 1976) and Sydney (22 and 24 August 1985 and 12 February 2012). The group was founded in 1951 In Rome, and specialise in music from the Baroque era. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. I Solisti Veneti, 1979

Chamber orchestra from Italy, who performed in Adelaide Town Hall, SA on 5 March 1979. The orchestra was directed and founded by Claudio Scimone. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ian Drury and the Blockheads, 1977 - 2022

British rock band, founded in 1977. While typically referred to as 'The Blockheads', the band was originally named 'Ian Dury and the Blockheads', after lead singer Ian Dury who died in 2000. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ice Frolics

Ice Skating performance group produced by Bob White. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Idea of North

Production and quartet active from 2001-2010. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Igneous, 1997 - 2022

Brisbane-based production company, who specialise in multimedia movement-based performances. Associated with performances of The Body in Question around Australia from 1999-2000 and Mirage in 2006. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Il Gruppo Teatrale della Filef

FILEF - Federation of Italian Migrant Workers and Families, Il Gruppo Teatrale della Filef is the FILEF theatre group, active since 1972- present. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Imperial Ice Stars

Ice Skating performance group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Imperial Russian Ice Stars, 2004 - 2022

Ice skating group, formed by Tony Mercer, James Cundall and Vladislav Olenin. The company performed The Sleeping Beauty on Ice at Lyric Theatre, Pyrmont, NSW 18-30 May 2004. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Stage Attractions

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Inti-Illimani, 1967 - 2004

Latin American folk music group, founded in 1967 by a group of university students in Chile. They performed several times in Australia between 1988 and 2004. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. INXS

Australian rock band. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Iron maiden, 1975 - 2022

Heavy metal band from East London, England, formed in 1975. Current members are band founder Steve Harris (the band's founder, main singer and bassist), Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain and Janick Gers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. James Joyce's Women, 1980

Professional theatre performances during September of 1980 at the Everest Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW, starring actress Fionnula Flanagan. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jazz Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jethro Tull, 1967 - 2022

Rock band from Blackpool, England, founded in 1967. Current members include band leader Ian Anderson, in addition to David Goodier, John O'Hara, Scott Hammond and Joe Parrish. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kangaroo Moon, 1988 - 2022

Music group who perform music form a wide range of genres. Their members are Mark Robson, David Williams, Elliet Mackrell, Nick Marshall and Gem Quinn. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, 1958

Trad jazz band, founded by Kenny Ball in 1958. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kent Opera

Kent Opera was a British opera company in the period 1969-1989. Based in Ashford, England. The Company presented its productions in several centres mainly in the southern part of England. The PROMPT collection features programs which feature Australian artists and performers appearing with the Kent Opera. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Keyboards Alive

Keyboard perfomance group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kiama Methodist Church

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kiama Musical Union

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Killjoys + Flamingoes

Two bands. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kirov Opera

Russian production company, associated with two performances in Melbourne in 2001. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. KISS

American rock band. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kleines Wiener Theater, 1941 - 1988

Theatre group founded by Erna and Gerhard Felser and Else and Alfred Baring, and comprised of Jewish immigrants from Austria, who had fled from the Nazi regime. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kodo

Taiko performing arts ensemble. Based on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, KODO is known for elevating Japanese folk arts to a contemporary expression that captivates audiences around the world. KODO, which means "heartbeat" and also "children of the drum," has given over 3400 performances on all five continents since their inception in 1981. Through constant collaborations with musicians, dancers, singers and actors in many countries, KODO relentlessly explores the limits of the taiko, striving to both preserve and re-interpret traditional Japanese performing arts. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kooemba Jdarra, 1994 - 2007

Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts Company presents the stores of Indigenous Australians through contemporary theatre performances. Their first production, 'The Cherry Pickers' was performed 1-17 December 1994, at Metro Arts in Brisbane Queensland. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Krips-de Vries Grand Opera, 1912 - 1987

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kulcha Multicultural Arts of Western Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. La Mama

La Mama Theatre is an independent, experimental Australian theatre company. It was founded by Betty Burstall in 1967 in a rundown former lingerie and shirt factory in Carlton, Melbourne. Burstall had returned from New York with inspiration fired by the creative freedom she found in off-off-Broadway theatre such as Ellen Stewart's La MaMa on the city's lower east side. La Mama also manages the Carlton Courthouse theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. La Nuova Compania di Canto Populare, 1969 - 2022

La Nuova Compania di Canto Populare ('New Company of Folk Song') is a folk goup from Naples, Italy. They released several albums between 1971 and 2016. They performed in Adelaide, SA at the Festival Theatre 14-15 March 1982. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. La Romanesca, 1978 - 2022

Music group, founded in Melbourne in 1978. They perform historical music, from the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods. Members are Hartley Newnham (countertenor), Ruth Wilkinson (recorder, viols), Ros Bandt (recorders, psaltery) and John Griffiths (lute, vihuela, guitar). The group performed in the Siete Canciones de Amigo event at National Theatre, St Kilda, VIC 16 October 1981. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. LA4, 1975

LA4 (aka The LA Four) was a jazz quartet who toured Australia in 1975. At the time of this tour the band consisted of Ray Brown (bassist), Shelley Manne (drummer), Laurindo Almeida (guirarist) and Bud Shank (saxophonist). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Las Vegas on ice

Ice Skating performance toured in 1985, 1987-1988. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Leggatt's Little Australians

Youth performance group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Legs on the wall

Production company 1984-present. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Leigh Warren & Dancers

Leigh Warren & Dancers is a contemporary dance company based in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Formed in 1993 by Leigh Warren (formerly of the Australian Dance Theatre), the company has toured internationally and won many awards. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Leonine Consort

Sydney based vocal ensemble. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Les Arts Florissants

A French, Barouque musical ensemble, consisting of a chamber orchestra and vocal ensemble. Founded in 1979, performed in Australia in 2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Les Girls

Group associated with performances in Adelaide in 1968 and 1970, and performances in Potts Point, NSW in 1979 and 1980. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Leske, Kimber, Hess Trio

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Limestone Coast Symphony Orchestra

The Limestone Coast Symphony Orchestra is a 70 piece orchestra conducted by Angus Christie, and performs a broad repertoire from Baroque to contemporary works. Since its first concert in 2013, the Limestone Coast Symphony Orchestra has been based in Mount Gambier in South Australia, and is the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre's Orchestra-In-Residence. It was formed from a concept for an orchestra of local musicians, and is comprised of both classically trained musicians, including former professionals who have played at the highest levels of the industry, and talented amateurs. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Little Angels, the National Folk Ballet of Korea

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. London Festival Ballet

London Festival Ballet was founded in 1950. The name was inspired by the then imminent Festival of Britain, however the Company would later be renamed to today's English National Ballet in 1989. Please also refer to the separate PROMPT file for the English National Ballet. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. London Sinfonietta

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund (Sydney)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Los Indios Tabajaras, 1953 - 1992

Guitar duo, consisting of Brazilian brothers Antenor Lima and Natalicio Lima. They released dozens of pieces of music between 1953 and 1992, including 'Maria Elena', which spent several weeks in the Billboard Hot 100. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Los Muchachos

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Los Paraguayas, 1950 - 1959

Music group from Paraguay, founded in 1950s, who performs music from South America and Mexico. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Los Parras

Latin American folk trio. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. lston, Hocking & Woods Productions (promoters)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lynch Family Bellringers

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Made to Move (dance)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Manly Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Martin Best Consort

Music ensemble including English performer Martin Best. Best is a singer, guitarist, composer and lutenist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Matthews-Ralf Duo

Sonata duo in S.A. Active 1949-1952. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Max Merritt and the Meteors

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mc Adoo's Original Fisk Jubilee Singers, 1858 - 1900

The Fisk Jubilee Singers were an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. The first group was organized in 1871 to tour and raise funds for college. This troupe of African American performers first arrived in Australia in 1892, and returned in 1898 on tour. Orpheus Myron McAdoo (4 January 1858 - 17 July 1900) was an African-American singer and minstrel show impresario, and became an important figure in the rise of popular African American music in the second half of the 19th century. He toured extensively in Britain, South Africa and Australia, first with Frederick Loudin's Jubilee Singers and then with his own minstrel companies. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Liedertafel

Choir group from Victoria that eventually became the Royal Victorian Choir. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Maskworks

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Sinfonietta

Melbourne based classical music ensemble. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Merrymakers Minstrel and Variety Coy.

Handbill held for The Merrymakers Minstrel & Variety Coy. First appearance in Geelong of the most popular variety company now on tour. Mechanics' Institute, Wednesday March 14 [190?] 20 star artists who have been carefully selected from leading continental and vaudeville theatres. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Meryl Tankard Company, 1955

Meryl Tankard (born 1955, Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian dancer and choreographer who has a wide national and international reputation. This file contains material relating to Meryl Tankard Company, and later Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre (see separate PROMPT file under Tankard, Meryl for material on her solo work). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Metropolitan Liedertafel, 1889 - 1904

Musical entertainment group, including singers and dancers. Associated with two key performances. Io 27 November 1889, they performed at the Opening of the Centennial Hall of Sydney Town Hall, Sydney NSW. On 8 July 1904, they performed at Smoke Concert at St George's Hall, Perth WA. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil (also known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band. The group originally performed with the name Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie, before being joined by vocalist Peter Garrett and touring the east coast of Australia in 1975. In late 1976 Farm changed its name to Midnight Oil, by drawing the name out of a hat. The band manager Gary Morris was important to their success as he was able to negotiate favourable contracts with tour promoters and record companies. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Million Shilling Appeal

Appeal for a permanent orchestra in the late 1920's early 1930's. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Montague-Turner English Opera Company

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Moody Blues

English rock band founded in 1964, with successful songs including 'The Voice', 'Your Wildest Dreams' and 'Go Now'. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Moral Re-Armament Assembly

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mosman Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mousetrap Ltd., 1890 - 1976

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Movement Against War and Fascism, Dramatic Section

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)

MONA FOMA (an acronym for Museum of Old and New Art: Festival Of Music and Art, often further shortened to MOFO) is an annual festival based in Hobart, Tasmania, curated by Brian Ritchie (bass player from the rock band Violent Femmes). It is billed as Tasmania's largest contemporary music festival and features the work of artists in a broad range of art forms, including sound, noise, dance, theatre, visual art, performance & new media. A wintertime version, Dark MOFO, is held annually in June. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music & Heritage (Victoria)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music for the People

Hector Crawford CBE AO (14 August 1913 - 11 March 1991) was an Australian entrepreneur, conductor and media mogul, best known for his radio and television production firms. He and his Dorothy Crawford (23 March 1911 - 2 September 1988) founded Crawford Productions, and produced musical radio programs in Melbourne including Music for the People. These were free public concerts held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, often conducted by Hector, were attended by large crowds and broadcast live on radio. They were sponsored by the Victorian State Government and the Melbourne City Council, with Hector as director and conductor of the Melbourne Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra (later known as the Australian Symphony Orchestra). The concerts were broadcast on Radio 3DB and in 1959 on television, being one of HSV 7 television's early ventures into outside broadcasting. Music for the People events were also used as fundraisers for organisations supporting injured service personnel during the Second World War, and continued for 40 years. They were eventually incorporated into Melbourne's Moomba Festival with performances at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. [Information from the National Film & Sound Archive and Wikipedia.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music in the Round

Organisation for promoting chamber music, and supporting local artists through frequent concerts. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music Oz

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music Rostrum Australia

Rostrum is a series public speaking clubs founded in 1930. Music Rostrum is a sub-organisation. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Musica Antiqua Cologne, 1990

German classical music group. They performed in Australia on 7 March 1990, at the Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Musica Viva (ephemera)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Nanjing National Chinese Orchestra

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. National Chamber Opera of Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. National Service Girls

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New Directions - preview of the nineties

New Directions - a preview of the nineties was a music program presented during September 1988 in various venues around Sydney. New Directions was presented by the Australian Bicentennial Authority in conjunction with Musica Viva, under the artistic direction of James Murdoch. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New Lost City Ramblers, 1958 - 2019

NLCR was an old-time folk band, comprised of string players: Mike Seeger, John Cohen, Tom Paley and Tracy Schwarz. The band formed in 1958 in New York, USA. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New Music Network

Short lived music network / production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New Olympia Theatre Company

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New South Wales Department of Education and Training

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New South Wales Home for Incurables Appeal

Appeal fund that had fundraising and charity activities. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New Sydney Stompers

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. This PROMPT file contains programs featuring Australian artists working with the company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New York Kammermusiker

New York Baroque group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New York Philharmonic

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Nexus

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Noche Flamenca

Presentation company from Spain, toured in 2002. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Northern Ballet Theatre

Northern Ballet, formerly Northern Ballet Theatre, is a dance company based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The company has a strong repertoire in theatrical dance productions as well as classical ballet. It tours widely across the United Kingdom. The PROMPT collection for this company consists of programs featuring Australian dancers, choreographers etc. Contains programs featuring Australian dancers and artists. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Northern Suburbs Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ochre Contemporary Dance Company

In 2007 the West Australian Aboriginal Dance Company was founded by Louise Howden-Smith OAM, to bring Aboriginal and non-Indigenous dancers/choreographers and arts professionals together to create an Aboriginal contemporary dance company based in Western Australia. In 2011 the organisation was renamed the Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, and began to perform on a project basis with commissioned works premiering at various government and corporate openings and gala functions which increased momentum and visibility. In May 2012 the company was officially launched by the Minister for the Arts, the Hon. John Day at a gala function in the Hackett Hall of the WA Museum. The company's inaugural production Diaphanous: seeing through and beyond was staged in November that year at the State Theatre Centre of WA. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Omeo Dance

NSW based dance production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Opera Australia [1996 onwards]

In 1956, the Australian Opera Company was formed in Sydney under the auspices of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. By 1957, it changed its name to the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company, and in 1970, the company became known as The Australian Opera. In 1996 Opera Australia was formed by the merger of the Australian Opera and the Victoria State Opera (VSO) companies. Link to catalogue record.

Related Materials

Please refer to the separate PROMPT files access material relating to each iteration of the organisation under its different name: Australian Opera Company, 1956-57; Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company, 1957-70; the Australian Opera, 1970-96; Opera Australia, 1996 onwards

Collection. Opera Factory

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Opera Holland Park, 1996 - 2022

Theatre company and independent charity in London. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Opera Mode, 1984 - 1986

Production country, associated with events from 1984 to 1986. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Operatif! (Brisbane), 1994 - 2022

Song, opera and travel company from Queensland, known for a diverse repertoire and miniating vocal heritage. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard

Originally called the 'Ensemble Instrumental Jean-Marie Leclair', the 'Orchestra De Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard' is a chamber orchestra from France. The orchestra was founded by Jean-Francois Paillard in 1953. Their specialty is music from the Baroque period. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. OZACT (theatre company)

OZACT is a touring repertory theatre company dedicated to making the plays of William Shakespeare accessible and entertaining to contemporary Australian audiences. The company was founded in 1995 by actor/director, Bruce Widdop, and specialises in staging performances in outdoor settings, such as at the Grampians National Park, the Naracoorte Caves, Loch Ard Gorge, and various local botanic gardens across Victoria and South Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Percussions of Strasbourg

Strasbourg Percussion Group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Performance Space, 1983 - 2022

Organisation (located in Carriageworks, Sydney) that supports performers of experimental art. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Performing Lines, 1932

Performing Lines is an independent non-profit organisation which develops, produces and tours new Australian performing arts. The organisation was founded by Wendy Blacklock in 1982, as the Australian Content Department of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (AETT). In May 1990, the Department incorporated as Performing Lines, and has since worked with many of Australia's leading contemporary performing arts companies and artists, to foster innovation and creativity in live performance, nurture creativity, provide artists with access to broader audiences, and contribute to the enhancement of a distinctly Australian culture both in Australia and overseas. The organisation is based in Redfern in Sydney, and has offices in Perth and Hobart, partners and collaborators across Australia, and a comprehensive network of international contacts. [Information from organisational website, 2017] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. P-Harness (performance troupe)

Link to catalogue record.

Related Materials

For ephemera relating to Mikel Simic's later career, including material relating to Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen please refer to the seperate PROMPT file for Simic, Mikel.

Collection. Phillip Street Theatre

The Phillip Street Theatre (succeeded by the Phillip Theatre) was a popular and influential Sydney theatre and theatrical company of the 1950s and 1960s that became well known for its intimate satirical revue productions. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Phoenix Opera

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 1982

Production company from Milan, Italy. Associated with performances in Perth, WA, Canberra, ACT and Chippendale, NSW throughout 1982. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pink Floyd, 1965 - 2014

Famous English rock band, formed In 1965. The group differentiated themselves through extended compositions, experimentation, thoughtful lyrics and extravagant live performances. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pipeline Contemporary Music Project

Jazz / contemporary music production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pocket Playhouse

Norman McVicker founded the St Peters Community Players in 1947. The group became the Pocket Playhouse in the mid-1950s, based at the Rechabite Hall in Tempe. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pollard Australian Juvenile Opera Company

Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company was a professional children's troupe, first established in Launceston, Tasmania, in May 1880 by James Joseph Pollard. Over the next thirty years several members of the Pollard family operated troupes under the same or similar names, travelling through Australia and New Zealand and later the Orient and North America. Many of the performers adopted the surname Pollard as a stage name. [Information from Wikipedia, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pollard's Adult Opera Company

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Polyglot's Puppets

Puppetry touring group and theatre 1975-1999. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pounds, Lorna and Toots (variety)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Puppetry of the penis, 1998

Created by Simon Morley and David Friend, first performed in 1998. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Purcell Consort of Voices

U.K. based Choir group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Quadro Hotteterre

Dutch Baroque ensemble. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Quatour Mosaiques, 1987 - 2022

Austrian string quartet, who play music from the 18th century. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Queensland Art Gallery

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Queensland Conservatorium of Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Queensland Folk Federation, 1998 - 2007

Presenting and production company. Associated with performances from 1998 to 2007. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Queensland Percussion Virtuosi

Queensland percussion group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Quietly confident

Production company, briefly existed in 1983. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Quilapayun

Chilian folk music group toured in 1970s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rantos Collegium

Production company in Victoria. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Red Cross

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Red Hot Arts

Red Hot Arts is an Alice Springs based arts organisation which fosters arts innovation, development, collaboration, cultural programs and entrepreneurship. Its annual signature event is the Desert Festival, and the organisation manages a central creative hub, housing several other arts and culture organisations as well as rehearsal and workshop spaces for creative businesses and individuals. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Red Priest

British musical group, who perform music from the Baroque period. Founded 1977. Current members are Piers Adams, Adam Summerhayes, Angela East and David Wright. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rivcol Drama

Production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Riverdance

Riverdance is a theatrical show consisting mainly of traditional Irish music and dance. Originally featured Irish dancing champions Jean Butler and Michael Flatley, and with a score composed by Bill Whelan, it originated as an interval performance act during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Shortly afterwards, husband and wife production team John McColgan and Moya Doherty expanded it into a stage show, which opened in Dublin on 9 February 1995. Since then, the show has toured worldwide and become one of the most successful dance productions in the world. Riverdance continues to be performed all over the world, including in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rockdale Musical Society

Rockdale Musical Society is one of Australia's oldest Musical Societies, having been established in 1939 after a meeting by local residents of Rockdale hosted at the Rockdale Town Hall, and has grown to become one of the most respected names in local amateur theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Related Materials

Further related programs and ephemera are located in the PROMPT collection under the Rockdale Opera Company.

Collection. Rolling Stones

English rock band comprising of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Roseville Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Lipizzaner Stallions

Breed of show horses from Austria, these most likely are Herman's Royal Lipizzaner Stallions, a performing troupe of horses from Florida. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Marionettes

Puppet performance. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Melbourne Liedertafel

May have also been known as the Royal Victorian Lidertafel and then the Royal Victorian Choir. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Shakespeare Company

Features programs of Royal Shakespeare Company productions which feature Australians. Arranged in chronological order. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Victorian Liedertafel

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Safri Duo

Danish Percussionists. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saint Olaf Choir, Minnesota, USA

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saint Vincent's Hospital Appeal

Also known as St Vincents Appeal, often advertised at events and performances. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. San Quentin Drama Workshop, 1958 - 1965

Theatre troupe in San Quentin prison in California, USA. Associated with performances in Australia named 'Beckett Directs Beckett', which included the works Endgame, Krapp's Last Tapr and Waiting for Godot. These performances took place in Adelaide 13 march 1984, Canberra 21 March 1984 and North Fitzroy April 1984. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sankofa Dance Champions of Africa

Group of African dancers and drummers who perform music and dance from the Abidjam area of the Ivory Coast. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Savage Garden

Australian Pop duo, active 1993-2001. Link to catalogue record.

Related Materials

For more information see Savage Garden Musical Group via Trove [https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1017287?c=people].

Collection. Scarlet Troubadours

Troubadour group that toured Australia 1908, 1912. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Scotch College, Melbourne

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Scottish Opera

Includes programs featuring Australian performers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sex Pistols, 1975 - 2008

Punk rock band from England, founded in 1975 in London, England. They were dubbed as 'ground-breaking' and helped raise the popularity of punk music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shen Yun (performing arts)

Shen Yun Performing Arts, a non-profit organization based in New York, is proudly the world's premier classical Chinese dance and music company. The company's members are mostly ethnic Chinese who grew up in the West. And Shen Yun's mission is to revive the spirit of traditional Chinese culture. Material in this file reflects their Australian tours. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sherbet

Australian rock band. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Siberian Cossacks

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Silverchair

Australian rock band. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sing Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sky, 1978 - 1995

English/Australian musical group who combined instrumental rock, classical and jazz music, among other genres. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Skyhooks, 1973 - 1994

Skyhooks were a rock band from Melbourne Australia, founded by Greg Macainish in 1973. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sloggetts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Smart & Tracy (musical and vocal duo)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Societa Corelli

Italian Production group "the Coreli Society". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Songmaker's Almanac

Music Viva related group active in 1980's. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sound and Image 1970, 1970

Sound and Image Productions is a presenting company from South Australia. They presented 'The Oldest Continent' in Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT 29 June-1 July 1970 and at the Adelaide Festival of Arts 6-28 March 1970. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Southern Crossings

Production company, 1980-1995. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spaghetti Western Orchestra

Spaghetti Western Orchestra has its origins in Australia and was formerly the Ennio Morricone Experience. SWO are a quintet of musicians (Graeme Leak, Patrick Cronin, Boris Conley, Jess Ciampa, Shannon Birchall and director/designer Denis Blais) who perform music from spaghetti westerns. Armed with over 100 instruments, these brilliant musicians perform a fistful of Ennio Morricone classics from the movies that made Clint Eastwood a star. The stunning soundtracks include The good, the bad and the ugly, For a few dollars more and Once upon a time in the West. This ingenious gang of comic maestros underscore these iconic compositions with hilarious sound effects... blowing on bottles, crushing cornflakes, 'playing' coathangers, apples, squeaky toys, rubbergloves, bicycle pumps, nailclippers and many more - recreating every punch up, gunshot, and jangling spur that define the gun slinging west. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spanish Dancing Horses

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Splash Theatre Company

Splash Theatre Company began as an independent, professional touring company in 1997 in South Australia. The company presents around 300 performances each year to young audiences in schools around Australia, as well as performing at arts centres, festivals, halls, pubs, museums, libraries and parks. Splash Theatre originally evolved from a production of The Wind in the Willows presented at the Adelaide Botanic Garden in 1997. Several members of that production team (Heidi Weatherald, Eugene Suleau, Martin Christmas and Chris John) formed the core of the company, with the intention of perpetuating the age-old tradition of travelling players & storytellers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Split Enz

New Zealand rock group active 1972-1984, with reunion tours. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Steeleye Span

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stopera

Production company, ACT 1995-2007. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Strange Fruit

Production company, Victoria. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Street Arts

Community theatre project founded in 1982. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Strut Dance, 2002 - 2022

Strut Dance Inc is an organisation that offers workshops, classes, performances, and residencies in dance. They are located in Western Australia, and, according to AusStage, presented performances around WA from 2002-2013. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Studio of the Creative Dance

Studio active 1940s-c.1952. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Studio Sydney

Presentation and production company active from 1981-1984. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Summer Jazz Clinic

Australian Jazz Foundations performance group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Conservatorium of Music

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music or 'The Con') is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia. Located adjacent to the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens, the Conservatorium incorporates a faculty of the University of Sydney, the community-based Conservatorium Open Academy and the Conservatorium High School. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Front

Sydney production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Liedertafel, 1880 - 1889

Singing group from Sydney, who performed in throughout the late 1800s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Opera House, 1959

The Sydney Opera House is an organisation and venue which typically hosts more than 2000 shows each year, and is one of the most recognisable buildings in the country. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Sinfonietta

Chamber Orchestra. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney University Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Synergy

Presentation and production company based in Sydney active 1991-2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Syntagma Musicum

Amsterdam based period musical group active 1963-1976[?], Director Kees Otten, toured Australia 1971. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. TaikOz

TaikOz is Australia's premier taiko ensemble, having established a unique performance style that reflects the group's passionate dedication to the traditions of Japanese taiko drumming and the creation of new music for today's audiences. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tallis Scholars, 1985 - 1992

English vocal ensemble, founded by Peter Phillips. They performed in Australia first on 27 September 1985 in Sydney, then on 19 June 1992, as part of the Musica Viva event. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tango Fire, 2005 - 2022

The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires (Tango Fire) is a dance troupe choreographed by international tango icon German Cornejo. The company has toured the world extensively since its premiere in Singapore in 2005, including several performances in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tango pasion, 1998

Tango dance company from Argentina, founded in 1992. The group performed at Comedy theatre, Melbourne, Victoria 15-25 October 1998. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tap Dogs

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasdance

Founded in 1981, Tasdance was Australia's first official dance-in-education company, and was commissioned to create access to the arts and conduct workshops and performances in schools, operating with a small ensemble of dancers and teachers. It was originally known as the Tasmanian Dance Company and changed its name to Tasdance in 1987 while under the leadership of founding Artistic Director Jenny Kinder, who served in that position from 1981 to 1994. Jenny Kinder was followed by Karen Pearlman and Richard James Allen 1995-1996, then Annie Greig from 1997 to 2015, and Felicity Bott from 2015 to the present. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasmaniacs, 1940 - 1950

A.I.F. Enteriantment group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tatry Polish Folklore Ensemble of Adelaide, SA

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Teatro Vivo

UK based theatre company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ten Tenors

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Texas Jack and his Wild West Dramatic Co.

Four page program for January 12, 1900 containing "Part I: Feats of sharp shooting, lassoing and horsemanship by the King of Cowboys, Texas Jack; Part II: For the first time in Australia the original and thrilling drama, 'Hands Up.' Or the true career of Ned Kelly and his comrades. Written by E.J. Cole, the Bohemian Lecturer." (Ned Kelly played by Mr J.B. North). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. That's dancing

Adelaide dance studio, currently directed by Renee Post. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Balcombes

Johnnie Stout and Willie Green, comic duo during the 1950's. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Cat Empire, 1999 - 2022

Rock music group from Melbourne, Australia. Members are Felix Riebel, Harry James Angus, Will-Hull-Brown, Jamshid Khadiwhala and Ollie McGill. Original band member Ryan Monro left the band in 2021. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge University, England

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Cure

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Dandies, 1864 - 1931

The Dandies were a costume comedy troupe, conceived by Edward Branscombe, who first performed in Melbourne in 1909. They specialised in singing, musical acts, burlesque and comedy, and members of the troupe would dress in a variety of period costumes. By 1911 Branscombe had established several troupes that toured initially under the generic title The Dandies. Each troupe was distinguished by a colour: Orange Dandies, Green Dandies, Pink Dandies, Red Dandies, Violet Dandies, and Scarlet Dandies. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Famous Spiegeltent, 1920

The Famous Spiegeltent is a musical venue and organisation that specialises in cabaret performances. It is located in Broadway, Upper Lachlan, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Fureys and Davey Arthur

Collaborations between Davey Arthue and Irish folk band, The Fureys, originally consisting of four brothers from Dublin, founded by 1974. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Globos

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Grigoryan Brothers

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Inkspots

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Jungfrau Kapelle

Swiss group, toured Australia 1888. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Kelroys

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Kinks

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Larrikins, 1971

The Larrikins were a band who performed tradition Australian music, descried as a 'pioneer bush band'. They were formed in 1971 and have had dozens of members throughout the years. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Madrigirls

Female ensemble made up of: Julie Haesler, Vanessa Downing, Kate Reid, Julie McGregor, Suzanne Dudley and Tara Morris. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Manhattan Transfer

Jazz vocal group, who have explored several musical genres including a capella, pop, rhythm and blues, swing and more. Founded 1969. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Monkees

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Myrons (perch and foot-balancing (trapeze) and juggling act)

Group of equilibrists, perch and foot-balancing (trapeze) and juggling act. The group gave several performances between 1939 and 1955. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The New Seekers, 1969 - 1976

British pop group, composed of several different line-ups over the years. The group was formed following the disbanding of musical group The Seekers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Note Factory

Presentation / Production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Piddingtons (mentalist variety act), 1918 - 1991

Sydney Piddington (1918 - 29 January 1991) and Lesley Piddington (born 1925) were an Australian husband and wife mentalism team who performed as "The Piddington's", as one of the most famous stage and radio telepathy acts of modern times. Sydney Piddington spent time in Changi Prisoner of War camp during World War 2 and worked with fellow prisoner of war Russell Braddon to develop a mentalism act as entertainment for the troops to maintain morale, discovering many unique and innovative techniques to give the appearance of mind-reading. Following the war, Sydney married Lesley Pope, and together they designed a stage act, and found success on Australian stages and then in London. In time they were signed to present a series of live radio broadcasts for the BBC. [information from Wikipedia] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Platters, 1980

American singing group who experienced substantial success in early rock and roll era. Founded 1952. The group had 4 number-one singles on the Billboard Top 100 chart. At their most successful, their lineup included Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed and Zola Taylor. They performed in Australia 7 March 1980, at the Townsville Civic Theatre in QLD. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Presets (music group)

The Presets are an electronic music duo consisting of Australian musicians Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards). The Presets formed in 2003, and were the first electronic act to win "Album of The Year" at the ARIA Music Awards. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Pretenders

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Rat Pack

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Seekers

The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop quartet which originally formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were popular during the 1960s with: Judith Durham on vocals, piano and tambourine; Athol Guy on double bass and vocals; Keith Potger on twelve-string guitar, banjo and vocals; and Bruce Woodley on guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals. They were the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Shadows

UK Band, Active 1958-2020. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Three Tenors, 1990 - 2003

Trio of opera singers, who performed from the 1990s to early 2000s. The group was made up of Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras from Spain, and Luciano Pavarotti from Italy. Their first performance was in Rome, Italy on 7 July 1990, and their last was in Ohio, USA on 28 September 2003. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Three Van Strattons

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Triffids

Alternative rock and pop band from Perth Australia. Band members varied, though David McComb, the band's founder, performed vocals and guitar for all of the band's active years 1978-1989. The band was inducted in the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2008, and the West Australian Music Industry Awards HAll of Fame in 2016. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Who

English rock band. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Theatron

Production company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thompson Twins (musical group)

Thompson Twins were a British pop band that formed in April 1977. Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity from 1983, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the globe. They toured to Australia in 1986. In 1993, they changed their name to Babble, to reflect their change in music from new wave to dub-influenced chill-out. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Three Brittons

AKA The Three Brittons, a juggling and trick cycling act. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tide

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tivoli Theatres (vaudeville circuit)

Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Toast

Newcastle based band. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tokyo Solisten

Baroque ensemble. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Torvill and Dean (ice skaters), 1957

Torvill and Dean (Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean) are British ice dancers and former British, European, Olympic and World champions. They have toured and performed in Australia numerous times. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Traffle (musical duo)

Traffle is a musical duo make up of Australian Kathy Wilson and British-born Terry McMahon who emigrated to Australia in 1971. A Perth entrepreneur put them together and the duo has played not only in Britain but also in Australia, Germany and Bermuda. The duo returned each year to Cromer in East Anglia for the annual Seaside Specials. These programmes are surely the last examples of variety shows in Britain - this sort of show was known in Britain as and "End of the Pier Show" and was a feature of many English seaside resorts each summer. [Information from Karl Levett, 2016.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Traya

Indian Musical group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Treteau de Paris, 1967 - 1971

Le Trateau de Paris is a production company from France, associated with performances of La Femmes Savantes/Antigone, La Tartuffe/En Attendent Gadot and La Barbier of Serveille/La Lecon/L'Appollon de Bellac in Australia from 1967-1971. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tsunoda, Miki and Almonte, Caroline (chamber music duo)

Link to catalogue record.

Related Materials

For information about other performances by Caroline Almonte, see also the 'Symphony Australia collection of concert touring schedules and artist itineraries 1934 to 1997' in the Library's catalogue [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn5448271].

Collection. Tubular Bells for Two

Tubular Bells for Two is a musical and theatrical act developed by Australian multi-instrumentalists Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts. They have arranged the entire score of Mike Oldfield's 1973 hit album Tubular Bells to be performed by just two musicians, and toured the show to great success across Australia and the United Kingdom. They have won numerous awards including at the 2015 Adelaide Fringe Festival, the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the 2010 Sydney Fringe Festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tudor Choristers

Choir group active from 1970. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tweenies, 1999 - 2002

British children's television series, which was broadcast from 6 September 1999 to 25 July 2002. Tweenies Live occurred twice in Australia, first on 26-27 April 2002 in South Australia, then 8-12 May 2002 in Sydney. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Twyla Tharp Dance, 1988 - 1998

Dance company formed by American dancer and choreographer Twyla Thwarp in 1966. In their extensive world tours, the group performed three times in Australia in 1988 (Melbourne 2-13 February, Sydney 16-27 February and Perth 1-5 March), and twice in 1998. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. U2

Irish rock band. Members include Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Uncanny X-Men, 1980 - 2017

Rock pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Popular songs include '50 Years', 'I am' and 'Everybody Wants to Work'. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Undergrowth Australian Arts UK, 2005 - 2006

Arts promotion program by the Australian Government, presenting Australian art (including film, dance visual art, music and theatre) across the United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. University of New England Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Unlimited Opera

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victorian Opera

Victorian Opera is an opera company based in Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 2005 by the Victorian Government as a replacement for the Victoria State Opera. It commenced operations in January 2006 and is supported through government funding, patron contributions and corporate sponsorship. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victorian Time Machine

Concert group founded by Richard David Hames, briefly active 1979-1980. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vienna Singverein

The concert choir of the Vienna Musikverein. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Virgil the Magician

Oregon performer whom was awarded the Sphinx award and toured Australia a number of times. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Virtuosi of Prague, 1999

Virtuosi di Praga is a chamber orchestra , founded in Prague, Crech Republic 1999, lead by Oldrich Vleck. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vis-a-Vis Dance, 1993 - 1995

Dance production company in Canberra, ACT. They are associated with several performances between 1993 and 1995. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Voiceworks Adelaide

Voiceworks was a presentation company that existed in the late 1990's. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vyne & Valantyne, 1927

Valantyne Napier and Ted Weeks performed together as Vine & Valantyne in vaudeville, revue and pantomime during their successful international career. Valantyne Napier was the daughter of the famous English contortionist Hector Napier and his Australian wife, dancer Dorothy Yvonne Cartledge. She worked to entertain troops during World War 2 as part of a female troupe called the Gaiety Girls, and was known for her highly flexible joints and poise as a dancer. Her signature act was 'the Human Spider'. Sometimes names spelt as Vine and Valentine. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. WA Folk Federation

Presenting company from Western Australia. They are involved in a number of areas, including dance groups, acoustic music and spoken word events. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wakomie Bros.

"Boris & Lemm". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Warren, Devine & Sparks (comedians)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wham! (musical group)

Wham! were an English musical duo formed by members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in 1981. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band. They toured to Australia in 1985. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. White Oak Dance Project

U.S. Production Company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Whitehall Academy of Dramatic Art, 1901 - 1983

The Whitehall Academy of Dramatic Art was established in 1944 by Kathleen Robinson. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Whitehall Productions, 1901 - 1983

Whitehall Productions was formed in 1940 at the Minerva Theatre, Kings Cross by Kathleen Robinson. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Willoughby & Ward, 1904 - 1906

Willoughby & Ward is a comedy presenting and production company from London. The organisation is associated with several performances in Australia, between 1904 and 1906. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wolfe Tones

Irish band who combine traditional Irish music and 'rebel' music. Founded 1963. Their name was inspired by one of the leaders of the Irish rebellion of 1798: Theobald Wolde Tone. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Women on a Shoestring, 1981 - 2005

Presenting and production company from Canberra, ACT. Associated with dozens of performances around Australia between 1981 and 2005. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Yaffa and Richard

Comedy Duo, Richard More and Yaffa More. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Yes

English formed progressive rock group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Yothu Yindi

Australian rock group contain both indigenous and non-idigenous members. Known for songs including 'Treaty'. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Young Savoyards

The Young Savoyards was a Gilbert & Sullivan operatic society for young people based in Ealing in West London, UK. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Youth Music Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Zola Taylor Platters

Zola Taylor was a member of the vocal group The Platters. The Platters were an American singing group who experienced substantial success in early rock and roll era. The group had 4 number-one singles on the Billboard Top 100 chart. At their most successful, their lineup included Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed and Zola Taylor. They performed in Australia 7 March 1980, at the Townsville Civic Theatre in QLD. Link to catalogue record.

Class. Individuals

Collection. Abbott, Frederic (actor)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Abe, Miwako (violinist)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Abicair, Shirley (singer, entertainer)

Shirley Abicair (born in Melbourne in 26 October 1930) is an Australian-born singer, musician, TV personality, actor, and author. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Abood, Paula (writer/choreographer)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Abravanel, Maurice de (conductor)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Abreu, Sergio and Eduardo (guitarists)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Achison, Geoff (guitarist)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ackland, Essie (singer), 1896 - 1975

Essie Ackland (27 March 1896 - 14 February 1975) was an Australian contralto who performed ballads, songs and in oratorio and concerts. At one time her recordings were more in demand than those of any other female singer in the world. She also recorded Gilbert and Sullivan with Sir Malcolm Sargent. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adams, Arthur H. (playwright)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adams, Bryan (singer), 1959

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adams, Helen (singer)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adamson, Samuel (playwright)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Addie, Brenda (actor)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adkins, Cecily (singer)

Cecily Adkins was an Australian operatic soprano. She taught at Sydney Conservatorium from 1922 to 1952. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adler, Larry (harmonica player)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adrian, Max (actor)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alagna, Roberto (tenor)

Roberto Alagna (born 7 June 1963) is a French tenor and opera singer who has performed with La Scala, the Royal Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera, as well as being a prolific recording artist. His debut Australian Tour in 2016 included Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Albani, Madame (singer), 1847 - 1930

Dame Emma Albani, DBE (1 November 1847 - 3 April 1930) was a leading operatic soprano of the 19th century and early 20th century, and the first Canadian singer to become an international star. She toured Australia in 1898. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alda, Frances (singer), 1879 - 1952

Frances Davis Alda (31 May 1879 - 18 September 1952) was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique and colourful personality, as well as her frequent onstage partnerships at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, with Enrico Caruso. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alden, John (actor)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Aldous, Lucette (dancer), 1938

Lucette Aldous (born 26 September 1938) is an Australian ballerina and ballet teacher. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, she undertook her early training in Australia, and later at the Royal Ballet School. She danced at Ballet Rambert and The Royal Ballet before returning to Australia in 1970, and taking up position as Resident Principal Dancer with the Australian Ballet until 1976. She currently teaches in Perth, Australia at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and the Perth School of Ballet in Osborne Park. She is married fellow artist Alan Alder, and her daughter Floeur Alder is also a dancer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alexander, Kane (singer)

Kane Alexander is an Australian jazz singer and classical singer, who has also on occasion been a television actor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alexandra, Jasmine (cellist)

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Collection. Alexeev, Dimitri (pianist)

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Collection. Algeranoff (dancer)

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Collection. Alias Compagnie

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Collection. Alison, Dorothy (actor)

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Collection. Allan, Maud (dancer)

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Collection. Allen, Dave (comedian)

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Collection. Allen, David (playwright)

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Collection. Allen, David (singer)

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Collection. Allen, Elphine (dancer)

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Collection. Allen, Marilyn (playwright)

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Collection. Allen, Peter (singer), 1944 - 1992

Peter Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough;10 February 1944 - 18 June 1992) was an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer, known for his flamboyant stage persona and lavish costumes. He began his performing career with Chris Bell as one of the Allen Brothers, who were a popular cabaret and television act in the early 1960s. He began performing as "Peter Allen" around the same time. In 1998, a musical about his life, The Boy from Oz debuted in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Allen, Thomas (singer)

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Collection. Allenby, Frank (actor)

Frank Allenby (also spelled Allanby) was a film and stage actor. He was probably born in Hobart, Tasmania, on the 28 December 1898, and died May 29, 1953 (age 54) in London, England. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Allgood, Sara (actor)

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Collection. Allman, Robert

Robert Edward Joseph Allman AM OBE (8 June 1927 - 4 December 2013) was an Australian operatic bass-baritone. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Allpress, G Rivers (violinist)

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Collection. Almeida, Laurindo (guitarist)

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Collection. Altenburger, Christian (violinist)

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Collection. Althouse, Paul (singer), 1889 - 1954

Paul Shearer Althouse (December 2, 1889 - February 6, 1954) was an American opera singer, who sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 30 years and toured to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alva, Luigi (singer)

Luis Ernesto Alva y Talledo, better known as Luigi Alva (born 10 April 1927) is a Peruvian operatic tenor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Amadio, Neville (flautist)

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Collection. Ameling, Elly (singer)

Elisabeth Sara "Elly" Ameling (born 8 February 1933) is a Dutch soprano, now retired, who was particularly known internationally for lieder recitals and for singing works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Anandavalli (dancer/choreographer)

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Collection. Anders-Miller, Jane (dancer)

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Collection. Anderson, Clive (actor)

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Collection. Anderson, Judith (Dame), Australian born actress, 1898 - 1992

Dame Judith Anderson, AC, DBE (10 February 1897 - 3 January 1992) was an Australian-born American-based actress of stage, film and television. She won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award and was also nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award. She was born Francee or Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson in Adelaide. Her career began in Sydney in 1915, and in 1922 she made her Broadway debut. Her first major success was in 1924 in New York, and by 1927 she had become a well established star. She returned to Australia five times, fleetingly during World World II, passing through Sydney, Melbourne to entertain Allied troops on the islands. In 1943 she gave a special performance of "Macbeth" for the Australian troops in New Guinea. Her long career was centred on the American stage,but also included film and television. She also appeared with Old Vic. Company in London. She was a great tragic actress especially in the major roles from the Greek plays, Shakespeare, Chekhov and O'Neil. She won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Medal in 1948, and was made a Dame in 1960. On 10 June 1991 she was named a Companion in the Order of Australia (AC), "in recognition of service to the performing arts". The former Lion Theater, an off-Broadway theatre on West 42d Street in New York, was renamed the Judith Anderson Theater in her honour. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Anderson, Laurie (singer), 1947

Laura Phillips Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Anderson, Marian (singer), 1897 - 1993

Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993) was an American singer of classical music and spirituals. Deemed one of the finest contraltos of her time, Marian Anderson became the first African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955. Anderson toured Australia in 1962. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Anderson, Ron (whipcracker)

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Collection. Anderson, Roslyn (choreographer)

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Collection. Anderson, Tammy (playwright, director)

Tammy Anderson, a Palawa woman from Tasmania, is an award winning actor and playwright. She has been recipient of The Uncle Jack Charles Award and The Uncle Bob Maza Award, and her theatre credits in performance, writing, and directing include: Walking Into The Bigness (Malthouse Theatre), The Call (Malthouse Theatre), The Sapphires (Melbourne Theatre Company), Stolen (Malthouse Theatre, National and International touring), Itchy Clacker (Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Dreaming Festival), Natives Getting Funny (Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Melbourne International Comedy Festival). Her film credits include Boxing Day (Kriv Stenders Director) The Sapphires (Wayne Blair Director). [Information from the Bundanon website, June 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Anderson, Wil (comedian)

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Collection. Anderson, William (entrepreneur), 1868 - 1940

William Anderson (14 January 1868 - 16 August 1940) was a notable Australian theatre entrepreneur, best known as the proprietor of the Melbourne Theatre Royal and the Sydney Lyceum. For further biographical details see the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Andre, Annette (actor)

Annette Andre (born 24 June 1939 in Sydney, Australia) is an actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Andre, Peter (singer), 1973

Peter Andre (born Peter James Andrea, 27 February 1973) is an English-born Cypriot-Australian singer, songwriter, businessman, and television personality. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Andreadis, Halyna (Alicia) (singer), 1928 - 2002

Alicia Andreadis (17 September 1928 - 28 December 2002) was a Ukranian mezzo-soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Andrejic, Chelsea (dancer)

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Collection. Angel, Marie

Marie Angel (b. Pinnaroo, South Australia, Australia, 3 June 1953) is an Australian-born opera singer. She trained at the Adelaide Conservatorium of Music, was a founding member of Opera Factory and has performed extensively internationally. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Angeles, Victoria De Los (singer), 1923

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Collection. Anievas, Agustin (pianist)

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Collection. Annear, Gwenyth (singer)

Gwenyth Annear is an Australian soprano vocalist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Anson, G. W. (actor)

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Collection. Anthony, Adele (violinist)

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Collection. Anthony, Julie (singer), 1949

Julie Moncrieff Anthony, AM, OBE (born 24 August 1949) is an Australian soprano and entertainer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Anthony, Ray (trumpeter)

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Collection. Antill, John (composer), 1904 - 1986

John Henry Antill, CMG, OBE (8 April 1904 - 29 December 1986) was an Australian composer best known for his ballet Corroboree. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arantz, Jean (singer), 1916

Jean Sheehy (née Arantz) OAM (24 December 1916 - 1 June 2017) was a contralto musician and radio performer. She studied, performed and taught at the NSW State Conservatorium. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arbore, Renzo (singer), 1937

Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore (born 24 June 1937) is an Italian TV host, showman, singer, musician, film actor, and film director. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Archdale, Alexander (actor)

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Collection. Archer, Robyn (singer/director), 1948

Robyn Archer, AO, CdOAL (born 1948) is an Australian singer, writer, stage and director, artistic director, and public advocate of the arts, in Australia and internationally. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arena, Angelina (soprano)

Angelina Arena was born in 1926 in Australia, and was a winner of the Australian 'Sun Aria' contest in Sydney in 1951. She then studied for two years at the Verdi conservatory in Milan, taking classes with legendary Mafalda Favero. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arena, Felice (actor/singer)

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Collection. Arena, Tina (singer), 1967

Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena AM (born 1 November 1967) is an Italian-Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress, and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest selling female artists. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arlen, Albert (actor, playwright, composer), 1905 - 1993

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Collection. Armatrading, Joan, 1950-

Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE ( born 9 December 1950) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Armfield, Neil (theatre director), 1955

Neil Geoffrey Armfield AO (born 22 April 1955) is an Australian director of theatre, film and opera. He became Co-Artistic Director of the Nimrod Theatre Company in 1979, and later joined South Australia's Lighthouse Theatre - before returning to Sydney in 1985, where he was involved in the purchase of Belvoir St Theatre. He was involved in the formation of Company B at Belvoir, becoming its first Artistic Director in 1994. In April 2008 he was selected as a participant in the Towards a creative Australia strand of the Australia 2020 Summit. He has also worked with Opera Australia and directed works such as JenuÌŠfa, The Eighth Wonder, Tristan und Isolde and Billy Budd. In 2013 he directed Opera Australia's first full-length presentation of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, in Melbourne. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Armstrong, Louis, 1901 - 1971

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971) was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Armytage, Lisa (actress)

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Collection. Arnold, Charles (actor)

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Collection. Aron, John

John Aron began his professional career as a singer and dancer on Australian Television. He made his operatic debut in the Australian Opera company's production of Die Fledermaus, and went on to appear in multiple productions, including as Pirelli in the London production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and as the original Piangi in The Phantom of the Opera. John Aron's original name was John Heffernan, and he changed his name when he began working in the United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arral, Blanche, 1864 - 1945

Blanche Arral was a Belgian coloratura soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arrau, Claudio (pianist)

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Collection. Arthars, Rosemarie

Rosemarie Arthars is an Australian operatic soprano. She won the Opera Foundation Shell Covent Garden Opera Scholarship which enabled her to study at the National Opera Studio in London. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arthur, Bea (actor)

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Collection. Arthy, Judith (actor)

Judith Arthy (born November 12, 1940 Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian actress, now retired, and writer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Asche, Oscar (actor), 1871 - 1936

John Stange(r) Heiss Oscar Asche (26 January 1871 - 23 March 1936), better known as Oscar Asche, was an Australian actor, director and writer, best known for having written, directed, and acted in the record-breaking musical Chu Chin Chow, both on stage and film, and for acting in, directing, or producing many Shakespeare plays and successful musicals. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Ascoli, Bernard (pianist)

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Collection. Ashkenazy, Vladimir (pianist), 1937

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Collection. Ashkenazy, Vovka (pianist)

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Collection. Ashley, Edward (actor)

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Collection. Ashley, Lyn (actor)

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Collection. Ashton, Margaret

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Collection. Ashton, Gwyn

Gwyn Ashton is a Welsh-Australian blues/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Askey, Arthur (actor/comedian)

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Collection. Aspinall, Michael (singer), 1939

Michael Aspinall (born 31 October 1939) is a British musicologist and singer. He lectures and writes on singers and singing, contributes to collections of essays, and provides many commentaries for liner notes of historical recordings. Aspinall is well known for his opera parodies. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Asprey, William (conductor)

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Collection. Aston, Beatrice (actor)

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Collection. Atkins, David (choreographer/ director)

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Collection. Atkins, Lucy

Four page program held for a "Recital by students of Lucy Atkins and Mary Corvan to be held in the Town Hall on Wednesday, 22 May 1929". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Atkinson, Harry (musical instrument imitator)

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Collection. Atkinson, Kate (actress)

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Collection. Atkinson, Rowan (comedian)

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Collection. Atwell, Winifred (pianist)

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Collection. Atzmon, Moshe (conductor)

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Collection. Auld, John (ballet dancer)

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Collection. Austin, Maree (singer)

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Collection. Austin's Australian Novelty Company

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Collection. Austral (ventriloquist)

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Collection. Austral, Florence, 1894 - 1968

Florence Austral (26 April 1892 - 15 May 1968) was an Australian operatic soprano renowned for her interpretation of the most demanding Wagnerian female roles. She was born Florence Mary Wilson, but adopted the professional surname Austral in 1921 in honour of her homeland of Australia. Link to catalogue record. Link to finding aid.

Collection. Australian Air Aces

"The Australian Air Aces featuring Ernest Staig with his Incomparable Daredevils of the Air, Flying Motor Cyclist and Aerial Gymnasts" -- description in program: The Grand Theatre of Varieties, Churchgate Bolton, United Kingdom, for Monday, August 12, 1946. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Aveling, Valda (pianist)

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Collection. Axarlis, Stella

Stella Axarlis AM is an Egyptian-born, Australian operatic soprano. She was mentored by Madame Erica Burkewitch, a renowned international soprano, and in 1967 she won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, the top competition in Australia. Axarlis performed in many of Europe's top opera houses, and regularly returned to Australia where she performed as a special guest of the Australian Opera Company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Axelrad, Axel (puppeteer)

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Collection. Ayesa, Mig (actor)

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Collection. Ayo, Felix (violinist)

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Collection. Ayres, Pam (comedian)

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Collection. Azaldegui, Juan (conductor)

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Collection. Aznavour, Charles, 1924

Charles Aznavour was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Babicheva, Agnes (dancer/choreographer)

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Collection. Bacharach, Burt, 1928

Burt Freeman Bacharach is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who has composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. [Information from Wikipedia.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bachauer, Gina (pianist)

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Collection. Backhaus, Wilhelm/William (pianist)

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Collection. Badger, Harold (composer)

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Collection. Badham, Vanessa (playwright)

Vanessa "Van" Badham is an Australian writer and social commentator. A playwright and novelist, she writes dramas and comedies, as well as a regular column for Guardian Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Badura-Skoda, Paul (pianist)

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Collection. Baer, Olaf, 1957

Olaf Bär (born 19 December 1957) is a German operatic baritone. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Baez, Joan, 1941

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and activist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Baglin, Ross

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Collection. Bailey, Alan (actor)

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Collection. Bailey, Bill (comedian)

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Collection. Bailey, Dan

Dan Bailey is an American soul-funk singer-songwriter and guitarist. His band, Dan Bailey Tribe, has performed at international festivals. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bailey, Judy (singer)

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Collection. Bailey, Roy (guitarist)

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Collection. Bain, Bill (comedian)

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Collection. Bain, Keith (dancer, educator)

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Collection. Bainton, Edgar L., 1880 - 1956

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Collection. Baird, Patricia, 1926 - 2015

Patricia Baird was an Australian Soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Baker, Dorothy

Dorothy Baker was a cabaret and TV artist during the late fifties and early sixties, performing regularly on Melbourne variety shows like Sunnyside Up and Graeme Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight. She recorded her first album on the Planet label with the Max Bostock Orchestra. The album titled 'Songs We Sang Then' was released in 1959. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Baker, Janet (Dame) (singer), 1933

Dame Janet Abbott Baker CH DBE FRSA (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ball, Cameron (dancer, actor)

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Collection. Ball, Michael (singer), 1962

Michael Ashley Ball, OBE (born 27 June 1962) is an English actor, singer and broadcaster. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ball, Vincent (actor)

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Collection. Ballantyne, Colin (director/producer)

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Collection. Ballantyne, Elspeth (actor)

Elspeth Ballantyne (born 20 April 1939) is an Australian actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as prison officer Meg Jackson (later Meg Morris) in the television series Prisoner (1979-86), better known as Prisoner: Cell Block H in the United States of America and United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Balloo, Julie (comedian)

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Collection. Balokovic, Zlatko (violinist)

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Collection. Banjo the Man, 1864 - 1941

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Collection. Banks, Alan (guitarist)

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Collection. Banks, Don (composer)

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Collection. Banks, Dr Murray (psychologist)

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Collection. Barenboim, Daniel, 1942

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Collection. Barere, Simon (pianist)

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Collection. Barker, Cheryl, 1960

Cheryl Ruth Barker AO (born 22 April 1960, Sydney) is an Australian operatic soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Barling, Elizabeth (dancer)

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Collection. Barlow, Stephen (operatic director)

Stephen Barlow is an Australian born (1973), London based opera and musical theatre director. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Barnard, Bob (trumpet and cornet player)

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Collection. Barnes, Brian D (actor)

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Collection. Barnes, Grace (director, playwright)

Grace barnes is a director/playwright who has worked as an associate or resident director on productions in the UK, Germany and Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Barnes, Jimmy (singer), 1956

James (Jimmy) Dixon Barnes AO (nee Swan; born 28 April 1956) is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer and songwriter. His career both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music artists of all time. The combination of 14 Australian Top 40 albums for Cold Chisel and 13 charting solo albums, including nine No. 1s, gives Barnes the highest number of hit albums of any Australian artist. [Information from Wikipedia, 2020] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Barnett, G Vern (organist)

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Collection. Barrass, Penny (singer)

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Collection. Barrett, Ray

Raymond Charles "Ray" Barrett (2 May 1927 - 8 September 2009) was an Australian actor. During the 1960s, he was a leading actor on British television, and from the 1970s, he appeared in lead and character roles in a number of Australian films and television series. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Barritt, Tom (actor)

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Collection. Barron, Carl (comedian)

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Collection. Barry, Bruce (actor)

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Collection. Barry, Cazerine (dancer)

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Collection. Barton, Juliette (dancer)

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Collection. Barton, William (didgeridoo player)

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Collection. Barton-Fisher, Olivia

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Collection. Bartram, Tracy (comedian)

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Collection. Bassant, Rosemary (pianist)

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Collection. Bassey, Shirley (singer), 1937

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Collection. Bate, Jennifer (organist)

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Collection. Bates, Cecil (ballet dancer, choreographer), 1925 - 2019

Cecil Bates danced with Ballet Rambert between 1947-1953. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bates, Jennifer (singer)

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Collection. Battle, Kathleen (singer)

Kathleen Deanna Battle is an American operatic soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Baud, Bronwyn (actor, singer)

Bronwyn Baud is an Australian actress, singer and cabaret performer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bauer, Harold (pianist)

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Collection. Bauld, Alison (composer)

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Collection. Baxter, Andrew (ballet dancer)

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Collection. Baxter, Garry (playwright)

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Collection. Bayes, Sally (singer/dancer)

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Collection. Bayl, Benjamin (organist)

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Collection. Baylis, Lilian (theatrical producer & manager)

Lilian Mary Baylis CH (9 May 1874 - 25 November 1937) was an English theatrical producer and manager. She managed the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells theatres in London and ran an opera company, which became the English National Opera (ENO); a theatre company, which evolved into the English National Theatre; and a ballet company, which eventually became The Royal Ballet. During her time with Sadler's Wells, Baylis engaged Ninette de Valois, under whose direction British classical ballet really developed at Sadler's Wells, and whose influence nurtured the career of Robert Helpmann. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Beatty, May (actor, singer)

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Collection. Beatty, Raymond (singer), 1903 - 1973

Raymond Wesley Beatty (1903-1973) was a bass-baritone and teacher of singing. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Beck, Laurence (actor)

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Collection. Beckett, Wendy (playwright)

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Collection. Beckley, Michael

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Collection. Beeby, Marjorie (singer)

Marjorie Beeby was an Australian contralto singer. She had considerable experience in concert work, having toured in the United States and appearing with several of the leading orchestras. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Begg, Heather (singer)

Dame Isoleen Heather Begg DNZM OBE (1 December 1932 - 12 May 2009) was a New Zealand-born operatic mezzo-soprano who spent most of her career in the United Kingdom and Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Behrend, Siegfried (guitarist), 1933

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Collection. Belafonte, Harry (singer), 1927

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Collection. Bell, Allison (singer)

Allison Bell is an Australian-born operatic soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bell, Colin, 1883 - 1947

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Collection. Bell, Graeme (pianist/band leader), 1914 - 2012

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Collection. Bell, Hilary (playwright)

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Collection. Bell, Howard (singer)

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Collection. Bell, John (actor)

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Collection. Bell, Melissa (actor)

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Collection. Bell, Peggy (singer)

Peggy Hall was an Australian dramatic soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Belling, Fem

Actor, jazz singer, violinist and improvisationalist from South Africa. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ben Harris Magic

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Collection. Benfield, Betty (singer/actor)

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Collection. Benjamin, Arthur (composer)

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Collection. Benjamin, Fiona (actor)

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Collection. Benjamin, Leanne (ballet dancer), 1964

Leanne Faye Benjamin AM OBE (born 13 July 1964) is a retired Australian ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bennet, Jodie (dancer)

Australian born Jodie trained in Australia with Joy Ransley. She entered the Royal Ballet School in September 1987 and graduated in the summer of 1989. Jodie joined London City Ballet in 1990. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bennett, Adam (puppeteer)

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Collection. Bennett, Richard Rodney (pianist)

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Collection. Bennett, Stuart (actor)

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Collection. Bennett, Tony (singer), 1926

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Collection. Bennie, Eda

Eda Anita Bennie (Mrs W. E. Reynolds) was an operatic soprano who was born in Melbourne c.1889, and died there on the 1st of November 1932. Madame Bennie sang leading parts, first with the Carl Rosa Company, and afterwards with the Beecham Opera Company and the British National Opera Company. In 1912 and 1913 she sang in Australia for the Thomas Quinlan Company. [Information from the Opera Scotland website and her obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald of 2 November 1932.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Benny, Jack (comedian)

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Collection. Benson, George (singer), 1943

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Collection. Benson, Marie (singer), 1928

Marie Benson is an Australian jazz and pop singer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Benstead, Lucille (singer), 1891 - 1983

Lucille Benstead (5 February 1891 - 7 January 1983), was an Australian operatic soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bensusan, Inez (actress)

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Collection. Bentley, Dick (actor)

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Collection. Bentley, Walter (actor)

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Collection. Berberian, Cathy (singer), 1925 - 1983

Catherine Anahid "Cathy" Berberian (July 4, 1925 - March 6, 1983) was an American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Berganza, Teresa (singer), 1935

Teresa Berganza Vargas (born on 16 March 1935) is a Spanish mezzo-soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Berger, Erna (singer), 1900 - 1990

Erna Berger (19 October 1900 - 14 June 1990) was a German lyric coloratura soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bergonzi, Carlo (singer), 1924 - 2014

Carlo Bergonzi (13 July 1924 - 25 July 2014) was an Italian operatic tenor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Berkeley, Wilma

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Collection. Berkoff, Steven (actor/writer/director)

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Collection. Berman, Lazar (pianist)

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Collection. Bernays, John (opera singer)

Born and educated in Queensland, John Bernays won a postgraduate research scholarship to New College, Oxford in 1986. He completed an M.Phil and sang with the New College Choir before going on to a career as a freelance concert and opera artist, performing with companies such as English Touring Opera, Kent Opera and Scottish Opera Go Round, at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, and for the Covent Garden and Salzburg festivals. He also joined the Royal Opera Chorus. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Berner, Peter (comedian)

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Collection. Bernhard, Sandra (singer), 1955

Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bernhardt, Sarah (actor)

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Collection. Beroff, Michel (pianist)

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Collection. Berridge, Ida (singer)

Ida Berridge was an Australian vaudeville artist who together with Harry Linden formed a popular comedy musical duo. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Berry, Chuck (singer), 1926 - 2017

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 - March 18, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bertram, Bert (actor), 1893 - 1991

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Collection. Bessy, Claude (dancer)

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Collection. Best, Martin (troubadour)

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Collection. Best, W. T. (organist)

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Collection. Bettany, Clemence (actor, author)

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Collection. Betts-Vincent, Madame (singer), 1894 - 1983

Elsie Betts-Vincent was a pianist and teacher from New Zealand. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bevis, Andrew (actor)

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Collection. Beyer, Lucy (cyclist)

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Collection. Beynon, Richard (playwright)

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Collection. Bible, Frances (singer)

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Collection. Bickerstaff, Robert (singer)

Robert Bickerstaff was born in Sydney, Australia, and after winning the Melbourne "Sun" Aria and other major singing scholarships and awards, went abroad to study in Paris in 1961. He was invited to become the principal dramatic baritone at Sadlers' Wells Opera, appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and regularly with the Welsh National Opera. He has performed throughout Great Britain, Europe and Japan, and enjoyed a highly sucessful career as Professor of Singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and tutor of singing at King's College, Cambridge. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bickford, Allen (actor)

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Collection. Biddell, Kerrie (singer)

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Collection. Biggins, Jonathan (writer)

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Collection. Bilk, Acker (clarinet player)

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Collection. Bilson, Malcolm (pianist)

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Collection. Bindley, E. Allen (theatrical producer)

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Collection. Birch, Walter (benefit Concert)

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Collection. Biret, Idil

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Collection. Bishop, John (pianist)

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Collection. Bishop, Peter (actor/singer)

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Collection. Bishop, Stephen (pianist)

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Collection. Bishop-Kovacevich, Stephen (pianist)

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Collection. Bispham, David (singer)

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Collection. Bitetti, Ernesto (guitarist)

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Collection. Black, Andrew (singer)

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Collection. Black, Cilla (singer)

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Collection. Black, Clarence (pianist/accompanist)

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Collection. Black, Jeffrey

Jeffrey Black is an internationally acclaimed opera singer who was born 1962 in Brisbane, Queensland. He studied singing at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, won the Marianne Mathy Scholarship in the Australian Singing Competition in 1983, and the Armstrong-Martin Scholarship in 1985. He made his operatic debut as a principal singer with the Australian Opera in 1984. He made his debut in the United Kingdom at Glyndebourne in 1986 and has since with some of the world's leading opera companies. he resides in the United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Black, Mary (singer)

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Collection. Blaikie, Kristin (singer/actor)

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Collection. Blain, Rory (actor)

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Collection. Blair, Elva (singer), 1917 - 2005

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Collection. Blair, Harold (singer), 1924 - 1976

Harold Blair AM (13 September 1924 - 21 May 1976) was an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blake, Brian (violinist)

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Collection. Blake, Leila (actor)

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Collection. Blake, Tim (musician)

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Collection. Blakemore, Michael (director/ actor), 1928

Michael Howell Blakemore OBE (born 18 June 1928) is an Australian actor, writer and theatre director. He has also directed three films. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Blakeney, Gayle and Gillian (actors)

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Collection. Blanch, Emily (actor)

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Collection. Blanche, Evelyn (pianist)

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Collection. Blanchett, Cate (actress), 1969

Catherine Elise "Cate" Blanchett, AC (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director. She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, six AACTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blandford, Rawdon (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Blatchley, John (singer)

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Collection. Blighton, Elaine (singer)

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Collection. Bliss, Diana (producer)

Diana Gwenyth Bliss (11 November 1954 - 28 January 2012) was an Australian theatre producer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bluett, Kitty (comedian)

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Collection. Bluthal, John (actor)

John Bluthal (born 28 March 1929) is a British film and television actor and voice artist, mostly in comedy. He has studied and worked in Australia, in numerous productions. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blyth, Peta (singer)

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Collection. Blythe, Robert (singer)

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Collection. Bocca, Julio (dancer)

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Collection. Boccara, Frida (singer)

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Collection. Bocelli, Andrea (artist)

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Collection. Boden, Percy (magician)

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Collection. Bodenwieser Ballet, 1890 - 1959

Gertrud Bodenwieser (3 February 1890 - 10 November 1959), also known as "Gertrude", was a dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and pioneer of expressive dance. Prior to World War Two, she fled with a handful of students to Colombia in 1938, and eventually settled in Australia. In Sydney, she taught dance and founded the Bodenwieser Ballet. The Bodenwieser Ballet did not endure after Bodenwieser's death in 1959 although her legacy continues through her Australian dancers who set up schools across Australia to teach her particular style of expressive dancing. Her teaching has produced some of the most important choreographers and dancers of Australia, including Anita Ardell, Keith Bain and Margaret Chapple. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bodenwieser Centre, Sydney

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Collection. Bodie, Jane (playwright)

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Collection. Boggess, Sierra (singer)

Sierra Marjory Boggess (born May 20, 1982) is an American theater actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera. She toured to Australia (Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne) in June 2017. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bogle, Eric (singer)

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Collection. Bol, Jacques (singer)

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Collection. Bolet, Jorge (pianist)

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Collection. Bollard, David (pianist)

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Collection. Bonaventura, Anthony di (pianist)

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Collection. Bond, Grahame (writer/actor)

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Collection. Bonighton, Ian (composer)

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Collection. Bonn, Justus (singer)

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Collection. Bonna, Suzanna (actor)

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Collection. Bonython, Kym, 1920 - 2011

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Collection. Boone, Pat (singer)

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Collection. Booth, Agnes (actor), 1846 - 1910

Agnes Booth (October 4, 1843 - January 2, 1910), born Marian Agnes Land Rookes, was an Australian-born American actress. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and migrated with her family to California in 1858 at the age of about 14, and soon began to secure minor roles in productions by San Francisco companies. In 1861 she married American actor Harry Perry, but was widowed in 1863. After two years of performing and touring the States she moved to the east coast, settling first in New York and later in Boston. In 1867 she married Junius Booth, Jr., manager of the Boston Theatre Company. After his death in 1883, she married her third husband, John B. Schoeffel, in 1885. Her theatrical career continued into the 1890s, and included numerous appearances on Broadway. [information from Wikipdedia, 2017.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Borg, Kim (singer)

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Collection. Borge, Victor (pianist/comedian)

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Collection. Borgioli, Dino (singer)

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Collection. Borovansky, Edouard (dancer), 1902 - 1959

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Collection. Borrer, Tristan (dancer)

Tristan Borrer is Sydney-born and came to Britain in 1981 and trained at the Royal Ballet School. [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Borwick, Leonard (pianist)

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Collection. Boucicault, Dion (actor/manager/playwright)

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Collection. Boulez, Pierre (conductor/composer)

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Collection. Bourne, Kay (Actor)

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Collection. Bourne, Una (pianist)

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Collection. Bousfield, Noni (actor/playwright)

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Collection. Bovell, Andrew (playwright)

Andrew Bovell (born 23 November 1962) is an award winning Australian writer for theatre, film and television. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bowart, Wolfe (comedian, actor and playwright)

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Collection. Bowery, Leigh (costume designer)

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Collection. Bowie, David (singer)

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Collection. Bowman, James (singer)

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Collection. Bowman, Lionel (pianist)

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Collection. Boyce, Grace (singer)

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Collection. Boyce, Max (comedian)

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Collection. Boyce, Todd (actor)

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Collection. Boyd, Alexander (pianist)

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Collection. Boyd, Eileen (singer)

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Collection. Boyd, Gordon (singer/actor)

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Collection. Boyd, Paul

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Collection. Boyle, Rosemary (singer)

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Collection. Bracanin, Philip (composer)

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Collection. Bracks, Marcel (actor)

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Collection. Braddon, Russell (playwright)

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Collection. Bradley, Desmond (violinist)

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Collection. Bradley, Sarah and Hellebo, Marlene (cabaret artists)

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Collection. Bradman, Greta (singer)

Greta Bradman (born 1982 in Adelaide) is an Australian operatic soprano. She is granddaughter of cricketer Don Bradman. Artist has also performed as Greta Bradsen. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brady, Kathleen (pianist)

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Collection. Brailowsky, Alexander (pianist)

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Collection. Brain, Cornelia (pianist)

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Collection. Brakell, Fosse (singer)

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Collection. Bramley, Nellie (actor/manager)

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Collection. Branagan, Mary (singer)

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Collection. Brand, Adrian (musician)

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Collection. Brandman, Margaret (composer), 1951

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Collection. Branigan, Laura (singer)

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Collection. Branscombe, Edward, 1864 - 1931

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Collection. Bravo, Monica (actor/singer)

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Collection. Bray, Errol (playwright)

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Collection. Brayshaw, Edward (actor)

Edward Brayshaw (18 October 1933 - 28 December 1990) was an Australian-born British actor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bream, Julian (guitarist)

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Collection. Breen, Louisa (pianist)

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Collection. Bremner, Anthony

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Collection. Bremner, Marie (singer)

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Collection. Brenan, Jennie & Eileen (ballet school)

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Collection. Brendel, Alfred (pianist)

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Collection. Brennan, Kevin (actor)

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Collection. Brescianni, Gina

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Collection. Brett Steven, 1965

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Collection. Brew, Marc (dancer/choreographer)

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Collection. Brewer, Linda-Mae (dancer/actor)

Linda-Mae Brewer was born in Adelaide and trained with the South Australian Ballet Company, before purusing a career and studies in London. She is best known for her West End stage career, and the many successful musicals she has performed in. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bridges, Nancye & Bebe (marimba players)

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Collection. Briger, Alexander (conductor)

Alexander Briger AO (born c. 1969) is an Australian classical conductor. He is the nephew of the conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, and both are descended from the composer Isaac Nathan. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Briger, Natascha (clarinettist)

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Collection. Bright, Colin (composer)

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Collection. Brimer, Michael (pianist), 1933

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Collection. Brister, Penelope (singer, actor)

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Collection. Britton, Julia (playwright)

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Collection. Broadway, Sue (comedian)

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Collection. Bromley, Pamela (dancer)

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Collection. Bronhill, June (singer), 1929 - 2005

June Bronhill OBE (26 June 1929 - 24 January 2005) was an internationally acclaimed Australian soprano opera singer. She was born June Mary Gough in Broken Hill, New South Wales. Bronhill was a stage name which she used from 1952. It was an abbreviation of Broken Hill, which was her way of thanking her home town for its support in raising money to send her overseas for professional training as a singer. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Brook, Fiona

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Collection. Brooke, Cynthia (actor), 1875 - 1949

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Collection. Brooke, Gustavus V (actor)

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Collection. Brookes, E. Stanley (elocutionist)

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Collection. Brooklyn, Lee (comedian)

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Collection. Brophy, Gerard (composer), 1953

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Collection. Broun, Alex

Australian director, playwright, screenwriter and festival coordinator, who has been active in the industry since 1979. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brown, Martin (artist)

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Collection. Brown, Bille (actor)

Bille Brown AM (11 January 1952 - 13 January 2013) was an Australian stage, film and television actor and acclaimed playwright. He was born as William Gerald Brown in Queensland, and began his career in the early 1970s at Queensland Theatre Company, working alongside Geoffrey Rush. Bille Brown's career took him abroad to Britain, where he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), and was the first Australian commissioned to write and perform in their own play - The Swan Down Gloves. After a highly successful career in the United Kingdom Bille Brown returned to Australia to live permanently in 1996, and went on to have an outstanding career on stage and performed for many leading Australian theatre companies, including Queensland Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare Company, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Company B, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Marian St Theatre, La Boite and the Old Tote Theatre at the Sydney Opera House. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brown, Bryan (actor)

Bryan Neathway Brown, AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. He was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame in 1989, and has received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Breaker Morant (1980) and for Two Hands (1999). In June 2005 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the community through a range of charitable organisations committed to providing assistance and support to families and young people and to the Australian film and television industry." Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brown, Howard (violinist)

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Collection. Brown, Nancy, 1909 - 2003

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Collection. Brown, Robert (sound designer)

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Collection. Browne, Billie (actress)

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Collection. Browne, Coral (actor)

Coral Browne (23 July 1913 - 29 May 1991) was an Australian-American stage and screen actress who enjoyed a long career and is remembered for her character performances, glamour and quick wit. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Browne, Pattie (actor)

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Collection. Browne, Sandra (singer)

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Collection. Brownlee, John (singer), 1900 - 1969

John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee (7 January 1900 - 10 January 1969) was an Australian operatic baritone who was born in Geelong. Victoria. For most of his professional career he was based in Europe and then United States. An Australian scholarship in his name was first awarded after his death in 1969. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Broza, David (singer)

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Collection. Brumby, Colin (composer)

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Collection. Brune, Adrienne (actor)

"Adrienne Brune was born Phyllis Caroline Brune on October 27th, 1892, probably in Melbourne. She made her first stage appearance at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne as Mustard Seed in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1904. She made her first appearance on the London stage in 'Polly' at the Kingsway Theatre December, 1922. This was followed by a series of West End sucesses. In 1935 she returned to Australia to play in 'Ball at the Savoy'. She then returned lto England in late 1936. She would appear to have to have worked often in musical comedies." - Karl Levett, 2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brunskill, Muriel (singer)

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Collection. Bruntnell, Lucille (actor)

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Collection. Brunton, Dorothy (actor)

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Collection. Brunton, John (actor)

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Collection. Bryant, Alice (organist)

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Collection. Bryant, Dean

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Collection. Brymer, Jack (clarinettist)

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Collection. Brynnel, Monique (singer)

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Collection. Buanne, Patrizio

Patrizio Buanne is an Italian-Austrian baritone musician. He performed at a self-entitled event at the Concert Hall (Sydney opera House), Sydney, NSW on 14 May 2006 during his first Australian tour. He released a highly successful album 'The Italian', which received Double Platinum status. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Buchanan, Muriel (violinist)

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Collection. Buchbinder, Rudolf (pianist)

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Collection. Buckley, Robey

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Collection. Buckman, Rosina (singer)

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Collection. Budden-Morris, C (pianist)

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Collection. Budrick, Len

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Collection. Bull, George, 1876 - 1940

George Bull was a Sydney journalist and writer who was interested in theatrical affairs and specialised in music-hall criticisms and theatrical gossip. In Sydney he worked on the Sydney Star, the Tribune and the Bulletin before moving to England in 1896 to join the staff of the Daily Mail. He was a prominent member of the Savage Club. Bull was born in Islington, London in 1859, and passed away in London in 1916. Prior to his departure for London in 1896 a testimonial matinee was held to farewell him from Sydney, which was held with the support of the managements and leading members of the theatrical and musical community, including Harry Rickards of the Tivoli Theatre. The program also featured Florrie Forde, a year prior to her departure to England. A program for a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial Matinee tendered to Mr. George Bull" held at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney on Friday, January 10, 1896. Event held "under the patronage of the Hon. G.H. Reid, Premier, and other members of the Ministry, Major-General Hutton, A.D.C., and the Officers of the Head Quarters Staff, His Worship the Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Isaac Ellis Ives), and the Aldermen of the City." with the support of the managements and leading members of the theatrical and musical professions. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bull, George (actor)

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Collection. Burchmore, Rhonda (singer/actor)

Rhonda Suzanne Burchmore (OAM) (born 15 May 1960) is an Australian entertainer and author. In the January 2014, Australia Day Honours List Burchmore was awarded a medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Burdock, Heath (actor/producer)

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Collection. Burke, Marie (actor)

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Collection. Burke, Nickely (dancer)

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Collection. Burke, Simon (actor)

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Collection. Burkewitch, Erica (singer)

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Collection. Burley, Nigel (dancer)

Nigel Burley trained at the Australian Ballet School, later dancing with the Australian Ballet. In 1998 he went to New York and joined the Twyla Tharp Company, before coming to London to dance with the Royal Ballet. [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Burlinson, Tom (singer/actor)

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Collection. Burnett, Carol (comedian)

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Collection. Burns, Brendon (comedian)

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Collection. Burns, Carol (actor)

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Collection. Burr, Marilyn (ballet dancer)

Marilyn Burr became a solist with the London Festival Ballet in 1952. She was promoted to a Principal Dancer in 1953, and then spent a decade with the company. Further programs featuring Marilyn Burr are located in a seperate PROMPT file for the London Festival Ballet. [Information from Karl Levett.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Burridge, Dale (actor)

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Collection. Burrows, Don (flute, clarinet and saxophone player), 1928 - 2020

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Collection. Bursteen, Josepha Madame (singing teacher)

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Collection. Burston, Winifred, 1889 - 1976

Winifred Charlotte Hillier Crosse Burston (3 April 1889 - 24 June 1976) was an Australian pianist and teacher. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Burtland, Kylie (singer)

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Collection. Burton, Laurel (actor)

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Collection. Burwell, Kim (pianist)

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Collection. Bustabo, Guila (violinist)

Guila Bustabo (February 25, 1916 - April 27, 2002) was a prominent American concert and recital violinist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Butler, Blake (actor)

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Collection. Butt, Dame Clara (singer), 1872 - 1936

Dame Clara Ellen Butt, DBE (1 February 1872 - 23 January 1936), sometimes called Clara Butt-Rumford after her marriage in 1900 to baritone Kennerley Rumford, was an English contralto with a remarkably imposing voice and a surprisingly agile singing technique. Her main career was as a recitalist and concert singer. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Butterworth, Clara (actor)

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Collection. Buzo, Alex, 1944 - 2006

Alex Buzo (23 July 1944 - 16 August 2006) was an Australian playwright and author. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bygraves, Max (singer)

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Collection. Bylsma, Anner (cellist)

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Collection. Byrne, Rose (actor)

Mary Rose Byrne (born July 24,1979) is an Australian actress notable for her film, television and stage acting, especially in the United States of America. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Byzantine, Julian (guitarist)

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Collection. Caballe, Montserrat (singer)

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Collection. Cacialli, Guido (singer)

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Collection. Cahill, Edward (singer)

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Collection. Cairnes, Elliott (singer/actor)

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Collection. Cairney, John (actor)

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Collection. Caldwell, Wayne (ice skater/dancer)

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Collection. Caldwell, Zoe (actor), 1933 - 2020

Zoe Caldwell, OBE (born 14 September 1933 in Melbourne) is an Australian actress and a four-time Tony Award winner. She was born as Ada Caldwell in Melbourne, Australia and was raised in the suburb of Balwyn. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Callaghan, Jean (singer)

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Collection. Callow, Greta (singer)

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Collection. Calve, Madame (singer)

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Collection. Calvert, John (magician)

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Collection. Calvocoressi, M. M. D. (music lecturer)

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Collection. Cambry, Rose (music hall singer, comedienne)

Rose Cambry was an Australian popular singer and vaudeville performer who initially appeared on the stage as half of the Cambry Sisters, or Cambry Sister Soubrettes. Newspaper reports of their Australian performances suggest that they were known for singing and dancing, as well as for performing comedic and slightly risque songs. Rose Cambry then appeared alone as a comic burlesque performer in England and later married, and changing her name to Mrs Rose Myer. (Information from digitised newspapers on TROVE, and a 1911 broadside from the Ilford Hippodrome in National Library of Australia's collection.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cameron, John (singer)

John Ewen Cameron (20 March 1918 - 29 March 2002) was an Australian baritone singer, who made most of his career in Britain. He was born in Coolamon, New South Wales. He served in the the Second Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War, in the Middle East, and sang in troop concerts. On returning to Australia after the war he decided to pursue a professional career. Following early concert and operatic experience in Australia he moved to Britain in 1949, and later became known for his portrayal of characters in modern operas by composers from Australia, Britain and continental Europe, and for his recordings with conductors such as Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Adrian Boult, the young Colin Davis, and particularly Sir Malcolm Sargent. From 1976 until the last months of his life Cameron was a teacher on the staff of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cameron, Matt (playwright)

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Collection. Cameron, Rachel (dancer)

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Collection. Cameron, Shirley (actor)

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Collection. Campanella, Michele (pianist)

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Collection. Campara, Lou (accordionist)

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Collection. Campbell, Alexander (dancer)

Alexander Campbell (born 1986) trained at the Academy Ballet and the Royal Balley School. He was born in Sydney, and danced with the Birmingham Royal Ballet prior to the Royal Ballet. He is a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, London. [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Campbell, Bessie (banjoist)

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Collection. Campbell, David (singer)

David Joseph Campbell (born in 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian singer, stage performer and television presenter. He has performed and recorded many different genres of music from rock to classics. He is the son of rock and soul singer Jimmy Barnes. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Campbell, Elizabeth (singer)

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Collection. Campbell, Glen (singer)

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Collection. Campbell, Lawrence (recitalist)

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Collection. Campoli (violinist)

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Collection. Cannon, Brad (singer)

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Collection. Cannon, Esma (actor)

Esma Cannon was born in Randwick, New South Wales, on the 27th of December 1905. She was a character actress who moved to England in the early 1930s, and appeared on television and in over 64 films during her career. Esma Cannon died in London on the 18th of October 1972 (aged 66). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cannon, Judy (actor)

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Collection. Cantrell, Lana (singer)

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Collection. Cappelli, Bettino

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Collection. Capsis, Paul, 1964

Paul Capsis (born 1964) is an Australian singer and actor whose extensive career has included theatre, live concerts, cabaret, film, and television. Capsis has worked with many leading Australian theatre companies such as the Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre and Company B Belvoir, and further programs featuring him are located within these seperate PROMPT files. He has won multiple Helpmann and Green Room Awards, as well as others, for his work on stage, in cabaret and in film. [Information from the Creative Representation creativerep.com.au website, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carby, Catherine (singer)

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Collection. Cardamatis, Ralph (producer)

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Collection. Carden, Joan (singer)

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Collection. Carey, Bronwyn (actor)

Bronwy Carey is an Australian ballet dancer, actor and choreogrpaher. After receiving her Advanced Diploma at the Australian Ballet School, Bronwyn Carey performed professionally both on stage and on screen; including with the Australian Ballet Company, Opera Australia, The Phantom of the Opera and Vienna Festival Ballet. She has worked around the world including London, New York, Vienna, as well as in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carlotta (entertainer)

Carol Spencer "Carlotta" is an Australian entertainer, cabaret performer and television celebrity. She was born Richard Lawrence Byron in 1943, and began her career as an original cast member of the long-running male revue Les Girls cabaret show in 1963 in the heart of Sydney's Kings Cross. Carlotta, became a transgender woman, and rose through the ranks of the show to eventually become the show's compere and its most famous member. She performed with Les Girls for 26 years, and was billed as 'the Queen of the Cross'. Carlotta was also one of the inspirations for the film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and is a high profile television personality and stage success on television and stage, and has toured internationally. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carmen, Jennifer (producer/costumier)

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Collection. Carmichael, John (composer)

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Collection. Carmichael, Lawrence (actor, fight director & movement specialist)

Lawrence Carmichael works as a director, producer, fight director and movement specialist in stage combat. As a performer Lawrence has worked professionally across Australia, the UK and Europe with a wide range of theatre companies as well as in film and television. He has worked regularly with companies such as Sydney Theatre Company, Opera Australia, Bell Shakespeare, NIDA & ABC Television. As a performance workshop artist Lawrence has taught for numerous universities, institutes and studios across Australia and Europe as well as having run his own successful acting studio. [information from the artist's website, December 2017] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carmody, Kev (singer)

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Collection. Carnivale, NSW

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Collection. Carpenter, Freddie

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Collection. Carpentier, Georges, 1894 - 1975

Georges Carpentier (January 12, 1894 - October 28, 1975) was a French boxer, actor and World War I pilot. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908 to 1926, and was nicknamed the "Orchid Man". He was known for his speed, his excellent boxing skills and his extremely hard punch, and Halle Georges Carpentier is named after him. Following his retirement from boxing, Carpentier spent a number of years as a vaudeville song-and-dance man, mostly in England and the US, but also touring to Australia for J.C. Williamson Ltd. He performed with George Smith, an Australian who was billed as his sparring partner. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carr, Jenny (musician)

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Collection. Carr-Boyd, Frances (singer)

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Collection. Carreno, Teresa (pianist)

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Collection. Carreras, Jose (singer)

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Collection. Carr-Glynn, Neva (actor)

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Collection. Carroll, Sydney W. (theatre producer), 1877 - 1958

"Sydney W. Carroll was born (ironically) in Melbourne in 1877. Originally an actor, he went to England in 8196 where he continued his acting career. He became theatre critic of The Sunday Times in 1918 and was a theatrical journalist for some years. He went into theatre management in 1931 and acquired the lease of the Ambassadors Theatre in 1932. he is the author of two books: Dramatic Opinions and Acting for the Stage." [Information from Karl Levett, 2017, and Who's Who in the Theatre, Ninth Edition, 1939.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carroll, Tamsin (actor)

Tamsin Georgina Carroll (born 13 February 1979) is an Australian actor best known for her performances in musical theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carrott, Jasper (comedian)

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Collection. Carson, John (actor)

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Collection. Carter the Great (magician)

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Collection. Carter, Bryce (violoncellist)

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Collection. Carter, Vivien (actor, singer and dancer)

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Collection. Cary, David (actor)

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Collection. Cary, Tristram (composer)

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Collection. Casa, Lisa Della (singer)

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Collection. Cash, Johnny (singer)

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Collection. Casson, John & Jane (storytellers)

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Collection. Castles, Amy and Dolly (singers)

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Collection. Cathcart, Sarah (writer/performer)

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Collection. Cave, Nick (singer, songwriter), 1957

Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor. He is best known as the frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the Birthday Party. In 2006, he formed the garage rock band Grinderman. Cave has also worked as a composer for films, often in collaboration with fellow Australian musician Warren Ellis, and has been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ceberano, Kate (singer)

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Collection. Cecil, Lawrence

Contains a program related to a performance by Captain Lawrence Henry Cecil M.C. Cecil was born at Parkes, NSW in 1888 and moved to Sydney at a young age before travelling to England in 1911 and joined Sir Frank Bensons Shakespere Company at Stratford on Avon. At the out break of the First World War he enlisted in the British Army being commissioned with the 60th Rifles of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and awarded the Military Cross for action at Fremicourt on 24 March 1918. Cecil returned to Australia after the war and returned to the stage. During the Second World War, in September 1940, Cecil left Australia for the Middle East as a war correspondent in charge of an Australian Broadcasting Commission mobile broadcasting field unit. [Incorporating information from the website of the Australian War Memorial, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chadwick, Margie

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Collection. Chadwick, Roland (guitarist)

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Collection. Chagrin, Julian (comedian)

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Collection. Chaliapin, Feodor (singer)

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Collection. Chalmers, Stuart (actor)

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Collection. Chambers, C. Haddon (playwright)

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Collection. Chambers, Frances (singer)

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Collection. Chambers, Rebecca (pianist)

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Collection. Champion, Kate (dancer)

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Collection. Chan, Elisa (singer)

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Collection. Chandler, Robin (actor)

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Collection. Chandrabhanu (dancer)

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Collection. Channing, Carol (comedian/singer)

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Collection. Chapman, Janice (singer)

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Collection. Charbonnet-Kellerman, Alice (singer)

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Collection. Chard, Geoffrey (singer), 1930

Geoffrey Chard AM (born 9 August 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian opera singer. He was a foundation member of the National Opera of New South Wales, and in 1956, appeared in the inaugural production of the Australian Elizabethan Trust Opera Company. Chard went to England in 1961 and performed with many British opera companies, including the Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne, the Royal Opera Company at Covent Garden, and at the Aldeburgh Festival and Edinburgh Festival. He was a principal baritone with the English National Opera for 15 years, from 1969 to 1985, performing many major roles, including some roles which were specially written for him. He also appeared as Sergeant Meryll in the 1982 television production of The Yeomen of the Guard. He returned briefly to Australia in 1982, and appeared with the Lyric Opera of Queensland, and later permanently returned to Australia in 1985 - after which he performed many major roles with the Australian Opera. In 1987 he was appointed a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for services to the performing arts. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Charles, Jack

Jack Charles (born 5 September 1943) is an Indigenous Australian actor, musician, potter, and Aboriginal elder. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Charles, Ray (singer)

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Collection. Charleston, Anne (actor)

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Collection. Charlton, Richard (guitarist/composer)

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Collection. Chater, Gordon (actor)

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Collection. Chatterton, Jill (soprano)

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Collection. Chatwin, Karen (actor)

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Collection. Chaudhuri, Debu (sitar player)

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Collection. Chaumente, Paris de (pianist)

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Collection. Chauncy, Peggy (dancer/teacher)

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Collection. Chauveau, Melisande (pianist)

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Collection. Cheek, Muriel (singer), 1887 - 1947

Elizabeth Muriel Millhouse, known professionally as Muriel Cheek, was an Australian operatic soprano. She trained many well-known singers and was regarded as one of the finest lieder singers in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cheetham, Deborah (singer/actor)

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Collection. Chefalo (magician)

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Collection. Cherkassky, Shura (pianist)

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Collection. Chester, Johnny (singer)

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Collection. Cheung, Cherie (dancer)

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Collection. Chevron Hotel, Sydney

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Collection. Chia, Joan (pianist)

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Collection. Chiesa, Vivian Della (singer)

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Collection. Child, Kirsty (actress)

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Collection. Chindamo, Joe (pianist)

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Collection. Chisholm, Peggy and Lena (piano/violin duo)

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Collection. Chisholm, Robert (actor/singer), 1894 - 1960

Robert Chisholm was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1894 and died in 1960. He was the son of a bootmaker, and lived in Carlton and Moonee Ponds before enlisting for the First World War. During his war service he is remembered for singing in concert parties for the troops, and training at the RCM in London at the Army's expense. He achieved fame in the United States and England, appearing alongside Jeanette Macdonald and Gracie Fields, recording with Gladys Moncrieff and worked with musical luminaries including Ira Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and songwriting duo Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. In the early 1920s Chisholm starred opposite Gladys Moncrieff in the J.C. Williamson production of the Maid of the Mountains. In 1928 he starred in Golden Dawn with Archie Leach (later to be known as Cary Grant). In 1933, Chisholm returned to Australia to star with Moncrieff in the stage production of Collits' Inn, which enjoyed a long run in Melbourne and Sydney. He appeared alongside Katharine Hepburn in the 1942 stage comedy Without Love, and featured in the 1958 for the theatre production of My Fair Lady in Drury Lane. He was known for his fine baritone voice. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chitrasena, Ceylon Dance Ensemble

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Collection. Cho, Won-Kyung (dancer)

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Collection. Chou, Chia (pianist)

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Collection. Christ, Wolfram (violist)

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Collection. Christian, Myra (singer)

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Collection. Christie, Allen (actor)

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Collection. Christie, John (actor)

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Collection. Christophe, Janine (actor)

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Collection. Chung, Kyung-Wha (violinist)

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Collection. Ciccolini, Aldo (pianist)

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Collection. Cilento, Diane (actor)

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Collection. Cilmi, Gabriella (singer and songwriter)

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Collection. Cisneros, Eleonora de (singer), 1878 - 1934

Eleonora de Cisneros (sometimes spelt Eleanora) was an American mezzo-soprano, born Eleanor Broadfoot in Brooklyn, New York, on 31 October or 1 November 1878. She debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1899. In 1901 she married Count Francois de Cisneros, a Cuban journalist, becoming Countess Eleonora de Cisneros. She sang regularly at Covent Garden from 1904 to 1908 and also at Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera House for two seasons from 1906 to 1908. In 1911 she performed in London and toured Australia with the Melba Opera Company. Cisneros toured the United States during World War I raising money for Liberty Bonds and the Red Cross, but her career suffered and she subsequently performed mainly in Europe in the 1920s, before returning to New York in 1929, when she became a singing teacher. She died on 3 February 1934. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Clachair, Suzanne (singer)

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Collection. Claire, Jennifer (actor)

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Collection. Clancy, James (playwright)

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Collection. Clare, Andrea (singer)

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Collection. Clare, Cyril (playwright)

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Collection. Clark, Frank M. (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Clark, Liddy (actor)

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Collection. Clark, Petula (singer)

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Collection. Clarke, Brenda, (dancer)

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Collection. Clarke, Enith (pianist)

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Collection. Clarke, Holgate (pianist)

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Collection. Clarke, Leoni (animal show)

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Collection. Clarke, Nathan (dancer)

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Collection. Clarke, Sally (singer)

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Collection. Clarke, Samantha (singer)

Australian/British soprano Samantha Clarke graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera School as a Baroness de Turckheim Scholar, Help Musicians, Tait Memorial and Countess of Munster Trust Scholar and studies with Yvonne Kenny. She was the winner of the 2019 Guildhall Gold Medal. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Clarke, Sylvia (singer)

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Collection. Clarkson, Stanley (singer), 1905 - 1961

Stanley Clarkson (23 August 1905 - 22 January 1961) was an Australian bass singer. Among his many leading roles with Sadler's Wells, he sang Philip in George Devine's 1951 staging of Don Carlos, repeated in 1955. He also sang Sarastro when the company did its first Magic Flute in 1955. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Clary, Julian (comedian)

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Collection. Clauson, William (singer)

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Collection. Clay, Harry (entrepreneur/producer)

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Collection. Clayton, Bob

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Collection. Clegg, Johnny

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Collection. Cliff, David (storyteller)

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Collection. Clifford, Colleen, 1898 - 1996

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Collection. Clifford, Simone (choreographer)

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Collection. Clinton, Dennis (actor)

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Collection. Clive, Henry (magician), 1882 - 1960

Henry Clive (1882-1960) was an Australian-born vaudevillian magician, painter and magazine illustrator. He traveled the world as a magician, billed as "Clive the Illusionist", "The Great Clive" and "Debonair Magician." In the United States he was a leading illustrator of magazines and film posters, and also worked with Charlie Chaplin in Hollywood. His popularity as an artist/illustrator increased during the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was famous as a regular cover artist for William Randolph Hearst's The American Weekly. (Information from Magicpedia and Karl Levett, 2016) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Clynes, Manfred (pianist)

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Collection. Coady, Estelle (pianist)

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Collection. Cochereau, Pierre

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Collection. Cocker, Joe (singer)

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Collection. Coe, Kelvin (dancer), 1946 - 1992

Kelvin Coe OBE (18 September 1946 - 9 July 1992) was an Australian ballet dancer and the first male artist to be promoted from the corps de ballet in the Australian Ballet principal dancer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cohen, Brad

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Collection. Cohen, Joshua (singer)

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Collection. Cohen, Leonard, 1934

Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (21 September 1934 - 10 November 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. He toured to Australia many times between 1980 and 2013, and even donated funds to assist the victims of the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires in 2009. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cohen, Maxwell (singer)

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Collection. Cold, Ulrik (singer)

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Collection. Cole, Gladys (singer)

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Collection. Cole, Joanna

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Collection. Cole, Nat King (singer)

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Collection. Cole, Natalie (singer)

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Collection. Cole, Tobias (singer)

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Collection. Coleman, Chris (actor)

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Collection. Coleman, Elizabeth (playwright)

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Collection. Coleman-Wright, Peter (opera singer)

Peter Coleman-Wright AO is an Australian baritone from Geelong. He began his career at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and has a highly sucessful career working with the English National Opera, the Royal Opera, the English National Opera, Netherlands Opera, the New York City Opera, the Metropolitan Opera , the Houston Grand Opera, and Opera Australia. He has won two Helpmann Awards and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Melbourne in 2009. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Coles, Clarice (singer)

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Collection. Coles, Jane (playwright)

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Collection. Colleano, Bonar (actor), 1924 - 1958

Bonar Colleano (14 March 1924 - 18 August 1958) was an American-born British stage and film actor. He was born Bonar Sullivan into a well known Australian circus family - and was a nephew of Con Colleano, the first tightrope walker to perform a forward somersault on the wire. Following childhood experiences with the Ringling Brothers Circus and in his family's famous circus, he moved to the United Kingdom and spent several years performing in music halls, on the stage and on radio before entertaining British troops during the second World War. He then began acting in films from 1944. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Colleano, Con (high wire act)

Con Colleano (26 December 1899 - 13 November 1973) was an indigenous Australian tightrope walker. He was born Cornelius Sullivan in Lismore, New South Wales, the son of an Irish man and a woman of indigenous and African heritage. This circus-performing family initially adopted the a Italian or Spanish sounding surname of Collinos, and later Colleano, to detract attention from their Indigenous heritage, and were known as the Flying Colleanos. Con Colleano was the first person to successfully attempt a forward somersault on a tightrope and became one of the most celebrated and highly paid circus performers of his time, being known as The Wizard of the Wire. In 1997 he, (together with May Wirth), was honoured by Australia Post on a postage stamp. Con was the brother of Maurice Colleano, and the uncle of American actor Bonar Colleano. [Information from the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and Wikipedia.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Colleano, Maurice (acrobat/comedian)

Maurice Colleano was an Australian-born acrobat and circus performer. He was the brother of Con Colleano, and the uncle of American actor Bonar Colleano. He was born Maurice Sullivan in Lismore, New South Wales, the son of an Irish man and a woman of indigenous and African heritage. This circus-performing family initially adopted the a Italian or Spanish sounding surname of Collinos, and later Colleano, to detract attention from their Indigenous heritage, and were known as the Flying Colleanos. [Information from the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and Wikipedia.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Collegium Musicum, Bonn

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Collection. Collette, Toni (actor)

Toni Collette (born 1 November 1972) is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television, and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She is a recipient of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and has been nominated for both the Academy Award and the Tony Award. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Colley, Ada (singer)

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Collection. Colley, Rachel (dancer/singer)

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Collection. Collier, Alexandra (playwright)

"Alexandra Collier is a writer from Australia, based in New York. Her plays have been developed at Sydney Theatre Company, and in New York at the New Group and the Women's Project." - Karl Levett, 2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Collier, Frederic (singer), 1885 - 1964

Frederick Redmond Collier (1885-1964), was a bass baritone singer who was born in Collingwood, Melbourne. On stage he was known as Frederic. In the war years he took part in patriotic concerts including a series with Dame Nellie Melba in aid of the Red Cross. He appeared frequently with the Melbourne Philharmonic and the Royal Victorian Liedertafel, and in January 1919 Collier joined the Rigo Grand Opera Company which was taken over later that year by J. C. Williamson Limited - Collier toured Australasia as the company's principal baritone. In 1921 Collier joined the British National Opera Company, where he became known for his Wagnerian roles, both bass and baritone. In 1926 he studied in Milan and sang in the international season of grand opera at Covent Garden in which Melba starred. In 1928-34 he toured Britain as a member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company, and returned to Melbourne in 1934 and was engaged for Sir Benjamin Fuller's season of grand opera. In 1935-36 he sang in the Australian Broadcasting Commission's grand opera season. On 26 December 1940 he joined the A.B.C.'s Melbourne Wireless Chorus (later Melbourne Singers). In 1940 and 1944 he was with the National Opera Company for short seasons. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Collier, Marie (singer)

Marie Elizabeth Collier (1927-1971) was a dramatic soprano who was born in Ballarat, Victoria. She was an internationally renowned opera singer, who became particularly known for her performances at Covent Garden. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Collin, Darya (dancer)

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Collection. Collins, Geoffrey (flautist)

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Collection. Collins, Valerie (singer)

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Collection. Collins, Wilkie

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Collection. Colman, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Colson, Kevin (actor/singer)

Kevin Colson (born 28 August 1937) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Combe, Anita Louise (singer/actor)

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Collection. Combe, J Harrison (singer)

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Collection. Combe, Peter (children's entertainer)

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Collection. Como, Perry (singer)

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Collection. Compagnie Philippe Genty

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Collection. Concannon, Gertrude (singer)

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Collection. Congreve, Kathleen (singer)

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Collection. Conly, Madame Mary (singer)

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Collection. Connell, Peter (dancer)

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Collection. Connelli, Judi (singer), 1947

Judi Connelli AM (born 20 July 1947 in Brisbane, Australia) is an award-winning singer and actress. She is best known for her career in opera and stage musicals, but has also acted on television series such as Prisoner. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Connolly, Billy (comedian)

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Collection. Connolly, Gerry (comedian)

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Collection. Connor, Shane (actor)

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Collection. Conolly, Patricia (actor)

Patricia Conolly (born 29 August 1933) began her stage career in Australia where she grew up, and has performed in England in the West End, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Chichester Festival Theatre (Laurence Olivier's company); in Canada for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival; and on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in US regional theaters, including Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Old Globe Theatre, Arena Stage, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Constable, Paul (playwright)

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Collection. Conway, Deborah (singer)

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Collection. Conway, Ruth (violinist)

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Collection. Conyngham, Fred, 1901

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Collection. Cooder, Ry (singer)

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Collection. Cook, Barbara (singer)

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Collection. Cook, Jonathan (singer)

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Collection. Cook, Ray (composer, musical director)

Ray Cook was an Australian composer, conductor and arranger. He was born in Adelaide (South Australia) in December 1936, emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1960, and died in London in March 1989. He initially worked as a pianist for the Phillip Street Revue in Sydney, working with artists such as Barry Humphries, Gordon Chater, Sheila Helpmann and Jill Perryman. After emigrating to the United Kingdom he became known for his talent as a musical director, and had a highly sucessful career in London's West End, and composing incidental music for plays, films and classical music compositions. He is remembered for his work on high profile West End musicals including Sweet Charity, Showboat, the King and I, Gone with the Wind, Pippin, Mame, Side by Side by Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, Songbook, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady and Cabaret. He also composed scores for Australian film and television: Silent Reach (1983), Careful, he Might Hear You (1983), and Rebel (1985, for which he won an Australian Film Award). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cooke, Kaz (author, cartoonist, broadcaster, comedian), 1962

Kaz Cooke (born Karen Cooke; 17 December 1962) is an Australian author, cartoonist and broadcaster. She is well known for her cartoons featuring the character Hermoine the Modern Girl, and she has written several bestselling advice books for girls and women, including Real Gorgeous, Up the Duff (also published under different titles outside of Australia), Kidwrangling, Girl Stuff and Women's Stuff, as well as a series of ebooks on women's health topics. Cooke has been a columnist for various Australian newspapers and magazines, including Dolly, The Age, The Australian, Who and The Canberra Times. A collection of her columns, Living with Crazy Buttocks, won the 2002 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year. In 2008, Girl Stuff won the Australian Publishers Association's General Non-fiction Book of the Year, the Australian Booksellers Association Booksellers' Choice Award, and an honour prize from the Children's Book Council of Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cookson, Barrie

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Collection. Coombe, Anita Louise (actor, singer, dancer)

Anita Louise Combe is an Australian actress, singer, dancer who has worked extensively in the entertainment industry all around the world. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Coombe, Carol (actor), 1911 - 1966

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Collection. Coonan, Rita (singer)

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Collection. Cooper, Alice (singer)

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Collection. Cooper, Brad (singer)

Brad Cooper was born in Sydney, Australia, and studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the National Opera Studio in London), and the Music Academy of the West in California. He has won an Australian Opera Auditions Committee 'Dame Joan Sutherland Award', Nance Atkinson Trust Grant, Tait Memorial Trust Grant, Johnson Bequest, and has been an Australian Singing Competition Finalist. He has appeared with Opera Australia, Oper Köln, Opéra Comique, the Wexford Festival Opera, the Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam, Nederlandse Reisopera, Opera Holland Park and the English National Opera. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cooper, Fred (bushman)

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Collection. Cooper, Horace

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Collection. Cooper, Robert

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Collection. Copeland, Sybil (violinist)

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Collection. Copperfield, David (magician)

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Collection. Coppin, Hennings and Greville (entrepreneurs)

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Collection. Coppin, Tylor (actor/playwright)

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Collection. Corbett, Phillip (playwright)

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Collection. Corbett, Ronnie (comedian)

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Collection. Corea, Chick (jazz musician)

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (b. 12 June, 1941) is an American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Corelli (pianist)

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Collection. Cormick, Michael (singer)

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Collection. Cornish, Elizabeth (dancer)

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Collection. Corry, Graham (actor)

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Collection. Cosby, Bill (comedian)

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Collection. Costantino, Romola (pianist)

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Collection. Costetti, Giovanni (pianist)

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Collection. Cottis, Jessica (organist)

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Collection. Coupe, Phoebe (singer, actor, dancer)

Phoebe Coupe is an actor, singer and dancer who was born and trained in Victoria, and is now based in London, United Kingdom. She is known for her work in musical theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cousens, Peter (actor/singer)

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Collection. Coustley, Brendan (actor/singer)

Brendan Coustley is originally from Melbourne, and studied drama at La Trobe University, before moving to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Covell, Roger (poet)

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Collection. Coward, Noel (singer)

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Collection. Coward, Sara

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Collection. Cowden, Lucinda (actor)

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Collection. Cowderoy, Hope (singer)

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Collection. Cowell, Brendan (playwright)

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Collection. Cox, Anne Marie

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Collection. Cox, Edwina (actor)

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Collection. Cox, Jenny (actor)

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Collection. Coxon, Sarah (actor)

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Collection. Craddock, Phoebe (actress)

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Collection. Craddock, Simone (actor)

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Collection. Crago, Peter (actor)

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Collection. Craig, John Evan (actor)

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Collection. Craig, Ted (director)

Ted Craig is an Australian-born theatre director, who was born and educated in Melbourne, Victoria. After working as a television director and actor he travelled to England in 1964, and has had a highly sucessful career as an actor and director of theatre productions across the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia, including the directorship of the Drama Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. His career has included many freelance productions in Britain and abroad. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cramphorn, Rex (director, theatre critic)

Rex Roy Cramphorn (sometimes identified by the variant Cramphorne) (10 January 1941 - 22 November 1991) was an Australian theatre director, costume designer, theatre critic, theorist and translator, active in the 1970s and 1980s. After he passed away in 1991 of AIDS related causes, a biennial $30,000 Rex Cramphorn Theatre Scholarship was established by the New South Wales Government and the Australian Film TV and Radio school. An annual series of Rex Cramphorn lectures - a memorial set up by his friends and colleagues - was begun in 1995, Jim Sharman giving the first lecture. A studio in the University of Sydney's Centre for Performance Studies was named in his honour, which is popularly known as "The Rex". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crawford, Alice (actor)

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Collection. Crawford, Margaret (flautist)

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Collection. Crawford, Michael (singer/actor)

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Collection. Crawford, Randy (singer)

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Collection. Crawford, Robert King

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Collection. Crawford-Phillips, Simon (pianist)

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Collection. Cree, A. D. (comedian)

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Collection. Creswick, William

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Collection. Crewes, Martin (actor/singer)

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Collection. Creyton, Barry (actor, playwright)

Barry Creyton (born 1939) is an Australian actor and playwright. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cribb, Reg

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Collection. Cripps, David (horn player)

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Collection. Crisp, Quentin (comedian)

Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; 25 December 1908 - 21 November 1999) was an English writer, raconteur and actor. His one-man stage show was a long-running hit internationally. Crisp defied convention by criticising both gay liberation and Diana, Princess of Wales. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crocker, Barry (singer)

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Collection. Croft, Colin (actor)

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Collection. Croft, Martin (actor)

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Collection. Croker, Nikki (dancer)

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Collection. Crompton, Frank (actor)

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Collection. Crook, Howard (singer)

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Collection. Crooks, Richard, 1900 - 1972

Richard Alexander Crooks (June 26, 1900 - September 29, 1972) was an American tenor and a leading singer at the New York Metropolitan Opera. He toured to Australia during the 1930s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crosbie, Peter (composer)

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Collection. Cross, Christopher (singer)

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Collection. Crossley, Ada (singer)

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Collection. Crossley, Paul (pianist)

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Collection. Crowe, Sara (actor)

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Collection. Crystal, Billy

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Collection. Cuddeford, James (violinist)

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Collection. Culbert, Margaret (actor)

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Collection. Cullen, Bernadette (singer)

Bernadette Cullen (born 30 December 1949) is an Australian Dramatic Mezzo-soprano. She studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, and was awarded a Bayreuth scholarship in 1988 to study in Munich and Cologne. [Information provided by Karl Levett, 2019] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cummings, Chris (singer)

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Collection. Cunningham, Nicholas (dancer)

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Collection. Cunningham, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Cunningham, Tess

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Collection. Curtin, Phyllis (singer)

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Collection. Cuthbertson, Allan (actor)

Allan Cuthbertson (7 April 1920 - 8 February 1988) was a naturalised Anglo-Australian actor, who was born Allan Darling Cuthbertson in Perth, Western Australia. He performed on stage and radio from an early age, and arrived in England in 1947. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cyrano, The musical (musical)

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Collection. Czajor, Ewa (director)

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Collection. Czobel, Lisa (dancer)

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Collection. DaAlvarez, Madame (singer)

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Collection. DaAscoli, Bernard (pianist)

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Collection. Dahlsen, Peter (actor)

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Collection. Dal Monte, Toti (singer)

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Collection. Dale, Alan (actor)

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Collection. Dale, Marilyn (singer)

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Collection. Dallimore, Helen, (actress)

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Collection. Dalman, Elizabeth Campbell

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Collection. Dalton, Andrew (singer)

Andrew Dalton is an Australian opera singer born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the ABC's Instrumental and Vocal Competition (now the Young Performers Awards) and continued his studies in London. Since then, he has toured extensively throughout Europe, and undertaken concert tours in Australia, the Far East and U.S.A.. In 1991 Andrew Dalton returned to live in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dalton, Julie (singer)

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Collection. Dalton, Paul (magician)

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Collection. Dampier, Alfred Claude (actor/manager/playwright), 1843

Alfred Dampier (1843 - 23 May 1908) was an English-born actor-manager and playwright, active in Australia. He had a stage career in Manchester before moving to Melbourne, Victoria in 1873. He soon formed his own company and often produced plays with an Australian theme. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Danco, Suzanne (singer)

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Collection. Daneman, Paul (actor)

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Collection. Daniels, Billy (singer)

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Collection. Dante the Great (magician), 1869 - 1899

Oscar Eliason (1869 - 1899) was the first of many stage magicians to perform under the name "Dante". He was an American Mormon and born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1869 to Swedish immigrants. His father was a jeweller by profession but enjoyed magic as a hobby, and so Oscar pursued his own interest in magic, making his amateur debut in 1889 and turning professional four years later. During the mid 1890s he toured Texas, Mexico, Cuba and Canada, performing with his wife who was billed as Madame Edmunda. By 1898, he had adopted the stage name Dante the Great, and toured to Australia and New Zealand, performing in Honolulu en route. For over a year the young Dante and his company greatly impressed audiences throughout Australia and New Zealand. His career as a great magician, however, was cut short by tragedy, as while in Dubbo, New South Wales, Dante joined a rabbit shooting party and was accidentally shot. Three days later he died of his injuries. [Information from the Arts Centre, Melbourne] This material relates to Oscar Eliason (1869 - 1899), the first magician to use the stage name "Dante", distinct from Harry August Jansen (3 October 1883 - 15 June 1955), a Danish-born performer who settled in the United States and travelled the world as a professional magician also using the stage name "Dante the Magician". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Darban, Phil and Wendy (boomerang act)

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Collection. Darius, Adam (mime)

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Collection. Darnton, Leo (singer/vocal teacher)

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Collection. Darrell, George (actor, playwright, theatrical manager)

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Collection. David, Davilia (actor)

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Collection. Davidson, Granny

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Collection. Davidson, Jim

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Collection. Davies, Harvey & Helen (pianists)

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Collection. Davies, Lindy (director)

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Collection. Davies, Susan (violinist)

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Collection. Davis, Allan, 1913 - 2001

Allan George Davis (1913-2001) was an Anglo-Australian actor, director for film and theatre, and producer for film and television. He worked as a director and producer in London West End theaters from 1954 on, but returned to Australia in the 1960s to tour for J.C. Williamson Limited. He directed "No sex please, we're British" for 16 years, from 1971 to 1987. His production company was also involved in film and television production from the 1970s on before closing down in the early 1990s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Davis, Angelita (pianist)

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Collection. Davis, Bette (actor)

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Collection. Davis, Essie (actor)

Esther "Essie" Davis (born January 19, 1970) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in the television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and Amelia Vanek in the 2014 Australian psychological horror film The Babadook. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Davis, Ivan

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Collection. Davis, Jack, 1917 - 2000

Jack Davis (11 March 1917 - 17 March 2000) was a notable Australian 20th-century playwright and poet, and an Indigenous rights campaigner. He was born in Western Australia, in the small town of Yarloop, and lived in Fremantle towards the end of his life. He was of the Aboriginal Noongar people, and much of his work dealt with the Indigenous Australian experience. He has been referred to as the 20th Century's Aboriginal Poet Laureate, and many of his plays are on Australian school syllabuses. Davis was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1976, and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1985. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Davis, Laurence (musician)

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Collection. Davis, Michael and Shirley (dancers)

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Collection. Davis, Sammy, Junior (singer/dancer)

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Collection. Davislim, Garrie, (singer)

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Collection. Davislim, Steve (singer)

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Collection. Dawe, Clem (actor)

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Collection. Dawson, Peter (singer), 1882 - 1961

Peter Smith Dawson (31 January 1882 - 27 September 1961) was an Australian bass-baritone and songwriter who gained worldwide renown through song recitals and many best-selling recordings of operatic arias, oratorio solos and ballads during a career spanning nearly 60 years. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Day, Julie (playwright)

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Collection. De Borah, Daniel (pianist)

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Collection. De Gay, Sylvia (violinist)

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Collection. De Groen, Alma (playwright)

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Collection. De Gunst, Molly (singer)

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Collection. De Jong, Lucas (singer)

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Collection. De La Rue, Simone (actress)

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Collection. de Niese, Danielle

Danielle de Niese (born 11 April 1979) is an Australian-American lyric soprano. After success as a young child in singing competitions in Australia, she moved to the United States where she developed an operatic career. From 2005 she came to widespread public attention with her performances as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne, England. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. De Pascale, Marc (clairvoyant)

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Collection. De Piero, Sergo (organist/harpsichordist)

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Collection. De Tarczynksa, Halinka (singer)

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Collection. De Vito, Gioconda

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Collection. Dean, Beth (dancer)

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Collection. Dean, Brett (composer)

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Collection. Dean, Philip (playwright)

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Collection. Deane, Sidney (singer)

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Collection. Dearie, Blossom (singer)

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Collection. Dearth, Harry (singer)

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Collection. Delaney, Rosalie (comedienne)

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Collection. Delavault, Helene (singer)

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Collection. Deller Consort

Alfred George Deller, CBE (31 May 1912 - 16 July 1979), was an English singer and an influential figure in popularising early music during the 20th Century. He was an early proponent of original instrument performance, and in 1948 formed the Deller Consort, a group dedicated to historically informed performance. The group recorded music from as early as the 13th century and significantly expanded popular notions of the Baroque repertoire, producing high-quality authentic "period performances" of the works of Bach, Handel, Purcell, Dowland, and even folk songs. [information from Wikipedia, 2017] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Demidenko, Nikolai (cellist)

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Collection. Dempsey, Gregory (singer)

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Collection. Demus, Joerg

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Collection. Dendulk, Terence (opera singer)

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Collection. Denereaz, Arthur (pianist)

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Collection. Deng, Alexander (actor, singer)

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Collection. Denning, Angela (singer)

Angela Denning is an opera singer who studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music High School, the Sydney Conservatory and the Sydney Conservatorium Opera School. She has appeared with the State Opera of South Australia, the Australian Opera, the Kent Opera in the United Kingdom, and the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dennington, Nicole (actor)

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Collection. Dennis, Reggie (comedian, singer)

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Collection. Dennis, Stefan (actor), 1958

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Collection. Denny, W. H. (actor)

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Collection. Denver, John (singer)

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Collection. Dermota, Anton (singer)

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Collection. Deslouis, Claudius (singer)

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Collection. Desmond, Lorrae

Lorrae Desmond, MBE (2 October 1932), is an Australian retired Gold Logie-award-winning singer, entertainer, character actress and theatre lyricist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Deutsches Theater, Liverpool

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Collection. Devereaux, Edward (actor)

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Collection. Devereaux, Steve (actor)

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Collection. Devir, Eileen (violinist)

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Collection. Di Stefano, Giuseppe (singer)

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Collection. Diamond, Dick, (playwright)

Richard Frank (Dick) Diamond (1906-1989), was an Australian trade union official, dramatist and journalist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Diamond, Neil (singer)

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Collection. Diaz, Alirio (guitarist)

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Collection. Dickinson, Mark (actor)

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Collection. Dickson, Amy

Amy Dickson (born 1982, Sydney) is an Australian classical saxophone player. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dickson, Bettina (actor)

"Growing up in Australia, I often heard this actor on radio plays - in those days she was known as Betty Dickson." - Karl Levett, 2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dickson, Christopher

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Collection. Diedrich, John (singer/actor), 1953

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Collection. Diego El Cigala (singer), 1968

Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar is a Spanish-born Dominican Flamenco singer (born Madrid, 27 December 1968). He is known as El Cigala, which is Spanish for 'Norway Lobster', a crustacean popular in Spain. He toured to Australia in August 2014. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dietrich, Marlene (actor/singer)

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Collection. Diffey, Christopher (opera singer)

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Collection. Dignam, Arthur (actor), 1939 - 2020

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Collection. Diller, Phyllis (comedian)

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Collection. Dix, Helena (opera singer)

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Collection. Do, Anh (author, actor, comedian, painter), 1977

Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is a Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. He is one of Australia's leading comedians, and has appeared on Australian TV shows such as Thank God You're Here and Good News Week. Since 2013 Do has cut back on comedy to focus on painting full-time. He was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2014, 2017 and 2019. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dobbie, John (comedian)

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Collection. Dobbs, Mattiwilda (singer)

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Collection. Dodds, Stanley (violinist, conductor)

Stanley Chia-Ming Dodds (also knowns as Stanley Dodds) was born in Canada, grew up in Australia and as a dual German-Australian citizen is now based in Berlin. He began playing violin and piano in Adelaide as a child and attended the Bruckner Conservatorium and Musik High School in Linz before studying violin and conducting at Lucerne Conservatorium. He continued violin studies at the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic before receiving tenure as a violinist in the orchestra in 1994. He studied conducting in Australia, Switzerland and Germany, and performs regularly at the principal concert venues in Berlin. He frequently conducts ensembles of the Berlin Philharmonic and has assisted Sir Simon Rattle on numerous occasions and was appointed Principal Conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra commencing 2014/2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Doherty, Charles (actor)

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Collection. Dolia Ribush Company

Dolia Ribush (1896-1947), was a theatrical producer, who migrated to Australia in 1928 and founded Bush's Confectionery Pty Ltd. After producing some sketches at the Melbourne Russian Club in 1931-32 and later Chekhov's The Jubilee, he formed the amateur Dolia Ribush Players and produced Gorky's Lower Depths (1936), The Cherry Orchard (1938) and Afinegenov's Distant Point (1942). Ribush's most remarkable achievement was the first production of Douglas Stewart's Ned Kelly in 1944, and the performance at the Melbourne University Union Theatre was a landmark in Australian theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dolmetsch, Carl (early music performer)

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Collection. Dolores, Antonia (singer)

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Collection. Dolukhanova, Zara (singer)

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Collection. Domingo, Placido (singer)

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Collection. Domino, Fats (singer)

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Collection. Donegan, Lonnie (singer)

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Collection. Donnelly, Malcolm (singer)

Malcolm Douglas Donnelly AM (born 8 February 1943 in Sydney) is an Australian baritone opera singer. He studied with Marianne Mathy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and with Vida Harford in London. His career started with the Elizabethan Trust Opera, before he travelled to London for further study, joining the Scottish Opera in 1971. From 1981 to 1985 he was a member of the English National Opera. During 1984 Malcolm Donnelly returned to Australia, debuting with the Australian Opera in 1985. Further material relating to his career is held in PROMPT files for Elizabethan Trust Opera, English National Opera, and Australian Opera. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Donnelly, Patrick (opera singer)

Patrick Donnelly is an operatic bass/baritone who was born in Sydney in 1954, and studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and later in London at the Guildhall School of Music. Further programs featuring him may be located within separate PROMPT files for the companies he has worked with. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Donohoe, Peter (pianist)

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Collection. Donohue, Iris (singer)

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Collection. Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter & guitarist, Australian tours)

Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter, known for his distinctive style of blended musical genres. Full name: Donovan Phillips Leitch. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Donovan, Jason (actor/singer), 1968

Jason Donovan (born 1 June 1968) is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. He has also appeared in several stage musicals, and now resides in London, United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Donovan, Karen

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Collection. Donovan, Terence (actor)

Terence Donovan (born October 28, 1942), also known as Terry Donovan, is an English-born Australian actor and the father of fellow actor and entertainer Jason Donovan. He has had major roles in many Australian TV drama series, including Division 4, Cop Shop, Prisoner, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Doonican, Val (singer)

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Collection. Dorensky, Sergei Leonidovitch (pianist)

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Collection. Dornbush, Rose (pianist)

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Collection. Dosser, Lance (pianist)

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Collection. Dotrice, Roy (actor)

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Collection. Doubleday, Leila (violinist)

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Collection. Dow, Simon, 1955

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Collection. Dowd, Ronald (singer), 1914 - 1990

Eric Ronald Dowd (1914-1990), tenor, was born in Sydney, New South Wales. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dowling, Denis (opera singer)

Denis Dowling was an opera singer who was born Ranfurly, South Island, New Zealand 24 June 1910 and died in London 23 September 1996. He won the Melbourne Sun Aria Contest in 1934, and then left for London having obtained a scholarship to the Royal College of Music. He later sang with the Sadler's Wells Opera, a connection which lasted for over thirty years. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Downe, Bob (comedian)

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Collection. Downie, Penny

Penny Downie (born 1954) is an Australian actress, noted for her appearances on British television. Further programs featuring Penny Downie are located within seperate PROMPT files for the companies she has worked with, such as the Royal Shakespeare Co. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Downs, W H (singer)

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Collection. Doyle, Grant (opera singer)

Grant Doyle is an Australian/British operatic baritone who was born in Adelaide and studied voice at the Elder Conservatorium. He then studied at the Opera School at the Royal College of Music in London, subsequently winning a place on the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. As well as appearing with the Royal Opera, English Touring Opera and Opera North he also regularly performs as a concert soloist. Further programs featuring Grant Doyle are located in separate PROMPT files under the name of the companies he has performed with, such as the Royal Opera. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dr Hook (singer)

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Collection. Drake, Bryan (singer)

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Collection. Drake, Susan (harpist)

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Collection. Draper, Ruth (actor)

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Collection. Draxl, Tim (cabaret performer)

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Collection. Dreyfus, George (composer)

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Collection. Drummond, Dolores

Dolores Drummond was an Australian actor who enjoyed a long stage career in London from the 1870s until the turn of the century. Her son, William George Robert Sprague (1863 - 1833) was a well known theatre architect, whose work included many famous London Theatres including the Aldwych Theatre, Ambassador's Theatre, St. Martin's Theatre, and the Gielgud Theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dudley, Matthew (actor)

Matthew Dudley is an actor who was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, and trained at Murdoch University, the Manchester Metropolitan University School Of Theatre and at The Desmond Jone School of Mime and Physical Theatre. He has appeared in West End Theatre, national touring productions, commercials, corporate work and pantomimes. [Information from his profile on https://actors.mandy.com/uk, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dudman, Michael (organist)

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Collection. Dufault, Paul (singer)

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Collection. Duffield, Kenneth (actor, composer, playwright)

Kenneth Launcelot Duffield (1885-1958) was a well-known South Australian composer, playwright, writer, producer, theatrical manager and pastoralist. Although born and bred in an SA pastoral environment, Mr Duffield had a versatile and colourful career in the London theatrical world. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dufray, Daphne (dancer)

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Collection. Duggan, Audrey (actor)

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Collection. Duggan, Gerry (actor)

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Collection. Dunbar, Peggy (singer)

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Collection. Dunbar, Roslyn

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Collection. Duncan, Carmen

Carmen Joan Duncan was born 7 July 1942 in Cooma, New South Wales and is an Australian actress known in Australia and the United States of Americal as a character actress in films and on television. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Duncan, Frances

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Collection. Duncan, Paula (actor), 1952

Paula Margaret Duncan AM (born 1952) is an Australian actress. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Duncan, Rachel (singer)

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Collection. Duncan, Todd (singer)

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Collection. Dunham, Katherine (dancer)

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Collection. Dunlop, Roslyn (clarinettist)

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Collection. Dunn, Beverley (actor)

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Collection. Dunn, Kathryn (dancer)

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Collection. Dunstan, Evan (director)

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Collection. Duphil, Monique (pianist)

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Collection. Dupré, Marcel (organist), 1886 - 1971

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Collection. Durham, Judith (singer)

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Collection. Dusty, Slim (singer), 1927 - 2003

Slim Dusty AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 13 June 1927 - 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was one of the Australia's most awarded stars with a career spanning nearly seven decades, and was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dutton, Jonathon

Jonathon Dutton is an Australian director and actor, most known for his role as Ted Reeves in Neighbours. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dutton, Teresa Rose (singer)

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Collection. Dwyer, Adrian

Adrian Dwyer is an Australian/British tenor who has has sung in many of the world's greatest opera houses and concert halls, gaining international recognition. Further programs featuring Adrian Dwyer are held separately in the PROMPT collection under the names of the companies he has performed with, such as Opera North, Scottish Opera, English National Opera etc. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dyason, Emily (pianist)

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Collection. Dylan, Bob, 1941

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Collection. Earls, Nicholas (playwright)

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Collection. Earp, Frederic (singer)

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Collection. Eason, Myles

Myles Eason was an Australian actor who was born on May 7, 1915 in Tatura, Victoria, and died January 8, 1977 in Grand Cayman Island. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. East, Richard (producer)

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Collection. Eastgate, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Easton, Madeleine (violinist)

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Collection. Easton, Neil (baritone)

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Collection. Eaton, Kerri (singer)

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Collection. Ecker, Haylie (violinist)

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Collection. Eckstine, Billy (singer)

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Collection. Eddy, Alan (singer)

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Collection. Eddy, Jenifer (opera singer)

Jenifer Eddy is one of Australia's most experienced artists' agents and a former international soprano. She was born in Melbourne, and appeared regularly with the Australian symphony orchestras as well as in Opera Australia's inaugural season in 1956, prior to departing for England in 1958. From 1959/1963 she was a resident principal soprano at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and continued to appear in successive seasons as a guest artist. She also appeared with English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, in Germany, France, Italy and Portugal and at most of the major festivals in Great Britain. She returned to Australia in 1975 and became a pioneer in the field of artists' management in this country, launching Jenifer Eddy Artists' Management in April of that year. She is also a founder member of the Australasian Classical Music Managers Association and the first international member of the International Artist Managers' Association. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eddy, Nelson (singer)

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Collection. Edmonds, Sophie (dancer)

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Collection. Edmonds, Thomas (singer)

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Collection. Edmunds, Candice (actress)

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Collection. Edmunds, Natalie (actor)

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Collection. Edwardes, George (actor/manager)

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Collection. Edwards, Amy (actress)

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Collection. Edwards, Gale (director)

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Collection. Edwards, Jimmy (comedian)

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Collection. Edwards, Lola (singer)

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Collection. Edwards, Mark (actor)

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Collection. Edwards, Ray (actor)

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Collection. Edwards, Ross (composer)

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Collection. Egan, Mylie (singer)

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Collection. Egger, Lucy (director and performer)

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Collection. EJ Carroll (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Elferink, Joel

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Collection. Elgart, Larry (conductor)

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Collection. Elisha, Ron (playwright, author), 1951

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Collection. Elkins, Margreta (mezzo-soprano)

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Collection. Ellington, Duke (composer/piano player)

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Collection. Elliot, Sumner Locke (playwright)

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Collection. Elliott, Hilary (choreographer)

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Collection. Elliott, Madge (singer/actor)

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Collection. Elliott, Violet (actor)

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Collection. Ellis, Ben (playwright

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Collection. Ellis, John (actor)

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Collection. Ellis, Raymond (singer)

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Collection. Ellis, Simon (choreographer)

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Collection. Ellis, Warren

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Collection. Ellwood, Cid (composer)

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Collection. Elman, Mischa (violinist)

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Collection. Elms, Lauris (singer), 1931

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Collection. Elsie Adair Company

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Collection. Elton, W. M. (comedian)

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Collection. Elvis Costello and the Attractions

English singer songwriter. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Elvis to the Max

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Collection. Embleton, Lloyd (dancer)

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Collection. Emery, Dick (comedian)

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Collection. Emmanuel, Tommy (guitarist)

William Thomas "Tommy" Emmanuel AM (born 31 May 1955) is an Australian virtuoso guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer. He is best known for his complex fingerstyle technique, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar. In June 2010 Emmanuel was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. English, Gerald (singer)

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Collection. Enright, Nick (playwright)

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Collection. Entremont, Philippe

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Collection. Errante F. Gerald (clarinettist)

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Collection. Errol, Leon (comedian), 1881 - 1951

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Collection. Escott, Jack (singer, entertainer)

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Collection. Esler, Gail (actor)

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Collection. Ethelston, Jeanette (singer)

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Collection. Euphrat, Maurice (pianist)

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Collection. Evans, Amy (singer)

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Collection. Evans, Fred (actor)

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Collection. Evans, Lindley

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Collection. Evrov, Nikolai (pianist)

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Collection. Eyles, Sherelle (pianist)

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Collection. Eyre, Marcus (actor)

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Collection. Fabian (singer)

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Collection. Fackert, Eric (clarinet and saxophone player)

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Collection. Fahey, Warren (singer, folklorist)

Warren John Fahey AM (born 3 January 1946) is a folklore collector, cultural historian, author, actor, broadcaster, record and concert producer, visual artist, songwriter and a performer of Australian traditional and related historical music. He is the founder of Folkways Music (1973), Larrikin Records (1974) and a folk music ensemble, the Larrikins (1975). In 2002 he established another record company, Undercover Music Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fairclough, B.

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Collection. Fairfax, Diana (actor)

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Collection. Falk, Ronald (actor)

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Collection. Fame, Georgie (singer)

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Collection. Fancourt, Elizabeth (dancer)

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Collection. Farid, Amir (pianist)

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Collection. Farkas, Philip (horn player)

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Collection. Farley, Edw. (singer/teacher)

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Collection. Farnan-Dale, Wendy (singer)

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Collection. Farnham, Johnny (singer)

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Collection. Farr, Judi

Judi Farr was born in Cairns, Queensland, a and is a much awarded Australian actress of theatre, film and television best known for several situation comedy roles on Australian television. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Farrell, George Welsh (violinist)

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Collection. Farrell, Richard

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Collection. Farren-Price, Ronald (pianist)

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Collection. Farren-Price, Ruth (pianist)

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Collection. Farrugia, Amelia (singer)

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Collection. Fasso, Pamela (singer)

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Collection. Faulkner, Trader (actor), 1927

Ronald "Trader" Faulkner (born 7 September 1927) is an Australian actor best known for his work in the UK on the stage and television. He was the son of John Faulkner. He was a student and protege of Peter Finch, and worked with John Gielgud and Vivien Leigh. He also became a renowned expert of the flamenco. -- information from Wikipedia entry. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Featherby, Madeleine (actor, singer)

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Collection. Feinstein, Michael (singer)

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Collection. Feldman, Marty (comedian)

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Collection. Feliciano, Jose (singer)

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Collection. Fenelon, Tony (pianist/organist)

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Collection. Ferguson, Rufus (singer)

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Collection. Fermee, Lyn (actor)

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Collection. Fernon, John (actor)

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Collection. Ferrari, Peter (comedian)

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Collection. Ferras, Christian (violinist)

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Collection. Ferry, Bryan (singer)

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Collection. Fiander, Lewis (actor), 1938 - 2016

Lewis Fiander (12 January 1938 - 24 May 2016) was an Australian film, stage, and television actor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fibigs, Pauls (ballet master)

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Collection. Fiddess, Buster (comedian)

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Collection. Field, Margaret (singer)

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Collection. Fields, Billy (singer)

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Collection. Fields, Gracie (singer)

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Collection. Fifield, Elaine (dancer), 1930 - 1999

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Collection. Finch, Nellie (singer)

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Collection. Finch, Peter (actor), 1916 - 1977

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 - 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor. Years active 1934-1977. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Finke, Bernarda (singer)

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Collection. Finnila, Birgit (singer)

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Collection. Finsterer, Anni (producer)

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Collection. Finsterer, Mary (composer)

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Collection. Fiorentino, Adam-Jon (actor)

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Collection. Firkusny, Rudolf (pianist)

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Collection. Fischer, Annie (pianist)

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Collection. Fischer, Blake (opera singer)

Blake Fischerwas born in Melbourne, Australia where he attended the Victorian College of the Arts. In 1997 he joined Opera Australia for minor roles/chorus and sang in a total of 17 productions at the Sydney Opera House. As well as opera, Blake has performed in a number of Music Theatre productions including the 1996 Australian productions of My Fair Lady and Chess the Musical. Blake established himself as a recitalist in 1998 winning the prestigious 'Mietta's City of Melbourne Song Recital Award' and then moved to the United Kingdom in 1999 to study at the Royal Northern College of Music. He is known both as a recitalist and concert performer, and for his appearances with companies including the English Touring Opera, Scottish Opera and other major performances worldwide. [Information from his official website.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fischer, Margaret (writer/performer)

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Collection. Fisher, Emma (ballerina)

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Collection. Fisher, Gabrielle (singer)

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Collection. Fisher, Phryne

The Honourable Phryne Fisher is the main character in Australian author Kerry Greenwood's series of Phryne Fisher detective novels. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is a television drama series based on the novels, starring Essie Davis in the title role. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fisher, Sylvia (singer)

Sylvia Fisher (18 April 1910 - 25 August 1996) was an Australian operatic soprano who was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Her stage career was made in England, and she was especially distinguished in German opera. She established herself as a fine lieder and oratorio singer in Australia before moving to England in 1947, and joining the Covent Garden resident company in 1948. She soon became the company's leading dramatic soprano. She also appeared as soloist with the leading choral societies and orchestras, and at music festivals, and was conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir John Barbirolli and Sir Malcolm Sargent. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fister, Helfried (violinist)

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Collection. Fitzgerald, Ella (singer)

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Collection. Fitzgibbon, Maggie (actor)

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Collection. Fitzmaurice Gill, Miss Mary (actor)

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Collection. Flack, Roberta (singer)

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Collection. Flagstad, Kirsten (singer), 1895 - 1962

Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 - 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano. She ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century, and many opera critics called hers "the voice of the century." She toured Australia in 1938. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Flanagan, Fionnula (actor)

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Collection. Flanagan, John Michael

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Collection. Flanagan, Leslie John (singer)

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Collection. Flanagan, Tom

Tom Flanagan performs as an acrobatic clown, whose work includes tumbling, falling and other acrobatics. He is a graduate of the internationally renowned circus school, The Flying Fruit Flies, and has performed in the Edinburgh, Adelaide and Brighton Fringe Festivals & Sydney Opera House. He was also a member of Circus Oz from 2009 - 2010. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Flannery, Susan (actor)

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Collection. Fleet, Greg (comedian)

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Collection. Fleming, Amaryllis (cellist)

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Collection. Fleming, Ian (actor)

"Ian Fleming was born in Melbourne in 1888 as Ian McFarlane. After working in the British provincial theatre, Fleming made his London stage debut in 1915 as Glover in 'On Trial'. From then on he played roles in dozens and dozens of West End productions. Most notably in February, 1925 he played Laertes to Johne Barrymore's Hamlet, and in 1930 he played Jesus of Nazareth in 'The Passing of the Essenes'. He appeared in over 100 British films. In 1931 he was featured as Dr. Watson in a series of three Sherlock Holmes films. Fleming was especially busy during World War II when he was too old for active service. He worked consistently in television until his death on January 1st, 1969." - Karl Levett, 2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fleming, Justin (playwright)

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Collection. Fleming, Renee (singer)

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Collection. Flemming, Claude (actor), 1884 - 1952

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Collection. Fletcher, Russell (comedian)

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Collection. Floyd, Dr A E (organist)

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Collection. Flynn, Eric

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Collection. Flynn, Errol (actor), 1909 - 1959

Errol Leslie Flynn (20 June 1909 - 14 October 1959) was a Tasmanian-born American actor during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Considered the natural successor to Douglas Fairbanks, he achieved worldwide fame for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Folkert, Piotr (pianist)

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Collection. Fonteyn, Margot, Dame (dancer)

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Collection. Foote, Kevin

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Collection. Foran, James (singer)

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Collection. Forbutt, Banner

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Collection. Force Majeure, 1961

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Collection. Ford, Andrew (composer)

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Collection. Ford, Pam (comedienne)

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Collection. Forde, Florrie (singer), 1876 - 1940

Florrie Forde (16 August 1875 - 18 April 1940), born Flora May Augusta Flannagan, was an Australian popular singer and entertainer. She was one of the greatest stars of the early 20th century music hall. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Foreman, Joyce (speech recital)

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Collection. Forrester, Maureen (singer)

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Collection. Forsythe, Drew

Drew Forsythe (born 23 August 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor, singer, writer, and comedian. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Foster, Norman (singer)

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Collection. Foster, Roland (singer)

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Collection. Fouras, Dana (dancer)

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Collection. Fowler, Jennifer (composer)

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Collection. Fowles, Glenys (singer)

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Collection. Fox, Edwina (actor)

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Collection. Fox, Kerry (actress), 1966

Kerry Fox is a New Zealand actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie An Angel at My Table directed by Jane Campion, which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Francesch, Homero (pianist)

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Collection. Francis, Cornelia (actress)

Cornelia Frances (born 7 April 1941) is a British born actress based in Australia since the early 1970s. Frances is best known for her recurring role as judge Morag Bellingham on Home and Away. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Francis, Hubert (singer)

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Collection. Francis, John (actor/singer)

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Collection. Francis, Maurice (actor/director)

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Collection. Frank Forrest collection of music programmes, Sydney, ca. 1925-1950].

Tenor, active in musical life of Sydney from 1920s-1950s and a member of several choirs and groups including the ABC Male Quartet and the Radio Revellers. He studied at the Conservatorium of Music under Roland Foster and won many prestigious awards. He was the Tenor Champion in the Eisteddfod conducted to celebrate the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. His musical career included regular broadcasts on Radio 2BL, 2FC, 2GB. He was appointed tenor soloist at the Sydney Central Methodist Mission from April 1926 until September 1953. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Frank, Liza & Sammy the ultimate event

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Collection. Frankel, Peter (pianist)

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Collection. Franklin, Heath

Heath Franklin is an Australian comedian, writer, improviser and director, who has been performing since 2005. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Franks, John (singer)

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Collection. Franks, Michael (singer)

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Collection. Franquin (magician)

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Collection. Frasca, Jye (actor)

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Collection. Fraser, Dallas (cellist)

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Collection. Fraser, Glenn (director)

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Collection. Fraser, John (actor)

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Collection. Fraser, Moyra, 1923 - 2010

Moyra Fraser (3 December 1923 - 13 December 2009) was an Australian-born English actress and ballet dancer. She was born in Sydney, Australia, and emigrated to the United Kingdom with her family in June 1924. Her father was a director of Mappin & Webb. She left school at 14 to take up a scholarship with Sadler's Wells Ballet, where she was befriended by Robert Helpmann. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Frawley, John (actor)

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Collection. Freddie Sales and His Crazy Gang

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Collection. Freeman, David (director)

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Collection. French, Maurice & Joy (roller skaters)

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Collection. Fretwell, Elizabeth (singer)

Elizabeth Fretwell OBE (13 August 1920 - 5 June 2006) was an Australian soprano. She was the prima donna at London's Sadler's Wells Opera (English National Opera) through much of the 1950s and 1960s, and joined the ensemble of The Australian Opera in 1970. During 1973 she sang in the opening season of the Sydney Opera House. She remained a member of the Australian Opera (now Opera Australia) until her retirement. After retirement she reverted to her married name of Betty Simmons, and later served on the Opera Foundation's board for a number of years. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1977. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Frey, Mignon (violinist)

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Collection. Friedenthal, Albert (pianist)

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Collection. Friedman, Erick (violinist)

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Collection. Friedman, Ignaz

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Collection. Frisch, Celine (harpsichordist)

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Collection. Frith, Alex

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Collection. Frost, David (comedian)

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Collection. Frost, Lilian (organist)

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Collection. Fry, Beverly Jane (dancer)

Beverly Jane Fry is an Australian ballerina, who was born in Kent, England, but at an early age moved with her family to Melbourne, Australia. She trained with the Australian prima ballerina, Kathleen Gorham and with Gailene Stock. She went on to become an international ballerina travelling the world in a performing career that lasted twenty years, and has danced with a number of companies during her career including The Stuttgart Ballet, English National Ballet, Aterballetto (Italy) and London City Ballet where she remained as Principal Ballerina for 12 years. Further programs featuring Fry are located within seperate PROMPT files under the names of the companies she has appeared with. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fulford, John (singer)

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Collection. Fuller, Rosalind (actor)

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Collection. Fulton, Naomi (singer)

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Collection. Furness, Peter (dancer)

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Collection. Gadson, Joan (actor)

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Collection. Gafni, Miklos (singer)

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Collection. Galante, Inessa (singer)

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Collection. Galas, Diamanda (singer/pianist/composer)

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Collection. Gale, Rebecca

Rebecca Gale studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and has won many Eisteddfods and a Joan Sutherland Scholarship in 1990. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gallagher, Simon (singer)

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Collection. Gallea, Christina (dancer)

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Collection. Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1882 - 1963

Amelita Galli-Curci (18 November 1882 - 26 November 1963) was an Italian coloratura soprano. She was one of the most popular operatic singers of the early 20th century with her gramophone records selling in large numbers. Galli-Curci toured extensively throughout her career, including to Australia in 1925 and 1932. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Galliera, Aleco (conductor)

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Collection. Gallop, Steven

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Collection. Gallup, Robert (magician)

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Collection. Galway, James (flautist)

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Collection. Garbarek, Jan (saxophone player)

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Collection. Garcia, Adam (actor/singer)

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Collection. Gardiner, Eunice (pianist)

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Collection. Gardon, Olivier (pianist)

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Collection. Garland, Judy (singer)

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Collection. Garland, Lyn (pianist)

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Collection. Garnet H. Carroll Management

Garnet Hannell Carroll, entrepreneur, was born in 1902, Singleton, N.S.W. He began performing as a chorus singer and actor, before working as a stage manager in the late 1920s. He married the Australian actress Catherine Stewart Elliott ('Kitty Stewart') in 1930, and worked as a stage manager for Benjamin Fuller, soon becoming Fuller's protege and business partner. He formed Gaiety Theatres Ltd with Fuller in 1941 and the Carroll-Fuller Theatres Pty Ltd in 1946. He managed the Princess Theatre, Melbourne and the Capitol Theatre, Perth, presenting plays and musicals to as wide an audience as possible. Carroll died in Melbourne in 1964. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Garrett, Vivienne

Vivienne Garrett is an Australian-based theatre, television actress and voice artist. She was born in Sydney and now lives in Perth. Garrett graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1970. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Garvie, Chadd (choreographer)

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Collection. Gasteen, Lisa (singer)

Lisa Gasteen is an internationally acclaimed Australian operatic soprano, who is renowned for her performances of Wagner. She studied at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, then continued her studies in San Francisco and London. She has sung with the Australian Opera, Welsh National Opera, and Prague Opera. In 1982 she won the Australian Regional Finals of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and in 1984 she was awarded the Covent Garden Scholarship. In the same year she sang in the Queen's 60th Birthday Gala at the Royal Opera House. She won the Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 1991. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gatliff, Frank (actor)

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Collection. Gaule, Ben (actor)

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Collection. Gauthier, Eva (singer)

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Collection. Gautier, Jeanne (violinist)

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Collection. Gauvin, Karina (singer)

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Collection. Gavin, Julian (singer)

Julian Gavin was born in Melbourne in 1965. He is an operatic tenor who in England first worked with Opera North and then made his Covent Garden debut in "Don Carlos" in 1996. Since then he has sung in opera houses in Europe, North America and Australia (including ten productions with Opera Australia). He also teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gaweda

Mark Gaweda is an actor who performed in 'The Architect's Walk' at the Arts Theatre in Adelaide in 1998. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gaynor, Nigel (conductor)

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Collection. Gedda, Nicolai (singer)

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Collection. Geddes, Noel (pianist)

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Collection. Gee, Christopher Lyndon (pianist)

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Collection. Gee, George (comedian)

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Collection. Gemmill, Tristan (actor)

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Collection. Georgeson, Tom (actor)

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Collection. Gerald, Ara (actor)

Ara Gerald was an actress who was born on the 9th of March 1893 in Sydney, New South Wales. She probably died on the 2nd of April, 1957 (age 64) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gerardy, Jean (cellist)

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Collection. Germani, Fernando (organist)

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Collection. Getley, Andrea (singer, actor)

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Collection. Geyer, Renee (singer)

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Collection. Ghedia, Mala (actor)

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Collection. Giannini, Dusolina (singer)

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Collection. Gibb, Brunton J. (elocutionist)

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Collection. Gibb, Maurice (singer)

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Collection. Gibbs, Dorothy (music teacher)

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Collection. Gibson, Lilian (singer)

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Collection. Gielgud, John, 1904 - 2000

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gielgud, Maina

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Collection. Gielgud, Maina

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Collection. Gieseking, Walter (pianist), 1895 - 1956

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Collection. Gilbertson, Brian (singer)

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Collection. Gilchrist, David (actor)

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Collection. Giles, Alice (harpist)

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Collection. Gilkison, Jason (choreographer)

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Collection. Gill, Hilda (singer)

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Collection. Gill, Kerry (singer)

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Collection. Gillespie, Dizzy (trumpeter)

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Collection. Gillespie, Julia (dancer)

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Collection. Gillespie, Rhonda (pianist)

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Collection. Gillham, Jayson, (pianist)

Jayson Lloyd Gillham (born 15 August 1986) is an Australian classical pianist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gillies, Max (actor)

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Collection. Giltinan, Eva Clarke (pianist)

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Collection. Ginivan, Garry (actor)

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Collection. Giorgio, Signor V de (singing teacher)

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Collection. Gish, Lillian (actor)

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Collection. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy (composer)

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Collection. Glass, Dudley (theatrical composer), 1899 - 1981

Adelaide-born composer, musician, writer, broadcaster and lecturer who spent the greater part of his working life in England. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Glatzer, Jack (violinist)

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Collection. Glaz, Herta (singer)

Herta Glaz (also spelled Hertha, September 16, 1910 in Vienna - January 28, 2006 in Hamden, Connecticut) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, and opera director. She performed for the Metropolitan Opera between 1942-1956 and the San Francisco Opera between 1944-1951. She was a noted concert singer, and toured to Australia in 1947. In her later years, Glaz became a celebrated voice teacher and opera director. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gleeson, Simon (actor)

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Collection. Gleitzman, Morris (playwright)

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Collection. Glen, Judy (singer)

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Collection. Glenn, Allan and McCarthy, Colleen (ice skaters)

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Collection. Glenn, Charles (pianist)

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Collection. Glonek, Jonathon (violinist)

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Collection. Gluecksmann, Michael (singer)

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Collection. Glynn, Gerald (composer), 1943

Gerald Glynn (b. 3 September 1943) was born in Brisbane and studied music, literature, languages (French and Japanese) and mathematics in Brisbane and Sydney, and gained his his M.A. from the University of Sydney in 1967. He was awarded a French Government Scholarship in 1967 studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in the composition class of Olivier Messiaen, and then at the electronic studios of the French Radio between 1968 and 1970. During this period he also attended composition seminars held by Iannis Xenaxis and Henri Pousseur. Glynn has lived in Paris since 1967, working as a piano teacher, lecturer, and translator. His music has been performed in Europe and America, as well as Australia. He has received numerous commissions from such ensembles and performers as the Seymour Group, Symeron, Hartley Newnham, Nicholas Routley and Sally Mays. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gnatyuk, Gmitry (singer)

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Collection. Goddard, Glenn (skaters)

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Collection. Goddard, Liza (actor)

Liza Goddard (born 20 January 1950) is an English television and stage actress. She was born Louise E. Goddard in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. She is the daughter of British producer David Goddard, and moved to Australia when she was 15. Goddard made early television appearances in Australia, including episode 100 of Homicide ("The Traveller", 1966), and the ABC drama play Romanoff & Juliet (1967), and a brief (non-speaking, uncredited) appearance in the feature film They're A Weird Mob (1966). However, she is best remembered in Australia for her role as Clarissa "Clancy" Merrick in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo in which she appeared in the first two series and 48 episodes. After returning to the UK in 1969 as an adult, and is best known for her work on the stage in the 1970s and 1980s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Godfrey Graham (singer)

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Collection. Goetzke, Bernd (pianist)

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Collection. Golda, Mdlle (singer)

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Collection. Goldberg, Szymon (violinist)

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Collection. Goldberg, Whoopi (comedian)

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Collection. Goldby, Derek (director)

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Collection. Golden, Geoffrey (actor)

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Collection. Goll, Edward (pianist)

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Collection. Goluboff, Grisha (violinist)

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Collection. Gonzalez, Jose Luis (guitarist)

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Collection. Gooch, Steve (playwright)

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Collection. Goodall, Kathleen (singer)

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Collection. Goodman, Isador (pianist)

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Collection. Goodson, Katherine (pianist)

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Collection. Goodwin, Andrew (singer)

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Collection. Goossens, Eugene (conductor), 1893 - 1962

Sir Eugene Aynsley Goossens (26 May 1893 - 13 June 1962) was an English conductor and composer who spent nine years in Australia, from 1947 to 1956. He conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and other groups, and was the director of the NSW State Conservatorium of Music. He held these positions concurrently until March 1956, when he was forced to resign after a major public scandal, only a year after being knighted. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Goossens, Leon (oboist), 1897 - 1988

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Collection. Gordon, Barry J. (actor), 1931 - 2011

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Collection. Gordon, Eddie and Nancy (silent comedian)

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Collection. Gordon, Lee (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Gorin, Igor (singer)

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Collection. Gormley, Clare (singer)

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Collection. Gostelow, Gordon (actor)

Gordon Gostelow (14 May 1925 - 3 June 2007) was a New Zealand actor. He was educated in Australia at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University where he graduated in Economics. Gostelow went to England in the mid-1950s and worked in the theatre (pantomime and comedy), including the Royal Shakespeare Company and various roles on British television. [Information from Wikipedia, 2017.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gould, Philip (actor/singer)

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Collection. Gow, Michael, (playwright)

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Collection. Grace, Steven

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Collection. Graffman, Gary (pianist)

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Collection. Graham, Maggie

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Collection. Grainer, Ron (composer)

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Collection. Grainger, Percy (composer), 1882 - 1961

George Percy Grainger (8 July 1882 - 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He also made many adaptations of other composers' works. Although much of his work was experimental and unusual, the piece with which he is most generally associated is his piano arrangement of the folk-dance tune "Country Gardens". In October 1911 he took the professional name of 'Percy Aldridge Grainger', Aldridge being his mother's family name. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Gran Antonio (dancer)

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Collection. Grant, Helen

Helen Grant was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and studied to sing opera at the University of Toronto created the role of the Player Queen in the North American pemiere of Searle's "Hamlet". She then studied at the London Opera Centre. She may also be known as Helen Grant-Johnson. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grant, Roberta (actress)

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Collection. Grappelli, Stephane (violinist)

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Collection. Grasby, Reka (singer)

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Collection. Gray, Antony (pianist)

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Collection. Gray, David (singer)

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Collection. Gray, Dobie (singer)

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Collection. Gray, Richard (singer)

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Collection. Great Lyle

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Collection. Greco, Emio

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Collection. Green, Ailsa (pianist)

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Collection. Green, Harry (actor)

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Collection. Green, Horace (oboist)

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Collection. Green, Lois (actress)

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Collection. Greenall, Pamela (actor)

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Collection. Greenbaum, Stuart

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Collection. Greenwood, Eleanor (actor)

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Collection. Greer, Germaine (author/speaker)

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Collection. Greer, Joyce (pianist)

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Collection. Greer, Rose (designer)

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Collection. Gregg, John (actor)

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Collection. Gregory, Pat (ice skater)

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Collection. Gregory, Sara (actor)

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Collection. Greig, Robert

Robert Greig (December 27, 1879 - June 27, 1958) was an Australian-American actor who had a career in both theatre, and on film. He appeared in over 100 films between 1930 and 1949, usually as the dutiful butler, and is most remembered for his comic roles with the Marx Brothers and on Broadway. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grenfell, Joyce (comedian)

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Collection. Grenfell, Sara (actor)

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Collection. Grey, Beryl (dancer)

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Collection. Grey, Harry (singer)

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Collection. Gribben, Harry (comedian)

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Collection. Grieve, Richard

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Collection. Griffiths, Rachel (actor)

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Collection. Griggs, Michael (pianist)

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Collection. Grigoryan, Slava

Slava Grigoryan (born 21 January 1976) is an Australian classical guitarist and recording artist of Armenian heritage. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grima, Damien (dancer)

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Collection. Grimson, Martene

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Collection. Grivell, Charlotte (singer)

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Collection. Groen, Alma De (playwright)

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Collection. Groh, Markus (pianist)

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Collection. Grosman, Lisa (violinist)

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Collection. Gross, Eric (composer)

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Collection. Grossman, Stefan (guitarist)

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Collection. Gruenberg, Erich (violinist)

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Collection. Grummet, Adey (singer, dancer)

Born in Australia, Adey trained as a dancer and actor as well as a singer. She has worked in radio broadcasting, choral music, drama and musical theatre (in the original Australian casts of Cats and Les Miserables) before leaving for the United Kingdom in 1988. She has appeared with Royal Opera House, English National Opera, English Touring Opera, Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Music Theatre Wales, Tête à Tête and D'Oyly Carte in classical repertoire from mainstream to contemporary. [Information from her personal website.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grunberg, Peter (pianist, conductor), 1959

Peter Grunberg was born in 1959 in Sydney, and is a distinguished international pianist and conductor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grunstein, Sarah (pianist)

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Collection. Gualda, Sylvia (percussionist)

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Collection. Guerin, Lucy (dancer/choreographer)

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Collection. Guest, Clifford (ventriloquist & impressionist)

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Collection. Gunn, John (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Gunness, Lee (singer)

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Collection. Gunton, Sarah

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Collection. Gurr, Michael (playwright)

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Collection. Gurt, Joseph (pianist)

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Collection. Guthrie, Arlo (composer/singer)

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Collection. Guy, Bette (playwright)

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Collection. Gypsy Dave Smith (singer)

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Collection. Haas, Elsa (singer)

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Collection. Haas, Monique (pianist)

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Collection. Hack, Keith (director)

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Collection. Hack, Paul (dancer)

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Collection. Hackett, Charles (singer)

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Collection. Haddrick, Ron (singer), 1929

Ronald Norman Haddrick AM MBE, (born 9 April 1929) is a former Australian cricketer and Australian theatre, television, film and voice actor. In 2012 he received an Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for his long and distinguished career in those media. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hadley, Wally (banjoist)

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Collection. Haebler, Ingrid (pianist)

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Collection. Haefliger, Ernst (singer)

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Collection. Haendel, Ida (violinist)

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Collection. Haft, Linal (actor)

Linal Haft (born 23 March 1945 in Leeds) is an English actor who has worked in Australian film and television, and made his acting debut in an episode of the television series Homicide as Harry Bruce in 1968. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hage, Louis (violinist)

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Collection. Hagegard, Hakan (singer)

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Collection. Haggart, Margaret (singer)

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Collection. Haggith, Charles (actor)

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Collection. Haines, Craig (actor)

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Collection. Halbert, Oma (violinist)

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Collection. Hall, Brad (actor)

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Collection. Hall, Christopher (actor/singer)

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Collection. Hall, Elsie (pianist)

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Collection. Hall, Jody (actor/singer)

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Collection. Hall, John (playwright)

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Collection. Hall, Judith (flautist)

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Collection. Hall, Marie (singer)

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Collection. Hall, Tom T (singer)

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Collection. Halle, Sir Charles (conductor)

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Collection. Halliday, Anthony (pianist)

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Collection. Hambleton, John

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Collection. Hambourg, Mark (pianist)

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Collection. Hammett, Vic (organist)

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Collection. Hammond, Chrissie (singer)

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Collection. Hammond, Joan Hilda Hood, 1912 - 1996

Dame Joan Hilda Hood Hammond, DBE, CMG (24 May 1912 - 26 November 1996) was a New Zealand born Australian operatic soprano, singing coach and champion golfer. She toured widely, and became noted particularly for her Puccini roles, and appeared in the major opera houses of the world - including the Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Vienna State Opera and the Bolshoi. Her fame in Britain came not just from her stage appearances but from her recordings. In later life she was important to the success of both the VSO and Opera Australia, and embarked on a second career as a voice teacher after her performance career ended. She trained an extraordinary number of Australian singers who had successful careers in Australia and on the international stage. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Hancock, Herbie

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Collection. Hancock, James (singer)

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Collection. Hanly, Vaughan (violinist)

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Collection. Hann, Adrian (composer)

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Collection. Hannan, Eilene (singer)

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Collection. Hansen, David (opera singer)

David Hansen (born 6th October 1981) is an Australian countertenor. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hansen, Vicki (composer)

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Collection. Hansmann, Rotraud (singer)

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Collection. Harbridge, Sheridan (actor/singer)

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Collection. Hardman, Zoe

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Collection. Hardwicke, Clarice (singer/actress)

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Collection. Hardy, Jeffrey (actor)

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Collection. Hargrave, Philip (pianist)

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Collection. Harmer, Wendy (comedian)

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Collection. Harper, Heather (singer)

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Collection. Harrhy, Edith (pianist), 1893 - 1969

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Collection. Harrington, Nicholas (playwright, director)

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Collection. Harris, Amanda (actor)

Amanda Harris (born 1963) is an English actress who was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and spent her childhood in Papua New Guinea before moving to England at the age of 10. She is a longstanding member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Harris, Chris (one man show)

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Collection. Harris, Margo (singer)

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Collection. Harris, Rolf (entertainer, singer), 1930

Rolf Harris (b.1930) is an Australian-born entertainer. His career has encompassed work as a musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter and television personality. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Harrison, Wayne

Wayne Harrison is a Melbourne-born director, performer, writer and producer. He became a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Harrison, Amanda (singer)

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Collection. Harrison, Brian (actor)

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Collection. Harrison, Eric (pianist)

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Collection. Harrison, Jane (playwright)

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Collection. Harrison, Powell (baritone)

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Collection. Harry M. Miller Group, 1934 - 2018

Harry Maurice Miller (born 6 January 1934) is an Australian promoter, publicist and media agent. Miller is the founder and director of the Harry M. Miller Group, based in Sydney, New South Wales. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hart, Fritz (composer)

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Collection. Hart, Perry (violinist)

"Ms. Hart began her early training at the Sydney Conservatorium, before continuing her studies in Holland and the USA. Her extensive touring included Australia." - Karl Levett, 2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hartley, Ray (pianist)

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Collection. Hartwell, Fabian (actor)

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Collection. Harty, Sir Hamilton (conductor)

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Collection. Harvey, Michael Kieran (pianist), 1961

Michael Kieran Harvey (born 7 July 1961) is an Australian pianist. He is known for commissioning and performing new music, and he has written works himself. He has especially promoted the works of Australian composers, such as Carl Vine, all of whose piano music he has recorded and much of which was written for him. He is also particularly associated with the piano music of Olivier Messiaen. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Harwood, Elizabeth (singer)

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Collection. Haselbock, Martin (organist)

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Collection. Haslam, Dallas (pianist)

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Collection. Hassall, Craig

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Collection. Hastings, Hugh (playwright)

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Collection. Hatfield, Raymond (singer/actor)

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Collection. Hatherley, Frank (playwright), 1941

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Collection. Hawkins, Mrs G. D. (singer)

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Collection. Hay, Colin (comedian)

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Collection. Haydon, Ethel (actor)

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Collection. Hayes, Evie (singer/actor)

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Collection. Hayes, Nancye (actor, singer and dancer), 1943

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Collection. Hazelwood, Donald (violinist)

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Collection. Hazor, Signor Roberto (conductor)

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Collection. He, Yelian (cellist)

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Collection. Heath, Ted (big band leader)

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Collection. Hedley, Philip (director)

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Collection. Heermann, Hugo (pianist)

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Collection. Heggie, O. P. (actor), 1876 - 1936

Oliver Peters Heggie (17 September 1877 - 7 February 1936), billed as O. P. Heggie, was an Australian film and theatre actor best known for portraying the hermit who befriends the Monster in the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein. He was born at Angaston, South Australia. [Information from Australian newspaper obituraries available on TROVE.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Heifetz, Jascha (violinist)

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Collection. Heintje (singer)

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Collection. Heinze, Bernard (conductor), 1894 - 1982

Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze, AC (1 July 1894 - 10 June 1982) was an Australian Professor of Music, conductor, and Director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Helfgott, David (pianist)

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Collection. Helmann, Aleksandr (pianist)

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Collection. Helmrich, Dorothy (singer)

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Collection. Helpmann, Max (actor)

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Collection. Helpmann, Sheila

Sheila Mary Helpmann was born in 1916 in Mt. Gambier, South Australia, as Sheila Helpman. She was a film, television and stage actor, and the younger sister of the ballet dancer, actor, producer, director and choreographer Sir Robert Murray Helpmann (1909-1986). She performed as a young girl with the J.C. Williamson Theatre company, and spent two years in Melbourne with Gregory McMahon's Repertory Company after leaving school. She toured the United Kingdom in the 1930s and 1940s, and returned there in 1953 to play in a farce, Separate Rooms, before appearing in review at Sydney's Phillip Street Theatre. She retired from the stage in 1955, but again made stage and television appearances during the 1970s. She died on July 19, 1994 in Sydney, Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Helpmann, Sir Robert Murray, dancer, choreographer, director and actor, 1909 - 1986

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Collection. Hendrickson, Lyndall (violinist)

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Collection. Hennessy, William (violinist)

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Collection. Henry, David (actor)

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Collection. Henry, Lenny (comedian)

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Collection. Henry, Robert (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Herbert, A. J. (actor)

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Collection. Herbert, William (singer)

William Scott Herbert (1920-1975) was a tenor known for the technical qualities of his singing in opera and in concert. He first performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Broadcasting Commision's orchestras. After moving to London in 1947, he appeared at a promenade concert at the Albert Hall, and was engaged by the British Broadcasting Corporation. He participated in the inaugural concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 1951. He appeared frequently at the Three Choirs and the Edinburgh festivals. In 1953 he was a soloist at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and in 1958 he was one of four singers from Britain chosen to take part in a concert to celebrate the United Nations in Geneva. He toured Australia for the A.B.C. in 1950, 1956 and 1959 before returning in 1963 to become lecturer in voice at the University of Western Australia. In 1965 Herbert moved to the new Canberra School of Music as lecturer in voice, and then conducted the Australian National University Choral Society, performed as soloist with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and as a recitalist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Herbie Mann & The Family of Mann

American jazz musician. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Heriot, Bettine (singer)

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Collection. Herm, Margaret (pianist)

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Collection. Herscovitch, Daniel (pianist)

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Collection. Hesse, Marjorie (pianist/composer), 1911 - 1986

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Collection. Heughan, William (singer)

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Collection. Hewett, Robert (playwright)

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Collection. Hewitt, Anthony (pianist)

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Collection. Hewitt, Irene (actress)

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Collection. Hibbert, Jack, 1940

Writer and arts journalist Jack Hibberd was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria, in 1940. Hibberd studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and practised as a doctor in Melbourne from 1964 until 1973. He was closely associated with the Australian Performing Group until 1976. His plays include A stretch of the imagination (1973) and Dimboola (1974). More recent works include the novels Memoirs of an old bastard (1989), The life of Riley (1991), and Perdita (1992). He has also published translations of poems by Baudelaire, Le vin des amants (1977), and with Garrie Hutchinson, The barrackers' bible: a dictionary of sporting slang (1983). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hicks, Alan (pianist)

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Collection. Hildebrandt, Stanley (actor)

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Collection. Hill, Alfred (composer), 1869 - 1960

Alfred Francis Hill CMG OBE (16 December 1869 - 30 October 1960) was an Australian-born conductor and teacher. He spent most of his early life in New Zealand. He returned to Australia in 1897, and became active as an organizer of music in Australia, co-founding the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, becoming its first Professor of Theory and Composition, and later deputy conductor to Henri Verbrugghen. When the Australian Broadcasting Commission was formed in 1932, Hill was member of the ABC's Music Advisory Committee. In 1947 he became president of the Composers' Society of Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hill, Casey

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Collection. Hill, Hamilton (singer)

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Collection. Hill, Joy (singer/actor)

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Collection. Hill, Sharon Lee (singer/dancer)

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Collection. Hill, Vernon (flautist)

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Collection. Hills, Adam (comedian)

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Collection. Hindson, Matthew (composer)

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Collection. Hine, Clytie (opera singer), 1887 - 1983

Clytie May Hine, (later Mundy) (8 May 1887 - 27 June 1983) was an Australian-born operatic soprano who became a renowned voice teacher in New York. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hines, Marcia (singer)

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Collection. Hiscocks, Wendy (composer)

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Collection. Hislop, Joseph (singer)

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Collection. Hmelnitsky, Igor

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Collection. Hoare, Belinda (actor)

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Collection. Hobbs, William

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Collection. Hodge, Briony (actor)

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Collection. Hodkinson, Peter (director)

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Collection. Hogan, Paul (comedian/actor)

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Collection. Hogwood, Christopher (harpsichordist)

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Collection. Holcer, Rachel (actor)

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Collection. Holden, Margaret (pianist)

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Collection. Holland, Elaine (actor)

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Collection. Hollander, Alice

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Collection. Hollier, Donald (pianist)

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Collection. Hollingsworth, Amy (dancer)

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Collection. Holloway, Charles (actor/manager)

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Collection. Holloway, Tom (playwright)

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Collection. Holloway, W. E. (actor)

W.E. Holloway was an actor who worked in he theatre and on film. He was active from the late 1920s. He was born on September 18, 1885 in Adelaide, Australia, and died on June 30, 1952. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Holloway, William John

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Collection. Holst, Gustav (singer)

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Collection. Holt, Bland (actor/manager), 1851 - 1942

Bland Holt, born Joseph Thomas Holt, (24 March 1851 - 28 June 1942) was an actor, comedian, theatrical producer and entrepreneur. Holt was born at Norwich, England, and made his first appearance on the stage when he was six years old. He first came to Australia with his actor/manager father as a young boy, before returning to England and becoming a professional actor. He had experience in England, the United States and New Zealand, before establishing himself in Australia in 1876. For the next 30 years Holt continued to produce the principal melodramas of the period, and mostly at the Lyceum theatre in Sydney, and the Theatre Royal in Melbourne. His father, Clarance Holt (9 January 1826 - 27 September 1903), born Joseph Frederick Holt was an English actor-manager who also had a successful career on the stage and as a theatre manager in England, Australia and New Zealand (please refer to separate PROMPT file). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Holt, Clarance (actor/manager), 1826 - 1903

Clarance Holt (9 January 1826 - 27 September 1903), born Joseph Frederick Holt was an English actor-manager who had a successful career on the stage in England, Australia and New Zealand. His son was Bland Holt, born Joseph Thomas Holt, (24 March 1851 - 28 June 1942) who was a comedian and theatrical producer, also active in Australia (please refer to separate PROMPT file). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Holtham, Ian (pianist)

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Collection. Home, Gerald (actor), 1950

Gerald Home was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on October 18, 1950, and emigrated to Australia with his family when he was 16. He finished his education in Australia and spent 3 years there as an actor and teacher before returning to the U.K. to train at The Drama Studio London. He graduated from there in July 1977, and has been an actor ever since. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hooke, EE (singer)

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Collection. Hooker, Pat (playwright)

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Collection. Hope, Bob (comedian)

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Collection. Hopkins, Francis Rawdon (writer)

F. R. C. Hopkins (a.k.a. Francis Rawdon Chesney Hopkins; Francis R. C. Hopkins). Born: 1849 Mumbai, India. Arrived in Australia in 1865. Died: 20 Jul 1916, Errowanbang, New South Wales. Play First performed at Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney 10 March 1877. Played Melbourne in 1878, Birmingham, England in 1878 and London's Surry Theatre in 1881. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hopkins, Sarah (composer/performer)

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Collection. Hopping, Bert (comedian cartoonist)

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Collection. Hopwood-Foldi, Phyllis (pianomonologiste)

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Collection. Horne, Marilyn (mezzo-soprano), 1934

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Collection. Horner, Joshua (dancer)

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Collection. Hornery, Bob (actor)

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Collection. Horsley, CE (pianist)

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Collection. Horsley, Colin (pianist)

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Collection. Horsman, Greg, 1963

Greg Horsman is an Australian dancer, choreographer & teacher. He was born in Victoria, studied ballet in Geelong, Victoria, Australia and at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (V.C.A.S.S.). Whilst at V.C.A.S.S. he was a guest artist with the Philippine Ballet Theatre in Manila and with the North Queensland Ballet (Now known as Dancenorth). In 1982 he gained a place with the Australian Ballet, and was promoted to Principal Artiust in 1987. During his time with the Australian Ballet he was also guest artist with the Boston Ballet and The Kirov Ballet. He joined the English National Ballet as a Senior Principal Artist in 1994. After retiring from dancing in 1999, he took up the position of artistic director of Ballet Central at Central School of Ballet in London, and was appointed Ballet Master of The Queensland Ballet by new Artistic Director Li Cunxin in 2013. [Information from Wikipedia and Karl Levett, 2018.] Further programs featuring Greg Horsman are located within separate PROMPT files for companies he has worked with. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Horwood, Craig Revel (choreographer, dancer)

Craig Revel Horwood (born 4 January 1965) is an Australian-British dancer, choreographer and theatre director in the United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hotter, Hans (singer)

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Collection. Hough, Stephen (pianist)

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Collection. Houghton, Phillip (composer, guitarist), 1954

Phillip Houghton is an Australian classical guitarist and composer who was born in Melbourne in 1954. He began studying music at the Melba Conservatorium of Music, and then began studying privately with well-known classical pianist and guitarist Sebastian Jorgenson at the Montsalvat Artists Colony in Eltham, Victoria. His music has achieved critical acclaim, and two movements of his piece Stélé were recorded by John Williams in his 1998 album "The Guitarist". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Houlahan, Frances (dancer)

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Collection. Houston, David (actor)

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Collection. Houston, Whitney (singer)

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Collection. Howard Smith, Michael

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Collection. Howard, Claire (pianist)

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Collection. Howard, Jenny (singer)

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Collection. Howard, Leslie, (pianist and composer), 1948

Leslie John Howard (born 29 April 1948) is an Australian pianist and composer. He is best known for being the only pianist to have recorded the complete solo piano works of Franz Liszt. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Howarde, Kate (author/producer)

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Collection. Howarth, Kiandra (opera singer)

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Collection. Howden, Kate (opera singer)

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Collection. Howley, Joan (cellist)

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Collection. Huberman, Bronsilaw (violinist)

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Collection. Hugard, Jean (magician), 1872 - 1959

Jean Hugard (4 December 1872 - 14 August 1959) was an Australian professional magician. He was born John Gerard Rodney Boyce in Toowoomba, Queensland, and his main stage name was Jean Hugard. He worked in the Queensland National Bank in the 1890s and set up the Endeavour Meatworks which collapsed in 1902. He worked as Secretary of the General Hospital in Toowoomba. He eventually began his professional theatrical career in 1896, and performed in vaudeville in the United States from 1915. When he retired frm performing he became the editor and publisher of many magic-related publications including "Hugard's monthly". Hugard died in America. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hughes, Kirby

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Collection. Hughes, Millie (singer)

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Collection. Hughes, Sean (comedian)

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Collection. Hulcup, Caitlin (opera singer)

Caitlin Hulcup is an Australian mezzo-soprano, who was born in Tasmania. She began her career in Australia before beginning to appear on the international stage from 2007 onwards. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Humbley, Damian

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Collection. Hume, Lindy (director)

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Collection. Humperdinck, Engelbert (singer)

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Collection. Humphrey B Bear

Main character in Australian television show for children, Humphrey B. Bear. The show was first aired 24 May 1965. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Humphries, Barry, (Australian born actor, artist and author), 1934

Barry Humphries was born in 1934 in Melbourne, and is a multi-talented actor whose stage career began in 1952. He has invented many satiric characters the most famous being Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Paterson, debuted in 1955, 1974 respectively. Since 1960 Humphries' career has alternated between England, Australia and the USA giving solo shows. His autobiography More Please (1992) won him the J.R. Ackerly Prize 1993. He has won various awards for comedy as a TV personality. He was given an Order of Australia in 1982 and was named 2012 Australian of the Year in the UK. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Hungerford, Leonard (pianist)

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Collection. Hunt, Elizabeth (violinist)

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Collection. Hunt, Tanya (cellist)

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Collection. Hunter, Adam

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Collection. Hunter, Charlie (guitarist)

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Collection. Hunter, Rita (singer)

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Collection. Hurd, George (juggler)

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Collection. Hurford, Peter (organist)

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Collection. Hurtado, Jorge (composer/guitarist)

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Collection. Huson, John (actor)

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Collection. Hutchens, Frank

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Collection. Hutchinson, George (playwright)

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Collection. Hutchinson, Joyce (pianist)

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Collection. Hutton, Betty (singer/actor)

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Collection. Hutton, Gertrude (singer)

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Collection. Hvorostovsky, Dmitri (singer)

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Collection. Hyde, Jonathan (actor)

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Collection. Hyde, Miriam (composer)

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Collection. Hyman, Dick (pianist)

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Collection. Iaian, Darrell (bass player)

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Collection. Ian, Janis (singer)

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Collection. Ibbotson, Nicholas (singer)

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Collection. Ibbotson, Stephen (singer)

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Collection. Ibrahim, Abdullah (pianist)

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Collection. Ibrahim, Ramli (dancer)

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Collection. Ierace, Michael (pianist)

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Collection. Ifield, Frank (singer)

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Collection. Iglesias, Julio (singer)

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Collection. Illing, Rosamund (singer)

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Collection. Illman, Margaret (dancer)

Margaret Illman is an Australian ballerina with an international career as a prinicpal dancer and principal guest. She was born in Adelaide, studied at the Australian Ballet School, before dancing with the Australian Ballet and then progressing to the Paris Opera Ballet School on scholarship. She joined the National Ballet of Canada in 1989. In 1993 she was offered the leading role in the Broadway Musical, "The Red Shoes" where she won three awards: the Theatre World Award for Best Actress, the Fred Astaire Award for Best Dancer on Broadway and a Drama Desk nomination. She has danced with the New York City Ballet, English National Ballet, La Scala Milan, Hamburg Ballet, Dresden Ballet, and the Bavarian State Ballet Munich and Zurich. Illman represented Australia at the Wedding Gala of Prince Fredrik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson. She returned to Australia in 2006, and coordinated/lectured for the Ballet department (West Australian Academy of the Performing Arts), obtained a degree in Teaching/Assessment and Business/Marketing and then a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from Notre Dame University, Perth 2012. She then worked as a Dance Physiotherapist, Anatomy and Nutrition lecturer and guest adjudicator and coach, before joining the Perth School of Ballet as the Elite program teacher and advisor. [information from Margaret Illmann's website, 2018] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ilster, Vassili (pianist)

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Collection. Imito (bird mimic)

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Collection. Indermuhle, Thomas (singer)

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Collection. Indrani (dancer)

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Collection. Infantino, Luigi (singer)

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Collection. Ingham, Barrie (actor)

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Collection. Ingles, Jackie (actor)

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Collection. Ingleton, Sue

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Collection. Inglis, Rob (actor)

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Collection. Ioannides, Sarah (conductor)

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Collection. Ippen, Evelyn (dancer)

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Collection. Irving, Ellis (actor)

Ellis Irving was an Australian film actor who appeared in a number of British films and on the stage. He was born on January 6, 1902 in Sydney, New South Wales, as Edward William Ellis Irving. He died on March 27, 1983 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. He was married to the actress Sophie Stewart. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Irving, Ursula and Girdwood, Gordon (musical and vocal)

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Collection. Isaacs, Mark (pianist)

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Collection. Isserlis, Steven (cellist)

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Collection. Istomin, Eugene (pianist)

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Collection. Iturbi, Jose (singer)

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Collection. Ives, Burl (singer)

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Collection. Izzard, Eddie (comedian)

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Collection. Jack, Michael (actor)

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Collection. Jackie (boy balancer)

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Collection. Jackman, Hugh, 1968

Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jackson, Donna (playwright/performer)

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Collection. Jackson, Harry (woodcutter)

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Collection. Jackson, Michael (singer)

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Collection. Jacobs, Howard (conductor)

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Collection. Jacobs, Rene and Concerto Vocale

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Collection. Jagger, Mick (singer)

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Collection. Jago, June (actor)

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Collection. Jaine, Madeleine (playwright/performer)

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Collection. James, Andrea (playwright)

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Collection. James, Clive (author/performer), 1939 - 2019

Vivian Leopold James, AO, CBE, FRSL (7 October 1939 - 24 November 2019), known as Clive James, was an Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable Memoirs, for his chat shows and documentaries on British television and for his prolific journalism. He lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1961 until his death in 2019. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. James, Francis (actor), 1907 - 1992

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Collection. James, Jeremy (choreographer)

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Collection. James, Jolyon (actor)

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Collection. James, Simon (violinist)

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Collection. Jamieson, Nigel (actor/director)

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Collection. Jan, Olive (singer/actor)

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Collection. Janes, Fiona (singer)

Fiona Janes is an Australian-born mezzo-soprano who made her debut in 1988 with Opera Australia, becoming one of the company's youngest full-time Principal singers. She has performed for all the major opera companies and symphony orchestra's in Australia and throughout the UK and Europe. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jansen, Neil (singer)

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Collection. Jansen, Richard (actor)

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Collection. Jansen, Robin (pianist)

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Collection. Janson, Agnes (singer)

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Collection. Janson, Julie (playwright)

Julie Janson is an award-winning Australian playwright, screenwriter, producer, and script editor. She has worked for many years in Aboriginal education, as a teacher and lecturer, and in community, fringe, and children's theatre. Julie's produced plays include 'Gunjies', about Aboriginal deaths in custody and 'Black Mary', about an Aboriginal bushranger. She is a long time elected member of the NSW Committee for the Australian Writers' Guild. [Information from AustralianPlays.org] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Janson, Norman L (singer)

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Collection. Jarman, Douglas (music lecturer)

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Collection. Jarry, Don (dancer)

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Collection. Jasek, Ladislav (violinist)

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Collection. Jefferson, Paris (actor)

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Collection. Jeffries, Jim (comedian)

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Collection. Jenae, Fiona (actor/singer)

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Collection. Jennings, Tony

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Collection. Jenson, Dylana (violinist)

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Collection. Jiear, Alison (singer/actor)

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Collection. Jiggs, Jimmy (actor)

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Collection. Jimeoin (comedian)

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Collection. Jo, Sumi

Sumi Jo (born 22 November 1962) is a Grammy Award winning South Korean lyric coloratura soprano known for her interpretations of the bel canto repertoire. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Joel, Billy (singer)

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Collection. Johannesen, Grant (pianist)

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Collection. John, Elton (singer)

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Collection. Johnson, Christopher Mark (playwright)

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Collection. Johnson, Collin (actor)

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Collection. Johnson, Darlene, 1935 - 2009

Darlene Johnson (16 November 1935 - 24 July 2009) was born in Australia as Darlene Fraser Johnson. She mainly worked in the United Kingdom, and was married to Robert Clifton Moore (1932-1979), a television broadcaster and producer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Johnson, Gertrude (singer)

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Collection. Johnson, Jacqueline (cellist)

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Collection. Johnson, Janet (actor), 1915 - 1983

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Collection. Johnson, Jilly (actor)

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Collection. Johnson, Kevin (singer)

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Collection. Johnson, Maree (singer)

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Collection. Johnson, Suzanne (singer)

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Collection. Johnston, Chris

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Collection. Johnston, Kate (writer/performer)

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Collection. Johnston, Margaret (actor)

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Collection. Johnston, Peter Wyllie (composer/lyricist)

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Collection. Jones, Aled (singer)

Aled Jones MBE (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and radio and television presenter. He achieved widespread fame during the mid-1980s as a teenage chorister. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jones, Alison Rae (singer)

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Collection. Jones, Dwayne (singer)

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Collection. Jones, Grace (singer)

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Collection. Jones, Jack (singer)

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Collection. Jones, Joan (singer)

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Collection. Jones, Tom (singer)

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Collection. Jones, Vince (trumpeter)

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Collection. Jordan, Ronny (singer)

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Collection. Jorgensen, Bertha (violinist)

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Collection. Josey, Christopher

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Collection. Jost, Max (pianist)

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Collection. Joy, Nicholas (actor)

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Collection. Joyce, Eileen (pianist), 1912

Eileen Alannah Joyce CMG (1 January 1908 - 25 March 1991) was an Australian pianist whose career spanned more than 30 years. She was born in Zeehan, Tasmania, and lived in England in her adult years. Her recordings made her popular internationally in the 1930s and 1940s, particularly during World War II; at her zenith she was compared in popular esteem with Gracie Fields and Vera Lynn. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Juan de Marcos Afro-Cuban All Stars

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Collection. Juchau, Mireille (playwright)

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Collection. Jude, W H (harmonium player)

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Collection. Judkins, Steve (actor)

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Collection. Juliet (roller balancer)

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Collection. Jumping Jack (trampolinist)

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Collection. Jurd, Felicity (actor)

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Collection. Jurgens, Udo (singer)

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Collection. Just, Dana

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Collection. Kabayao, Gilopez (violinist)

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Collection. Kain, Timothy (guitarist)

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Collection. Kalmikloff, Alfred Gordon (actor)

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Collection. Kam, Matthew (pianist)

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Collection. Kamahl (singer)

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Collection. Kanawa, Kiri Te (singer)

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Collection. Kanga, Zubin (pianist)

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Collection. Kants, Sarah (actor)

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Collection. Kapell, William (pianist)

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Collection. Karlin, Miriam (actor)

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Collection. Kaspar, Caroline (actor)

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Collection. Katchen, Julius (pianist)

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Collection. Katz, Jonno (comedian)

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Collection. Katz, Mindru (pianist)

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Collection. Kavanagh, Stan

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Collection. Kawamura, Eishi (singer)

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Collection. Kay, Barry (designer)

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Collection. Kaye, Clarissa (actress)

Clarissa Kaye (ca. 1931 - 21 July 1994) was an Australian stage, film and television actress. She was the second wife (1971- 84) of British actor James Mason. After her marriage, she was often known as Clarissa Kaye-Mason. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kaye, Danny (actor/singer)

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Collection. Kazan, Lainie (singer)

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Collection. Kean, Gerard (pianist)

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Collection. Kearney, Steve (comedian)

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Collection. Keats, Horace (composer)

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Collection. Keech, Cecil, the Australian wizard (magician)

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Collection. Keegan, Liane (opera singer)

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Collection. Keenan, Bernadette (actor)

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Collection. Keene, Daniel (playwright)

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Collection. Keightley, Cyril (actor), 1875

"Born in Wellington, N.S.W., in 1875. Worked with several Australian managements including George Rignold, J.C. Williamson and Brough & Bouciault. Travelled with a company to Africa, then to England. His first West End appearance was in 1902. Joined famed Shakespearean F.R. Benson's company as leading man in 1903(?). Had a succession of roles, including tours of America in 1908 and 1910. In between appeared at Stratford-upon-Avon. Moved to New York in 1912 and had a most successful career on Broadway." "Cyril Keightley's great nephew, also called Cyril Keightley, I knew at the Independent Theatre in the 1950's. Cyril, who now calls himself John Keightley, is now one of the artistic directors of the New Theatre in Sydney." - Karl Levett, 2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Keith, Christine (dancer)

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Collection. Kellaway, Leon (dancer)

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Collection. Kellerman, Annette (swimmer/performer)

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Collection. Kelly, Eva Carmel (violinist)

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Collection. Kelly, Judy (actor), 1913 - 1991

Judy Kelly (1 November 1913 - 22 October 1991) was an Australian-born British actor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kelly, Paul (singer)

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Collection. Kelly, Rita (pianist)

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Collection. Kemble, Myra (actress), 1857 - 1906

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Collection. Kemp, Lindsay (dancer/choreographer)

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Collection. Kendal, Sarah (comedian)

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Collection. Keneally, Thomas, 1935

Includes material relating to the World premiere of "Transport", the musical made from the book by Keneally about the transporting of female convicts to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kennedy, Captain Joseph (Tony)

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Collection. Kennedy, Daisy (violinist)

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Collection. Kennedy, Edward (pianist)

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Collection. Kennedy, Hal (band leader)

"Dance to Hal Kennedy and his Renowned American Style Swing Band". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kennedy, John (cellist), 1958

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Collection. Kennedy, Keith (violinist)

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Collection. Kennedy, Lauri (cellist), 1896 - 1985

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Collection. Kennedy, Laurien (cellist)

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Collection. Kennedy, Nigel

Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is an English violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and has more recently performed in jazz, klezmer and other music genres. He has toured to Australia on many occasions, and performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kennedy, Spruhan (pianist)

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Collection. Kennedy-Scott, Ali (actress and writer)

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Collection. Kenny G (flautist)

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Collection. Kenny, Courtney (actor and singer)

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Collection. Kenny, Rosemarie (pianist)

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Collection. Kenny, Yvonne (singer), 1951

Yvonne Kenny AM (born 25 November 1950) is an Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles. She studied at the Sydney Conservatorium, and made her operatic debut in 1972. In 1973 she was awarded the Metropolitan Opera Committee Scholarship and attended the Opera School of La Scala. She came to Britain in 1974 and worked with the Scottish Opera and the English National Opera, before becoming a member of the Royal Opera in 1976. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kent, Trevor (actor)

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Collection. Kentner, Louis (violinist)

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Collection. Kenway, Simon (conductor)

Simon Kenway is an established and highly respected orchestral and operatic conductor. He is also a composer. He has held posts as Principal Chorus Master of Opera Australia, Musical Director for Opera in the Vineyards, Opera by George and Opera Under The Stars in Broome, and Conductor and Chief Vocal Coach for the Sydney Conservatorium Opera School. He has also trained and worked with Covent Garden, English National Opera, Paris Opera, the Chelsea Opera Group, and University College Opera, London. He now works as a freelance conductor, both internationally and in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kermond, Eric and Norman (ice dancers)

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Collection. Kernaghan, Lee (singer)

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Collection. Kerr, Bill (actor)

William 'Bill' Kerr (born 10 June 1922, died 28 August 2014) is a South African-born Australian and British stage, television and film actor. He was born into a performing arts family in Cape Town, South Africa, but grew up in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. His career spanned the stage, television and film. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kerr, Bruce

Burce Kerr has worked as an actor, director and acting tutor for over 40 years, both in Australia and the United Kingdom. He has worked extensively on stage for the Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox, La Mama and many commercial productions with Williamson's, Edgeley's, CameronMcIntosh, among others. He has also worked on TV commerical productions including early episodes of 'Neighbours', 'Homicide' 'Bastard Boys' and 'BlueHeelers'. He has worked extensively for the ABC both on radio and TV, and is a noted narrator and voice over artist who has won Awards for commercial book readings. During 1998 and 1999 Bruce worked overseas in his homeland Scotland for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre. In 2000 he was nominated as 'Best Actor' for his performance in "The Seagull" for the Melbourne Theatre Company, and in 2004 for "Two" by Ron Elisha at Theatreworks, and 'Best Featured Role' in "The Visit" for the Melbourne Theatre Company 2005. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kerry, Gordon (composer)

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Collection. Kerry-Ella (singer/actor/comedian)

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Collection. Kesby, Glenn

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Collection. Kessey, Karen

Karen Kessey is an Australian actress who was born on the 28 January 1946 in Perth, Western Australia. Katherine Kessey is her twin sister, and is also an actor featured in the PROMPT collection. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kessey, Katherine (actor)

Katherine Glyn Kessey is an Australian actress who was born on the 28 January 1946 in Perth, Western Australia. She is the wife of British actor Bill Treacher. Their son Jamie Treacher is also an actor. Karen Kessey is her twin sister, and is also an actor featured in the PROMPT collection. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kessler, Susan, 1947 - 1992

"Susan Kessler, after her two years in England, won the first Benson and Hedges Gold Award at Aldeburgh. She next performed at the Adelaide Festival, the Camden Festival and the Chelsea Opera Group. Kessler gave recitals throughout Britain and Europe, and in 1984 she completed her concert tour of Australia. Sadly, Kessler would die of MS in 1992." - Karl Levett, 2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kestel, Dennis (singer)

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Collection. Keys, Miranda (singer)

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Collection. Khan, Ali Akbar (sarod player)

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Collection. Khouri, Murray (clarinettist)

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Collection. Kidman, Nicole (actor)

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Collection. Kierce, David Paul

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Collection. Kildea, Paul (conductor)

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Collection. Killick, David (actor)

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Collection. Kilminster, Edith (pianist)

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Collection. Kimber, Beryl (violinist)

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Collection. Kimber, Christopher (violinist)

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Collection. Kimberely, Mrs F. G. (playwright)

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Collection. King, Carole (singer)

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Collection. King, Ivan (actor)

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Collection. King, John (organist)

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Collection. King, Matt (comedian)

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Collection. King, Wayne (pianist)

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Collection. Kingsford-Smith, Leof (actor)

Flyer held for "Mission of flowers" perfromed at the Edinburgh Festival 2010. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kinnaird, Heather (vocalist)

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Collection. Kinsela, David (organist)

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Collection. Kinsella, John (playwright)

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Collection. Kipnis, Alexander (singer), 1891 - 1978

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Collection. Kipnis, Igor (pianist)

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Collection. Kirby, Chris (playwright)

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Collection. Kirk, Roger (designer)

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Collection. Kirkby, Emma (singer)

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Collection. Kirkpatrick, Alison (pianist)

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Collection. Kirkpatrick, Maggie (actor)

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Collection. Kirsova Ballet

Helene Kirsova born Ellen Wittrup in Denmark, came to Australia in 1936 as one of the premier dancers of the Colonel W. de Basil's Monte Carlo Russian Ballet tour 1936-1937. She returned to England with the company but returned early in 1938 when she married Erik Fischer. She established a ballet school developing local Australian dancers as well as engaging other dancers from the de Basil companies who remained in Australia. She formed her own company in 1941 which was based in Sydney. The company successfully toured Australia however disbanded in 1944 following its Brisbane season. She returned to Europe in 1947 and lived in Paris with her second husband. She died in 1962. Link to catalogue record. Link to finding aid.

Collection. Kitt, Eartha (singer)

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Collection. Klecki, Paul (conductor)

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Collection. Kleioris, Dimitri (dancer, singer)

Dimitri Kleioris is a classically trained Australian ballet dancer, who graduated from the Australian Ballet School, before working overseas. "His jump to replacing a leading role on Broadway is remarkable. For in this musical [An American in Paris, 2016] he not only had to sing and act, but he must also be a classically trained dancer." - Karl Levett, 2017. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Klimov, Valery (violinist)

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Collection. Kling, Kevin (playwright/actor)

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Collection. Knibb, Peggy (singer)

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Collection. Knight, Grace (singer)

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Collection. Kodama, Mari (organist)

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Collection. Koek, Daniel (singer)

Daniel Koek (pronounced 'Cook') was born in Gawler, South Australia, and studied Classical Voice and Japanese at the Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide. Daniel won the Young Achievers Award in 2003 and the coveted Young Artist Scholarship Program with the State Opera of South Australia. Upon moving to London he was awarded a place on the Musical Theatre Post Graduate Course at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. He is a tenor who known for his work in opera and musical theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kogan, Leonid (violinist)

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Collection. Kogosowksi, Alan (pianist)

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Collection. Kohler, Irene

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Collection. Kohner, Robert (pianist)

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Collection. Kolbern, Robert (pianist)

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Collection. Koleda, Croatian Folkoric Ensemble

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Collection. Kolenbergh, Haagen (piano teacher)

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Collection. Kolos, Lily (singer)

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Collection. Koloskova, Natalia (violinist)

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Collection. Kong, Xiang-Dong (pianist)

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Collection. Kossoff, David (actor)

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Collection. Kottke, Leo (singer)

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Collection. Kowalski, Henri (pianist/composer)

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Collection. Krall, Dianna (singer)

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Collection. Krape, Evelyn (actor)

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Collection. Kraus, Lili (pianist), 1903 - 1986

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Collection. Kreisler, Fritz (violinist), 1875 - 1962

Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 - January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born violinist and composer, who was regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. He toured to Australia, giving "Kreisler Concerts" in capital cities during the 1920s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Krejus, Kim (actor)

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Collection. Kremer, Gidon (violinist)

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Collection. Kriegel, Adam (violinist)

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Collection. Krips, Henry, 1912 - 1987

Henry Maria Krips, MBE (10 February 1912 - 25 January 1987) was an Austrian-Australian conductor and composer, best known for his 23-year record term (1949-72) as principal conductor of the South Australian Symphony Orchestra (it had been founded in 1936 as the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and reverted to that name in 1975). He was born in Vienna in 1912 as Heinrich Josef Krips; his brother was the conductor Josef Krips. After the 1938 Anschluss he emigrated to Australia, formed the Krips-de Vries Opera Company and served as musical director for the Kirsova Ballet in Sydney in 1941. He was naturalised in 1944 and changed his first name to Henry. From 1947 Krips worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was the main conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (Perth) from 1948 to 1972, and the principal conductor of the then-named South Australian Symphony Orchestra (Adelaide) from 1949 to 1972. Henry Krips was also active as a composer, and his compositions include opera, ballets, songs and instrumental pieces. In 1970 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), and moved to London in 1972, where he had appeared as a guest conductor with the Sadler's Wells Opera from 1967. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Krips-de Vries Grand Opera, 1912 - 1987

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Collection. Kristofferson, Kris (singer)

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Collection. Krizos, Helen and Noke, Peter (pianists)

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Collection. Krohn, Georgina (singer)

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Collection. Kruckemeyer, Finegan (playwright)

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Collection. Kubelik, Jan (violinist)

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Collection. Kuepper, Ed (singer)

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Collection. Kurtz, Edmund (cellist)

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Collection. Kurtz, Efrem (conductor)

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Collection. La Joselito (dancer)

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Collection. La Meri (dancer)

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Collection. La Rue, Danny (singer/entertainer)

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Collection. Labeque, Katia & Marielle (pianists)

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Collection. Labero, Joe (magician)

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Collection. Lacey, Genevieve (recorder player)

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Collection. Lacy, Tania (comedian)

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Collection. Ladner, Kate (soprano)

Kate Ladner was born in Adelaide, South Australia and studied singing at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. In 1992-93, Kate was a principal young artist with two major Australian opera companies and in 1994, she won the Australian Opera Trust prize. She moved to London in 1995 to begin her European career; performing throughout England, Ireland, Germany and Austria. She continues to be a regular guest artist in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lady Salsa

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Collection. Laine, Cleo (singer)

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Collection. Laine, Frankie (singer)

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Collection. Laing, Stuart (singer)

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Stuart graduated with a bachelor of music from Edith Cowan University and went on to become an emerging artist at the Australian Opera Studio, and a Wesfarmers Young Artist at the West Australian Opera Company. In 2010 Stuart moved to London to study on the opera course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and has performed for the Grange Park Opera, the Ryedale Festival, the Fulham Opera, toured with Opera Australia's Don Pasquale to Japan, and performed at the Wexford Festival Opera. He has also performed several recitals broadcast over ABC classic FM Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lakshmana, Krishnaveni (dancer)

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Collection. Lam, Christopher

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Collection. Lambert, Anne Louise (actor)

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Collection. Lambert, Raymond (pianist)

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Collection. Lamble, Lloyd (actor)

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Collection. Lamond, Toni (singer)

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Collection. Lance, Albert (singer)

Albert Lance (12 July 1925 - 15 May 2013) was an Australian tenor, who also held French citizenship. He was Australia's principal tenor during the 1950s and later enjoyed a highly successful career in France. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lanceley, Carrie (singer)

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Collection. Lanchbery, John (Jack), 1923 - 2003

John Arthur Lanchbery OBE (15 May 1923 - 27 February 2003) was an English, later Australian, composer and conductor, famous for his ballet arrangements. He served as the Principal Conductor of the Royal Ballet from 1959 to 1972. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Landau, Tyrone (singer)

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Collection. Lander, Nicholas (recorder player)

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Collection. Lane, Kara (singer)

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Collection. Lane, Martin (actor)

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Collection. Lane, Piers (pianist)

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Collection. Lang, K D (singer)

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Collection. Lang, Prue (dancer/choreographer)

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Collection. Langham, Chris (comedian/writer)

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Collection. Lanigan, John (singer), 1921 - 1996

John Lanigan (1921-1996) was an Australian Tenor, who studied at the Melbourne Conservatory, but was called up during the Second World War and served in the Army Signal Corps. With help from his comrades in obtaining leave he managed to compete in the 1945 Melbourne Sun Aria Contest, which he won. After demobilisation the following year, he travelled to Europe to study further in Milan and London. He later sang with the New London Opera Company, and went on to become a mainstay of the Royal Opera at Covent Garden."John Lanigan won the Melbourne Sun Aria in 1945 while he was still a member of the Army Signal Corp. He went to London in 1946 and first sang at Covent Garden in that year. In 1955 he would become a regular member of the Royal Opera....of all the Australian singers at Covent Garden in this postwar period he would have the most durable career. He would be first a leading tenor, becoming a beloved 'work horse' in the company for many years." - Karl Levett, 2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lanskey, Bernard (pianist)

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Collection. Lanskhear, Julian (dancer)

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Collection. LaPaglia, Anthony (actor)

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Collection. Lapaine, Daniel (actor)

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Collection. Laplante, Andre (pianist)

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Collection. Larrocha, Alicia de (pianist)

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Collection. Laszlo, Magda (singer)

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Collection. Lateiner, Jacob (pianist)

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Collection. Lathlean, Clifford (singer)

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Collection. Latimer, Edyth (actor)

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Collection. Latona, Graham and Chadel (acrobatic dancers)

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Collection. Latry, Olivier (organist)

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Collection. Lauder, Harry (singer)

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Collection. Laurie E. Smith (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Lavender, Justin

"Since appearing at the Sydney Opera House in 1980 as Nadir in The Pearl Fishers, Lavender has enjoyed an international career singing at Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera and La Scala. He has had notable success in Mozart and Rossini bel canto roles." - Karl Levett, 2014. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Laver, W. A. (conductor)

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Collection. Lavers, S Gordon (pianist)

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Collection. Lawford-Wolf, Ningali (actress), 1967 - 2019

Ningali Lawford-Wolf (1967 - 11 August 2019) was an Australian actress. She trained in dance at the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre in Sydney. Lawford made her acting debut in the musical Bran Nue Dae, which premiered in Perth in 1990. In 1994, Lawford premiered her one-woman show, Ningali, in Perth. It was co-written by stage directors Robyn Archer and Angela Chaplin. The show toured internationally and won the Fringe First Award for Best New Production at the 1995 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2000, Black and Tran premiered at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. It was a collaboration between Lawford and Vietnamese comedian Hung Le. Lawford was involved in the development of The Secret River at the Sydney Theatre Company, narrating its return Sydney season and national tour in 2016, Adelaide Festival performances in 2018, and Edinburgh Festival performances in 2019. She died of complications following a severe asthma attack while in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the tour. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lawler, Ray (playwright), 1921

Raymond Evenor Lawler (born 23 May 1921) is an Australian actor, dramatist and producer. His most notable play was his tenth, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1953), which had its premiere in Melbourne in 1955. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lawman, Joe (comedian)

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Collection. Lawrence, Bryan (ballet dancer, teacher), 1936

Bryan Lawrence was born Brian Lawrence Palethorpe in Birmingham, England, where he began his dance training from an early age. He later trained at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School and then the Royal Ballet School, from the age of thirteen. At the age of seventeen, after moving from the Junior to the Senior School, Lawrence began performing in walk on parts with the Sadler's Wells Opera and Ballet, with his first dancing part in Tchernicheva's Firebird. Lawrence joined Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet in 1954 and was promoted to soloist in 1955. Following a period of national service he joined the Royal Ballet in 1959 and became a soloist in 1961. In 1964 he was invited by Peggy van Praagh to join the Australian Ballet as a principal. Lawrence, along with fellow Australian Ballet principal Janet Karin, founded the Bryan Lawrence School of Ballet in Dickson, ACT, in 1968. The School's performance group, The Bryan Lawrence Performing Group, performed their first classical piece, excerpts from Coppelia, to Canberra audiences in 1970, and their first full-length ballet, Giselle, in 1974. The School was renamed the National Capital Ballet School in 1987 and the associated performing company became the National Capital Dancers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lawrence, Cat (dancer)

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Collection. Lawrence, Douglas (organist)

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Collection. Lawrence, Francis (ballet dancer)

Francis Lawrence is from Melbourne and studied at the Australian Ballet School. As a student he performed with the Australian Ballet and with its regional Dancers Company for two years. Upon arriving in the United States he danceed with the New York Theatre Ballet. He joined the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 2012. [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lawrence, Marjorie (singer), 1909 - 1979

Marjorie Florence Lawrence CBE (17 February 1907 - 13 January 1979) was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first soprano to perform the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung by riding her horse into the flames as Wagner had intended. She was afflicted by polio from 1941. Lawrence later served on the faculty of the School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her life story was told in the 1955 film 'Interrupted Melody'. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lawson, Lionel (violinist)

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Collection. Lazarenko, Celeste (singer)

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Collection. Le Gallienne, Dorian (composer)

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Collection. Le, Hung (comedian)

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Collection. Lea, Elizabeth (choreographer)

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Collection. Leach, Roger (actor)

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Collection. Learner, Tobsha (playwright)

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Collection. Ledger, James (composer)

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Collection. Ledwich, Anna (director)

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Collection. Lee, Allan (actor)

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Collection. Lee, Jack (ice skater)

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Collection. Lee, Jennie (actress)

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Collection. Lee, Matt (singer, choreographer & dancer)

Matt Lee is an Australian dancer, choreographer and actor. He has starred in musical theatre including We Will Rock You, Rent, Grease, and Mary Poppins for which he won a Helpmann Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He was the motion capture principle for the movie Happy Feet. He has choreographed for Human Nature, Hilary Duff and Christine Anu. [Information from Wikipedia.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lee, Noel (pianist, composer)

Noël Lee (December 25, 1924 - July 15, 2013) was an American classical pianist and composer who toured to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lee, Peggy (singer)

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Collection. Lee, Tracey (impersonator)

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Collection. Leeming, Jan (actress)

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Collection. Legerton, Henry (ballet dancer)

Born in Melbourne, Henry Legerton left Australia in 1939 to study in London with Stansilaw Idzikowski and Vera Volkova. He joined Antony Tudor's London Ballet in 1940 but returned to Australia shortly afterwards. In Australia he danced with the Kirsova Ballet in the company's 1941 and and 1942 seasons and also appeared in Australia in Leon Kellaway's short-lived Ballet nationale. With Kirsova he appeared in Kirsova's own works, including A Dream - and a Fairy Tale, Les Matelots, Vieux Paris and Faust and also partnered Rachel Cameron in Les Sylphides. Legerton returned to England at the end of World War II and worked extensively with Leonide Massine taking roles in A Bullet in the Ballet, La Boutique fantasque and Mam'zelle Angot, the latter two with Sadler's Wells Ballet. Later he was ballet master for the touring Royal Ballet and then regisseur at Covent Garden. Legerton died in London. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lehman, Val (actor)

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Collection. Lehmann, Lotte (singer), 1888 - 1976

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Collection. Lehmann, Wilfred (violinist)

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Collection. Lehrer, Tom (singer/comedian)

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Collection. Leigh, Euston (playwright)

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Collection. Leighton, Frank

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Collection. Leighton, Joanne (dancer)

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Collection. Leighton-Jones, Michael (singer)

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Collection. Lely, Durward (singer)

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Collection. Lemalu, Jonathan (singer)

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Collection. Lemmone, John (flautist)

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Collection. Lemper, Ute (singer)

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Collection. Len, Nick (singer, dancer, musical director)

Nick Len is an Australian dancer, and actor. He has starred in musical theatre and featured as an associate musical director on Barry Humphries' Eat Pray Laugh farewell tour. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Leonard, Andy (writer/director)

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Collection. Leonhardt, Gustav (harpsichordist)

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Collection. Lepkowski, Gerald (actor)

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Collection. Leske, Clemens (pianist)

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Collection. Levante, Esme (illusionist)

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Collection. Levante, Great (illusionist), 1892 - 1978

Leslie George "Les" Vante Cole (5 March 1892 - 20 January 1978) was an Australian illusionist, known professionally by the stage name "Levant", "The Great Levante" or "Magician Cole". He was regarded as one of the World's greatest magicians, and is also credited with creating the Impaling illusion. [information from Australian Dictionary of Biography and Wikipedia]. Australian illusionist, Leslie 'Les' George Vante Cole (1892-1978) used a number of stage names and is billed variously as Les G .Cole, Levant, Levante, The Great Levant and Magician Cole. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Levings, Nigel (lighting designer)

Nigel Levings is the only Australian lighting designer to have won Broadway's prestigious Tony Award. In a distinguished career he has lit over 440 productions including 140 operas and 25 musicals. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Levitzki, Mischa (pianist)

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Collection. Levy, Bert (cartoonist)

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Collection. Lewenthal, Raymond (pianist)

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Collection. Lewis, Angharad (singer)

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Collection. Lewis, Ben (singer, actor)

Ben Lewis (born 28 September 1979) is an actor and singer who was born in London but lived and trained in Australia. He performed with the Australian Theatre for Young People and was awarded a Lend Lease scholarship to further his studies overseas. Upon returning to Australia, Lewis studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). He has worked extensively in musical theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lewis, Gladys (singer), 1926

Gladys Lewis (later Glayds Cohen after marriage) was an Australian Soprano from Coolamon, N.S.W. She was invited to sing in the Coronation Choir at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953, and also had a career singing in the United Kingdom from 1947 until the mid-1960s, which included concerts at Wigmore Hall, London, accompanied by Ernest Lush. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lewis, Jeannie (actor/singer), 1945

Jean Ethel "Jeannie" Lewis (born 8 January 1945) is an Australian musician and stage performer whose work covers many different styles such as folk, jazz, Latin, blues, opera, rock and fusion. Her music often includes a strong social consciousness and political statements. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lewis, Jerry (comedian)

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Collection. Lewis, Michael (singer)

Michael Lewis OAM is one of Australia's most respected opera singers and concert performers. He was born in Adelaide and studied at the Adelaide Conservatorium of Music. After winning the Metropolitan Opera Competition in 1973 and an Arts Council Scholarship, he left for Europe and enjoyed a successful international career. His major debut was at the Wexford Festival in 1976, followed by performances at opera houses in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Leipzig, Amsterdam, Venice, San Diego, Pittsburgh, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North, Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Opera, and in Mexico. Since that time he has performed with Opera Australia, as well as regular appearances with the state companies in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane and New Zealand Opera. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lewis, Parker (elocutionist)

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Collection. Lewis, Paul (pianist)

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Collection. Lewis, Richard (singer)

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Collection. Lewis, Valma (singer)

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Collection. Ley, Duncan (playwright)

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Collection. Liberace (pianist, singer, entertainer), 1919 - 1987

WÅ‚adziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 - February 4, 1987), mononymously known as Liberace, was an American pianist, singer, and actor. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Liebner, Janos (singer)

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Collection. Liedtke, Tanja (dancer and choreographer)

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Collection. Lill, John (pianist)

John Lill CBE (born 17 March 1944, London) is an English classical pianist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lily, Peta (writer/performer)

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Collection. Lim, Bronwyn (actor/director)

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Collection. Limb, Bobby (singer/actor)

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Collection. Limpus, John (singer)

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Collection. Lin, Cho Liang (violinist)

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Collection. Lin, Ke (pianist)

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Collection. Lin, Linda

Cellist Linda Lin was the winner of the Young Artist of Australia award at the age of 15, and made her debut performance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, which was broadcasted live on 3MBS FM and ABC Classic FM in Australia. Since then, she has developed an international career, frequently performing and collaborating with artists worldwide. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lind, Miranda (dancer, choreographer)

Miranda Lind trained in both classical ballet and contemporary dance in Australia before being awarded a scholarship in 1988 to finish her training at Rosella Hightower, Cannes France. She has workded with Tanz-Forum, Oper der Stadt Koln in Germany; Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve in Switzerland; and Rambert Dance Company in London. She has performed extensively throughout Britain, Europe, America and Australia, and retired from performing in 2003 to work as a choreographer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lindeman, Susie (actress)

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Collection. Lindsay, Fred (stockwhip marksmanship)

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Collection. Lindsay, Kevin (actor)

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Collection. Lingard, William Horace (actor)

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Collection. Link, Suzanne (dancer)

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Collection. Linke, Jacqueline (actor)

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Collection. lint, Nick (director)

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Collection. Lipkovska, Lydia (singer)

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Collection. Lisle, Lucille (actor), 1908 - 2004

Lucille Lisle was born in 1908, in Melbourne, and died on the 23rd of September 2004, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. She is best remembered for her career as a leading lady in films during the early 1930s, after starting out as a child actor in pantomime. She worked for J.C. Williamson Limited, and with Sir Benjamin Fuller's company, and programs featuring her are located within those separate PROMPT collections. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lissek, Leon (actor)

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Collection. Lister, Moira (actor)

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Collection. Little, Charles (actor)

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Collection. Little, Jeannie (cabaret performer/comedian)

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Collection. Little, Jimmy (singer)

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Collection. Little, Mark (actor), 1959

Mark Little (born 20 October 1959, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian actor, television presenter and comedian. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Livermore, Reg (writer/actor/singer)

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Collection. Li-Wei (cellist)

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Collection. Llewellyn, John (actor)

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Collection. Lloyd, Edward (singer)

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Collection. Lobb, Harold (organist)

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Collection. Lockwood, Johnny (comedian)

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Collection. Loewe, Van (hypnotist)

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Collection. Lohr, Marie (actor), 1890 - 1975

Lohr was born in Sydney, July 28, 1890 into a theatrical family. Her career began in Sydney, 1894. She made her London debut in 1901. By 1908 had established herself as an important actress. Played leading comic and dramatic roles opposite well known actors, and under famous directors. Managed the Globe Theatre for nine years. Toured Canada and New York in 1921-1922. Absent from the stage in the forties. Was well known for her dowager roles. Retired in 1966. Lohr had an important film career spanning 52 years in which she made over forty films. Lived all her life in England. Died in 1975. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Lohrey, Brigid (actor)

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Collection. London, Maurine (singer/dancer)

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Collection. Loney, Michael (actor)

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Collection. Longthorne, Joe (singer)

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Collection. Loosmore, Diana (dancer)

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Collection. Lopez, Trini (singer/ band leader)

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Collection. Lorenz, Kathleen (aerialist)

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Collection. Lorenz, Philip (pianist)

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Collection. Lorimer, Glenn (singer)

Glenn Lorimer is an Australian opera singer. He is the fourth generation of an Australian showman family, having grown up touring with Lorimer Bros Dodgems, Rides and Tent Shows. He has spent over 40 years working in the music industry, in various capacities. His singing career began during the 1970s and 1980s when he performed as a solo wedding, party and hotel piano/keyboard/vocalist. During during the 1980s he toured with rock bands before studying under Dr. Don Smith OBE, and becoming and opera singer. He moved to the United Kingdom and has performed internationally, including as a Principal Tenor with Pavilion Opera, Scottish National Opera, Glyndebourne, London Opera, Frankfurt Opera at Covent Garden and various Australian opera companies. [Information from the Underground Opera website.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lorimer, T. (Selwyn the magician)

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Collection. Lorne Greene Boza Stampede

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Collection. Lotz, Lauren (ballet dancer)

Brisbane-born Lauren Lotz trained at the Australian Ballet School and later danced with the Australian Ballet Company. She has gone on to work in musical theatre. [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Love, Minnie (comedienne)

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Collection. Lovett, Brenden (actor)

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Collection. Low, Cecilia (actor)

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Collection. Lucre, Andrew (actor)

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Collection. Lucy, Judith

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Collection. Luden, Art (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Luhrmann, Baz (director)

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Collection. Luke, Vicki (actor)

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Collection. Lully, Jean Baptiste (composer)

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Collection. Lumsdaine, David (composer)

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Collection. Lunn, Kirkby (singer)

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Collection. Lupu, Radu (pianist)

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Collection. Lurgan, Lord (singer)

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Collection. Luton, Lew (actor)

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Collection. Lutter, Claire (dancer)

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Collection. Lutton, Matthew (director)

Matthew Lutton (born 28 July 1984) is an Australian theatre and opera director. He attended Perth's Hale School, graduating in 2001. From 2002 to 2004 he studied Theatre Arts at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and in 2011 relocated to Melbourne. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Luzzato, Wanda (violinist)

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Collection. Lyall, Jessica (dancer)

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Collection. Lye, Reg (actor)

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Collection. Lyle, Sharon (actor)

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Collection. Lympany, Moura (pianist)

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Collection. Lynn, Vera (singer)

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Collection. Lytton, Philip (actor/manager)

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Collection. Mac, Roy (equilibrist)

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Collection. Maccarthy, Maud (violinist)

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Collection. MacDonald, Joan (actor)

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Collection. Macdonald, Stuart (actor)

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Collection. MacEwan, Father Sydney (singer)

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Collection. Mack, David (dancer)

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Collection. Mack, Roy (acrobat)

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Collection. Mackaness, Joan (singer)

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Collection. MacKenzie, Ailsa (singer)

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Collection. Mackerras, Sir Charles (conductor), 1925 - 2010

Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE (17 November 1925 - 14 July 2010) was an Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was long associated with the English National Opera (and its predecessor) and Welsh National Opera and was the first Australian chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mackey, R. Basil (pianist)

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Collection. Mackintosh, William (actor)

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Collection. MacLaine, Quentin (actor)

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Collection. MacLaine, Shirley (actor/singer/dancer)

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Collection. MacLean, Don (singer)

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Collection. MacLiammoir, Michael (actor)

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Collection. MacMillan, Deborah (designer)

Deborah MacMillan is an Australian-British artist and production designer. She was born Deborah Williams in Boonah, Queensland, and studied painting and sculpture in Sydney at the National Art School. She has lived in London since 1970, and designed ballets for the stage and television. She has been a member of the Royal Opera House Board, Chaired the Friends of Covent Garden, and Chaired the Dance Panel on the of the Arts Council of England. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. MacNeil, Rita (singer)

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Collection. MacPherson, Daniel (actor)

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Collection. MacPherson, Sylvia (singer)

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Collection. Madden, Doris (pianist)

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Collection. Madden, Rodney (actor)

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Collection. Maddison, David (pianist)

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Collection. Maegraith, Penny (actor)

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Collection. Maher, John

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Collection. Mai, Nathalie (actor)

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Collection. Maier, Guy (pianist)

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Collection. Mainwaring, Karin (playwright)

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Collection. Major, Alexander (singer)

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Collection. Makarova, Natalia (dancer)

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Collection. Makeba, Miriam (singer)

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Collection. Makem, Tommy (singer)

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Collection. Malcuzynski, Witold (pianist)

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Collection. Malek, Krzysztof (pianist)

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Collection. Malgoire, Jean Claude (conductor)

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Collection. Malouf, David (librettist, author)

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Collection. Manchester, Melissa (singer)

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Collection. Mancini, Henry (composer/conductor)

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Collection. Manitas de Plata (guitarist)

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Collection. Manning, Jane (singer)

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Collection. Manning, Michael (actor)

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Collection. Mansingh, Sonal (dancer)

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Collection. Manze, Egarr, ter Linden

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Collection. Marceau, Marcel (mime artist)

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Collection. Marchal, Andre (organist)

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Collection. Marchetto, Ennio (performance artist/actor)

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Collection. Margolyes, Miriam (actress)

Miriam Margolyes OBE (born 18 May 1941) is an English-Australian character actress and voice artist. For many years she has divided her time between Britain and Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marion, Alain (flautist)

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Collection. Marion, Joan (actor)

Joan Marion (28 September 1908 - 5 November 2001) was a film and stage actress. She was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia as Joan Nicholls. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Markan, Maria (singer)

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Collection. Marks, Madame Emily (singer)

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Collection. Marlow, George (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Marlowe, Linda (actor)

Linda Virginia Marlowe (née Bathurst, born 26 July 1940) is an Australian-born British film, theatre, and television actress. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marsalis, Wynton (trumpeter)

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Collection. Marsden, Maree

Maree Marsden was also known as Maree Whitehead (1945-1948) and Maree Parry (later in career, mainly from the 1980s onwards), and was an Australian actor, fashion model and teacher. During the 1940s and 1950s she worked with several prominent Australian theatre companies including the Red Cross Theatre Company, Melbourne's Little Theatre, and J.C Williamson Limited theatres. She played the female lead in the 1949 Australian feature film, Strong is the Seed, about the life of William Farrer. She also enjoyed a sucessful career as a fashion model and compare at public events, before working primarily in public relations from the 1960s into the 1980s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marsh, Keith (actor)

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Collection. Marshal, Alan (actor)

Alan Marshal (29 January 1909 - 13 July 1961) was an Australian-born actor who co-starred with Marlene Dietrich, Irene Dunne, Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, and Mae West. "He began his Hollywood film career in 1936... He would die on stage on July 13, 1961, in Chicago playing opposite Mae West in 'Sextette"." - Karl Levett, 2015. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marshal, Irby

Irby Marshall was an female stage actor who was born in Queensland, who enjoyed a highly successful career both in Australia and the United States of America. She was married to a fellow actor Leonard Willey, an English actor active on the stage in New York City in the 1920's and 1930's. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marshall, Lois (singer)

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Collection. Marshall, Robert (ballet dancer)

Robert Marshall trained at the Australian Ballet School and joined the Australian Ballet in 1985. He joined the English National Ballet in 1995 and has danced many roles in both standard and new ballets. [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marshall, Shelley (singer)

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Collection. Marshall-Hall, G. W. L. (conductor/composer), 1862 - 1915

George William Louis Marshall-Hall (28 March 1862, London - 18 July 1915, Fitzroy, Victoria) was an English-born musician, composer, conductor, poet and controversialist who lived and worked in Australia from 1891 till his death in 1915. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Martelli, Athos G. (cellist)

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Collection. Marti, Pamela (actress)

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Collection. Martin, Colin (ice skater)

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Collection. Martin, David N (manager)

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Collection. Martin, John

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Collection. Martin, Marion (singer)

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Collection. Martinetti, Paul (actor/manager)

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Collection. Martyn, John (singer)

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Collection. Martyn, Topper (actor)

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Collection. Martzy, Johanna (violinist)

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Collection. Mason, Arthur (organist)

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Collection. Mason, Jackie (comedian)

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Collection. Masson, Jessie (pianist)

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Collection. Masson, Madalah (pianist)

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Collection. Mather, William (comedian)

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Collection. Matheson, Murray (actor)

Sidney Murray Matheson (1 July 1912 - 25 April 1985) was an American-based Australian actor. He appeared on stage, films and television. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mathew, Ray (playwright)

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Collection. Mathis, Edith (singer)

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Collection. Mathis, Johnny (singer)

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Collection. Mathiske, Bruce (guitarist)

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Collection. Matou, Michael, 1947 - 1987

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Collection. Mattera, Gino (singer)

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Collection. Matters, Arnold (singer), 1901 - 1990

Arnold Hatherleigh Matters (11 April 1904 - 21 Septhember 1990) was an Australian operatic baritone and opera producer whose career was made mostly in England during the 1930s and 1940s. He was born on 11 April 1901 at Malvern, Adelaide, South Australia, and at first took up a position in the Public Service, but in his spare time pursued his interests in music and singing. He obtained a place at the Elder Conservatorium of Music at Adelaide and studied singing under Clive Carey. In 1927 he won the Sun Aria Contest in Ballarat, and other coveted awards, and began to attract attention, including that of Dame Nellie Melba. He was invited by Melba to join her touring company, and went to London in 1929 and in 1932 was engaged by Sadler's Wells where he spent eight years singing principal baritone roles. He returned to Australia in 1941 to join the Armed Forces and then spent the war in entertainment and welfare work. After the war he returned to Sadler's Wells, becoming a mainstay of the company, before returning to Australia in 1954 to begin teaching at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide. [includes information provided by Karl Levett, 2014] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Matthews Denis (pianist)

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Collection. Matthews Wren (singer)

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Collection. Matthews, Dominica

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Collection. Matthews, Jessie (actor/singer)

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Collection. Matthews, Thomas (violinist)

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Collection. Matthews, Wendy (singer)

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Collection. Maunder, Stuart (director)

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Collection. Maxwell, Peter (comedian)

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Collection. Maxwell, Rene (singer)

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Collection. Maxwells, The (acrobats)

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Collection. May, Ricky (singer)

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Collection. Mayall, John (guitarist)

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Collection. Mayer, Jack (comedian)

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Collection. Maynor, Dorothy (singer)

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Collection. Mays, Sally (pianist)

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Collection. McAndrew, Fiona (singer)

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Collection. McArden, Joy (singer)

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Collection. McBurney, Mona (composer)

Mona Margaret McBurney (29 July 1862 - 4 December 1932) was a British pianist, teacher and composer who lived and worked in Australia. In 1905 she completed an opera, The Dalmatian, based on F. Marion Crawford's popular novel, Marietta: A Maid of Venice. Excerpts of this were porfmed in 1910, and it was produced complete in 1926, the first performance of an opera by a woman composer in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. McCallum, Joanna (actor)

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Collection. McCallum, John and Withers, Googie, 1918 - 2010

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Collection. McCann, Hamish (acrobat/comedian)

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Collection. McCaughan, Bettine (singer)

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Collection. McClean, Hugh (violinist)

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Collection. McColl, Ewan (singer)

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Collection. McConville, Thorpe, 1890 - 1953

"Wild Australia" exhibition at the Festival of Empire in 1911, twelve events described in the programme. The opener was the running in of "60 Wild Bush Horses", with further events such as Miss Cleopatra's Snake and Crocodile Charming, and Billy Waite's Boomerang and Spear Throwing. The finale was a one-act play entitled "The Kelly Gang. The Last of the Bushrangers", which reenacted the Battle of Glen Rowan of 1880, an "exciting incident in the life of Ned Kelly". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. McCormack, Anne Marie (singer/actor)

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Collection. McCormack, John (singer)

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Collection. McCredie, Peter (actor)

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Collection. McCristal, Allen (pianist)

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Collection. McCullough, Colleen

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Collection. McCune, Lisa (actor/singer)

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Collection. McCusker, Katherine (singer)

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Collection. McDonald, Anna (violinist)

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Collection. McDonald, Glen

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Collection. McDonnell, Tom (Singer)

Tom McDonnell was born in Melbourne and became a member of the Sutherland-Williamson Opera Company before winning a Joan Sutherland Scholarship. Between 1965 and 1975 he was a member of Sadler's Wells Opera and the English National Opera. He made his debut with the Royal Opera in the World premiere of "We Come to the River" in 1976. His career was notable for his obvious desire to essay new operatic works and roles. [- information supplied by Karl Levett, 2014.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. McDonough Blair

Actor from Melbourne, Australia, most known for his work in Neighbours. He also has appeared in stage shows, including Hats Off to Sondheim in 2004. He has been active in the industry since 2001. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. McDowall, Betty (actor)

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Collection. McEniery, Adrian (tenor)

Adrian McEniery is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, was a member of the Young Artist Program at Victoria State Opera, and has been a principal artist for Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, Opera Queensland, Pinchgut Opera, and Victorian Opera. He has sung with the Queensland and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras. Further programs featuring McEniery are located within separate PROMPT files for the companies he has appeared with. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. McGinn, Susan (dancer)

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Collection. McGowan, Laurel (actor)

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Collection. McGrath, Sean (actor)

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Collection. McGregor, Ali (singer)

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Collection. McGregor, Jennifer (singer)

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Collection. McIlwraith, David H. (producer)

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Collection. McIntosh, Hugh D (entrepreneur)

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Collection. McIntyre, Richard (musician, conductor)

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Collection. McIntyre, Stephen (pianist)

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Collection. McIvor, Heath (puppeteer)

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Collection. McKellar, Kenneth (singer)

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Collection. McKenna, Siobhan (actor)

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Collection. McKenzie, Campbell (dancer)

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Collection. McKern, Abigail (actor)

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Collection. McKern, Leo (actor), 1920 - 2002

Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO (16 March 1920 - 23 July 2002) was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British and Australian television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. Notable roles he portrayed include Clang in Help! (1965), Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Tom Ryan in Ryan's Daughter (1970), Paddy Button in The Blue Lagoon (1980), Father Imperius in Ladyhawke (1985) and, in the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in Rumpole of the Bailey. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. McKuen, Rod (singer)

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Collection. McLachlan, Craig (actor, singer & musician), 1965

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Collection. McLaren, Peter (woodcutter)

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Collection. McLaughlin, John (guitarist)

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Collection. McLay, Grant (actor)

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Collection. McLean, Dorcas (violinist)

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Collection. McLean, J. J. (actor)

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Collection. McLennan, Rod (actor/ singer)

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Collection. McLoughlin, Melanie (trumpet player)

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Collection. McMahon, Charlie (musician)

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Collection. McMahon, Moore (violinist)

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Collection. McManus, Mark

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Collection. McMaster, Anew (actor/manager)

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Collection. McMillan, Aaron (pianist)

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Collection. McMurray, Amanda (singer)

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Collection. McNamara, Tony (playwright)

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Collection. McNeil, Jim (playwright)

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Collection. McRae, Steven (ballet dancer)

Steven McRae (born 19 December 1985, Sydney) is an Australian ballet dancer. He joined the Royal Ballet School on scholarship in 2003. He graduated into The Royal Ballet in 2004, and was promoted to First Artist in 2005, Soloist in 2006, and Principal in 2009. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. McTell, Ralph (singer)

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Collection. Meehan, John (dancer)

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Collection. Meier, Marilyn (pianist)

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Collection. Meirowski, Neryk (pianist)

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Collection. Meiss, Chelsy (ballet dancer)

Chelsy Meiss was born in Melbourne, Australia and trained at Karen Curlis School of Dance, Thelma Williams School of Dance, The Victorian College of The Arts and The Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. Meiss danced with San Diego Ballet before joining The National Ballet of Canada as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2008, and was promoted to First Soloist in 2015. [Information from the National Ballet of Canada website, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melanie (singer)

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Collection. Melba, Nellie (Dame), Australian opera singer, 1861 - 1931

Dame Nellie Melba GBE (19 May 1861 - 23 February 1931), born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century. She was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym "Melba" from Melbourne, her home town. During the First World War, Melba raised large sums for war charities. She was active in the teaching of singing at the Melbourne Conservatorium, and made a legendary number of "farewell" appearances. Between 1904 and 1926 Melba made some 150 records. Her final performance at Covent Garden was in June 1926, with her last Australian performances in Sydney and Melbourne in 1927. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne, Frank (The Australian bellboy)

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Collection. Mellencamp, John Cougar

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Collection. Melly, George (singer)

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Collection. Melville, Josie (actress), 1903 - 1963

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Collection. Meneses, Antonio (cellist)

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Collection. Menkmeyer, Florence (singer)

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Collection. Menuhin, Hepzibah, 1920 - 1981

Hephzibah Menuhin (20 May 1920 - 1 January 1981) was an American-Australian pianist, writer, and human rights campaigner. She was sister to the violinist Yehudi Menuhin and to the pianist, painter, and poet Yaltah Menuhin. She was also a gifted linguist and writer, co-authoring several books and writing many papers with her second husband, Richard Hauser. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Menuhin, Jeremy (pianist)

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Collection. Menuhin, Yehudi (violinist), 1916 - 1999

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (22 April 1916 - 12 March 1999) was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom, and is widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. He toured Australia extensively from 1935 until the late 1980s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Meran, Chris (actor)

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Collection. Meredith, Thom (conductor)

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Collection. Merrifield, Tom (actor)

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Collection. Merryfield, Tommy (dancer)

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Collection. Mewton-Wood, Noel (pianist), 1922 - 1953

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Collection. Mexis (singer)

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Collection. Meyer, Kirstin (singer)

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Collection. Meynell, Clyde (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Miccioni, Roberto (organist)

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Collection. Michell, Keith (actor), 1926 - 2015

Keith Joseph Michell (1 December 1926 - 20 November 2015) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII of England. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare and other classics and musicals in Britain, and was also in several Broadway productions. He was an artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in the 1970s and later had a recurring role on the television program Murder, She Wrote. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Middlebrook, Douglas (entertainer)

Douglas Middlebrook performed as Fleek the Clown during the 1950s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Middleton, Arthur (singer)

Arthur Middleton (born Logan, Iowa, November 28, 1880 - died Chicago, Illinois, February 16, 1929) was an American operatic and concert bass-baritone who toured to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Middleton, Daniel (YouTuber)

Daniel Robert Middleton (born 8 November 1991), known online as DanTDM (formerly The Diamond Minecart), is an English YouTube personality and professional gamer. His online video channels have covered many video games, mainly the popular game Minecraft. His channel has been listed among the top YouTube channels in the United Kingdom. In July 2015, his channel was listed as one of the most popular YouTubers in the world by viewership. He has earned several Kids' Choice Awards as well as set Guinness World Records for his gaming and presenting. As of May 2018, Middleton has over 12 billion views and 18 million subscribers, making him the 36th most-subscribed YouTuber. He toured five capital cities in Australia during 2017. [Information from Wikipedia.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mierowski, Henryk (pianist)

Henryk Mierowski was a distinguised Polish pianist who toured to Australia under the management of J & N Tait after the Second World War. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mikulka, Vladimir (guitarist)

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Collection. Milenkovic, Stefan (violinist)

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Collection. Miles, Kevin (actor)

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Collection. Miles, Lyndon (actor)

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Collection. Miles, Yvonne (costume designer)

Yvonne Miles, after working for seven years as a fashion designer, firstly in Australia and then Hong Kong, came to England in 1977. She has designed costumes for many provincial and West End shows as well as for Opera Companies such as Opera Factory and Music Theatre London. [information supplied by Karl Levett, 2014] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Millar, Andrew

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Collection. Miller, David (pianist)

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Collection. Miller, George (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Miller, Kevin (singer)

Kevin Miller trained at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide before continuing his studies in London in 1952-55. He sang at Glyndebourne in 1956, and with the Carl Rosa Opera Company before joining Sadler's Wells in 1959. He sang the role of Orpheus in Australia when the Sadler's Wells Company brought the production here (information supplied by Karl Levett, 2014). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Miller, Moi Yo (magician)

Moi-Yo Miller was the stage name of Mona Loretta Miller (born 24 April 1914), an Australian who became the principal assistant to the stage magician Dante (aka Harry Jansen). She was born in Geelong, Victoria and first met Dante (aka Harry Jansen) while still in her late teens when she was appearing in a musical revue in Melbourne. She very quickly became his main assistant and an integral part of his show Sim Sala Bim. She was often billed as "Australia's Most Beautiful Woman", and once estimated that she had been sawed in half around 11,800 times during her career. Miller became highly regarded among professional magic performers and is widely cited as one of the all-time great magic assistants. She features in the 2008 documentary movie, Women in Boxes, which explores the vital role of assistants in magic. In 1993 she received the Dragon Award presented by the J. Marberger Stuart Foundation. She celebrated her 100th birthday in 2014. [information from Performing Arts Centre, Melbourne, and Wikipedia] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Milligan, Spike (comedian)

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Collection. Millis, Fred W.

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Collection. Mills, John (guitarist)

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Collection. Mills, Rob (singer)

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Collection. Mills, Sir John (actor)

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Collection. Mills, Watkin (singer)

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Collection. Miloš (Miloš Karadaglić)

Miloš Karadaglić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Милош Карадаглић) is an award winning classical guitarist and recording artist who has been awarded the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year, Echo Klassik Newcomer of the Year award, and named Classic BRIT MasterCard Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2012. He toured Australia in 2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Milvain, Douglas (actor)

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Collection. Minchin, Tim (comedian, musican, actor)

Timothy David "Tim" Minchin (born 7 October 1975) is a British-born Australian comedian, actor, and musician who is best known for his musical comedy. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mineo, Sal (singer)

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Collection. Minghetti, Angelo (singer)

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Collection. Minogue, Danni (singer)

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Collection. Minogue, Kylie, 1968

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968), often known simply as Kylie, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actor. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Minton, Yvonne

Yvonne Fay Minton CBE (born 4 December 1938) is an Australian-born but mostly British-resident opera singer. She originally studied voice while on a scholarship at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, and won several singing competitions including the National Eisteddfod in Canberra, the Shell Aria in 1960, and the Kathleen Ferrier Prize for the best contralto at the International Vocalist Competition at 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands in 1961. She became one of the country's leading contraltos, often appearing on radio and television and with the Sydney and Queensland orchestras before leaving Australia in 1961 to pursue her studies in London. She joined the Royal Opera, Covent Garden in 1965, and had a splendid career with that company. She also appeard in the major European houses, at the Bayreuth and Salzberg Festivals as well as the Metropolitan Opera, New York, and Chicago Lyric Opera. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to music in 1980 (includes information supplied by Karl Levett, 2014). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Miranda, Beatrice (opera singer)

Beatrice Miranda was an Australian opera singer. She was born Melbourne, 1884, and died in Buffalo, New York in 1964, after a notable career as a versatile operatic soprano. Both her parents, David Miranda (Spanish) and Annette Hirst (from Yorkshire) were singers. She sang at Covent Garden, with the Carol Rosa Company,and the British National Opera Company. From 1924 she lived in Edinburgh, taught singing, and continued with concert and recital work, rather than opera. [Information from the Opera Scotland website, 2017.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Miranda, David (singer)

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Collection. Miricioiu, Nelly (singer)

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Collection. Mirosznyk, Anatolij (pianist)

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Collection. Miss Tittell Brune (actor)

Minnie Tittell Brune (1875-1974) was an American actress. Although little known in her own country, she became a major figure in the history of the Australian stage, achieving the peak of her career during an Antipodean tour from 1904 to 1909. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Tittell_Brune, May 2019). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Misto, John (playwright)

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Collection. Mitchell, Esther (actor)

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Collection. Mitchell, Graham (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Mitchell, Leona (singer)

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Collection. Mitchell, Terry (actor)

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Collection. Mitchell, Warren (actor)

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Collection. Mitford, Gavin

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Collection. Moffatt, Mr and Mrs Graham (actors)

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Collection. Moffo, Anna (singer)

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Collection. Moiseiwitsch, Benno (pianist)

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Collection. Molloy, Christopher (actor/singer)

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Collection. Moncrieff, Gladys (singer), 1892 - 1976

Gladys Moncrieff OBE (13 April 1892 - 8 February 1976) was a renowned Australian soprano. She was highly successful in musical theatre and recordings, and was known as 'Australia's Queen of Song' and 'Our Glad'. The federal electoral division of Moncrieff in Queensland, and the Canberra suburb Moncrieff are both named in her honour. Her image was featured on an Australian postage stamp in 1989. The main entertainment complex in Bundaberg was named the Moncrieff Theatre, before being renamed the Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, a Gold Coast park was named in her honour, and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre maintains the Gladys Moncrieff Library of the Performing Arts. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Monk, Cyril (violinist)

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Collection. Monopoly, Tony

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Collection. Montez, Lola (dancer)

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Collection. Montoya, Carlos (guitarist)

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Collection. Moodie, Alma, 1950-1943 (violinist), 1898 - 1943

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Collection. Moon, George

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Collection. Moore, Carrie (actress and singer), 1882 - 1956

Carrie Moore (31 July 1882 - 5 September 1956) was an Australian actress who achieved fame on the Australian and British stage. She was born Caroline Ellen Moore in Geelong, Victoria, and first appeared on stage in Geelong in local amateur productions. By late 1895, she had successfully auditioned for J. C. Williamson and was appearing in the Christmas pantomime, Djin Djin, attracting positive reviews. Moore then performed for Williamson's "Royal Comic Opera Company" in a number of leading roles. In July 1903 she left Australia for England, where she appeared for producer George Edwardes, and performed on London stages and in provincial theatre. [Information from Wikipedia.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Moore, Dudley (pianist/comedian)

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Collection. Moore, Gerald (pianist)

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Collection. Moore, Lisa (pianist)

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Collection. Moore, Maggie (actor/entrepreneur), 1851 - 1926

Maggie Moore (10 April 1851 - March 15, 1926) was an American-Australian actress born as Margaret Virginia Sullivan. She met and married producer J. C. Williamson in the U.S. and became popular as an actress in their production of Struck Oil, which premiered in 1873 and was revived many times. Soon after their marriage, they took the play on a tour of Australia, and was such a success that they stayed, founding the most successful theatrical company in Australia, with Moore as a leading actress. Moore was also successful in Williamson's Gilbert and Sullivan operas, other operetta productions, and other stage pieces. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Moore, Monica (singer)

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Collection. Moore, Vera (pianist)

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Collection. Moorehead, Brian

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Collection. Morales, Nati (dancer)

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Collection. Moran, Amy (pianist)

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Collection. Moran, Phillip (guitarist)

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Collection. Morcashani, Josephine (singer)

Josephine Morcashani was a singer who toured the music and concert halls of Europe from the 1890s until around 1917. Oddly she was billed as a baritone singer, described in programs as "The Australian Lady Baritone", "La Belle Créole" and even a "Red Indian". [Information from Gibbs, Craig Martin. & EBSCOhost. 2013, Black recording artists, 1877-1926 [electronic resource] : an annotated discography / compiled by Craig Martin Gibbs McFarland & Co Jefferson, N.C] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Moreland, Barry (dancer/choreographer)

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Collection. Moreton, Ivor (pianist)

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Collection. Morgan, Jennifer (singer)

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Collection. Morini, Erica (violinist)

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Collection. Morison, Elsie (singer), 1924 - 2016

Elsie Jean Morison was an Australian soprano who was born in Ballarat, Victoria on the 15th of August 1924. She studied at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and at the Royal College of Music, and burst on to the postwar musical scene in London with stunning performances in concert and opera. She made her English concert debut at the Royal Albert Hall in 1948, and is remembered for her roles in some of the most important musical events of the day, including the English premiere of Poulenc's Les Dialogues des Carmelites in 1958, alongside the young Joan Sutherland. She became well known for her recordings of her work. She married the great Czech conductor Rafael Kubelik in 1963. She died in Prague on April 5, aged 91. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mork, Truls (cellist)

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Collection. Morley, Meg (pianist, composer, improviser)

Meg Morley is an Australian-born London-based pianist, composer and improviser. She creates music within diverse artistic genres (silent film, contemporary dance and ballet, solo piano, contemporary jazz ensembles and electronic music). Classically-trained. She has worked extensively with various dance companies (English National Ballet, Rambert Company, Matthew Bourne, Pina Bausch) and performs and composes for international silent film festivals and institutions (Il Cinema Ritrovato, British Film Institute, Flatpack Festival, Nederlands Silent Film Festival). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Morley, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Moroney, B. T. (trumpeter)

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Collection. Morris, Geoffrey (guitarist)

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Collection. Morris, Julia (comedian)

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Collection. Morris, Kate

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Collection. Morris, Maesmore (actor)

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Collection. Morris, Mary (playwright)

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Collection. Morris, Matthew

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Collection. Morrison, James (trumpeter)

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Collection. Morrissy, Rene (pianist)

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Collection. Morrow, Joan (actor)

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Collection. Morse Helen

Helen Morse is an Australian actress, born in 1947, who has been active in film, television and stage work since 1965. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mortimer, Peggy (singer)

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Collection. Morton, Barbara (actor)

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Collection. Moshinsky, Elijah (opera director)

Elijah Moshinsky (born 8 January 1946) is an Australian opera director, theatre director and television director who has worked at the Royal Opera House, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal National Theatre, BBC Television and numerous other venues. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Moss, Warwick (playwright)

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Collection. Mossfield, Harry

Harry Mossfield was born in Sydney July 7 1919, where his singing career began. Mossfield's life and later career centred on Canada. Here he wed Canadian concert pianist, Pearl Kerr, and joined in the Stratford Festival's production of 'H.M.S Pinafore" and then invited to return to the Festival in 1961 to play The Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance" [information supplied by Karl Levett, 2014]. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mouskouri, Nana (singer)

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Collection. Mowbray, Henry

Henry Mowbray (1882-1960) was an actor born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Harry E. Sweeney. He mainly lived and worked in the Unted States, and is best remembered for his roles in films and on Broadway. He passed away in Hollywood, in the United States. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Moyer, Frederick (pianist)

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Collection. Moyle, Julian (opera singer)

Julian Moyle is an Australian baritone, born Melbourne, 4 February 1927. He migrated to England in 1954, and started work in Opera for All. He then sang at the Glyndebourne and Wexford Festivals before joining the English National Opera. during the 1960s he sang with the Sadler's Wells Opera. In 1971, he officially joined the Welsh National Opera where he sang many roles [information supplied by Karl Levett, 2014]. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Muirhead, John (actor)

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Collection. Mulcahy, Lance (composer)

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Collection. Mulcahy, Lara (actor)

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Collection. Mulcahy, Michael (trombone player)

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Collection. Mulligan, Janette

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Collection. Mummery, Browning (singer), 1888 - 1974

Joseph Browning Mummery (12 July 1888 - 16 March 1974), was an Australian opera tenor of the 1920s and '30s who achieved a considerable reputation in Europe as well as Australia. Mummery was born in Carlton, Melbourne, and initially studded under the Italian baritone A. C. Bartleman. He began his operatic career in 1920, with the Gonzales Opera Company. He sang with Dame Nellie Melba in La Bohème and worked with conductors such as Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Henry Wood. He sang extensively in America and later taught in Melbourne, and appeared as the solo tenor in the 1934 film, Evensong with Evelyn Laye. He retired to Canberra, where he died on 1974, aged 85. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Munro, Ian, 1963

Ian Munro (born 1963) is an Australian pianist, composer, writer and music educator. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Munteanu, Petre (singer)

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Collection. Munz, Mieczyslaw (pianist)

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Collection. Murdoch, Dorothy (singer)

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Collection. Murdoch, William (pianist)

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Collection. Murphy, Andrew (dancer)

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Collection. Murphy, Graeme (choreographer)

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Collection. Murphy, Kerri (actor)

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Collection. Murphy, Maurice

Maurice Brendan Murphy (born 1939 in Sydney) is an Australian film and television director, producer, writer and actor. He is best known for his influential work as a director of TV comedy programs for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - most notably The Aunty Jack Show and the Norman Gunston Show - and for his 1980 feature film adaptation of the Australian comic strip Fatty Finn. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Murphy, Tommy (playwright)

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Collection. Murray the Australian Escapologist

The actual term 'escapology' is reputed to have been coined originally by Australian escapologist and illusionist Murray (Norman Murray Walters), a Houdini contemporary. [Wikipedia]. Full name Leo Norman Maurien Murray Stuart Carrington Walters. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Murray the Australian Escapologist, 1901 - 1988

The actual term 'escapology' is reputed to have been coined originally by Australian escapologist and illusionist Murray (Norman Murray Walters), a Houdini contemporary. (Wikipedia). Full name Leo Norman Maurien Murray Stuart Carrington Walters. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Murray, Frank (musician)

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Collection. Murray, Gilbert

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Collection. Murray, Jack (radio personality)

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Collection. Murray, Peta (playwright)

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Collection. Murray, Rob

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Collection. Murray-Smith, Joanna (playwright)

Joanna Murray-Smith (born 17 April 1962) is a Melbourne based Australian playwright, screenwriter, novelist, librettist and newspaper columnist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Muscat, David

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Collection. Muschamp, Jessica (actor)

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Collection. Musgrove, Frank (theatre entrepreneur, ca1900), 1922

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Collection. Musgrove, George (theatre entrepreneur, Melbourne & Sydney ca 1900), 1854 - 1916

George Musgrove (21 January 1854 - 21 January 1916) was an English-born Australian theatre producer, manager and entrepreneur. He ran various sucessful ventures which included: The New English Comedy and Dramatic Company; The New London Company; Mr George Musgrove's New Comic Opera Company; Musgrove's Royal Comic Opera Company; Mr George Musgrove's Royal Grand Opera Company. He entered into partnership with J. C. Williamson and Arthur Garner, forming the formed the Willamson, Garner and Musgrove Company in July 1882, whereupon they became joint lessees of the Theatre Royals in Melbourne and Sydney until March 1890. He also toured many opera companies to Australia (including the Carl Rosa Opera Company), was responsible for acclaimed productions of Shakespeare, and in 1903 he presented Nellie Melba in her first and most successful concert tour of Australia and New Zealand. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Musgrove, Harry, G (theatre entrepreneur 1920s)

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Collection. Mutabaruka (poet/singer)

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Collection. Myles, Bruce (actor)

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Collection. Napier, Russell (actor)

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Collection. Napoleon-Boffard, M E (singer)

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Collection. Narell, Marie (singer)

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Collection. Nathan, Isaac (composer)

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Collection. Natoli, Dominic (singer)

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Collection. Natzke, Oscar (singer)

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Collection. Naughton, Harry (actor)

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Collection. Navarra, Andre (cellist)

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Collection. Naylor, Rufe (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Naylor, Ruth (singer)

"Born in Adelaide, Ruth Naylor, after winning the Elder Overseas Scholarship in 1929, went to study at the Royal College of Music in London. She later joined the Sadler's Wells Company and then in 1934 she made her debut at Covent Garden singing Musetta in La Boheme. Naylor sang frequently in orotorios in Queen's Hall and Albert Hall, as well as in Paris and Brussels." - Karl Levett, 2014. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Neate, Kenneth (singer)

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Collection. Neikrug, Marc (composer/ pianist/conductor)

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Collection. Neil, Frank (actor/manager)

Frank Neil was an Australian actor, musician and later a theatrical director and theatre manager. He worked with with E.I. Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company, Benjamin Fuller's Dramatic Company, and his own troupe Frank Neil's Company of Comedians, before joining Mike Connors and Queenie Paul in 1934 to run the Tivoli Theatre Circuit. He was born 21st of December, 1886, in Corindhap near Ballarat, and died in Melbourne on the 1st of January, 1940, from injuries sustained after being hit by a car. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Nelson, Allison (pianist)

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Collection. Nelson, Ricky (singer)

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Collection. Nelson, Willy (singer)

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Collection. Nettheim, David (actor)

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Collection. Neveu, Ginette

Ginette Neveu (11 August 1919 - 28 October 1949) was a famous French classical violinist who toured to Australia in 1948, with her brother Jean accompanying her on the piano. They were both tragically was killed in a plane crash in 1949. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Newbury, Philip (singer)

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Collection. Newhouse, Brenda-Jane (singer)

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Collection. Newley, Anthony (singer)

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Collection. Newlyn, Aileen

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Collection. Newnham, Hartley (singer)

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Collection. Newson, Lloyd (dance director)

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Collection. Newton, Wayne (singer)

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Collection. Newton-John, Olivia (singer), 1948

Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE (born 26 September 1948) is an English-Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ney, Marie (actor)

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Collection. Ng, Pei-Jee (cellist)

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Collection. Niblo, Fred (actor)

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Collection. Nicholas, Ben

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Collection. Nicholas, Glynn (actor)

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Collection. Nichols, Joy (singer & actor)

Joy Eileen Nichols (17 February 1925 - 23 June 1992), was a comedian, actress and singer who worked in Australia, Britain and the United States. She is best known as a star of Take It From Here on BBC Radio. She was born in Sydney and was originally part of a song-and-dance double act with her brother George. She moved to Britain in 1946 to further her career. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Nicis, Charles (singer)

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Collection. Nickson, Noel (violinist)

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Collection. Niedzielski, Stanislaus (pianist)

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Collection. Nijeboer, Caroline (singer)

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Collection. Nikolaidi, Elena (singer)

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Collection. Nikolayeva, Tatyana (pianist)

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Collection. Nilsson, Birgit (singer)

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Collection. Nilsson, Raymond (opera singer)

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Collection. Nisselle, Henri (pianist)

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Collection. Nizan, Rene (organist)

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Collection. Noble, Noel (singer)

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Collection. Noble, Peter (singer/actor)

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Collection. Noble, Trisha (actor, singer), 1944 - 2021

Patricia Ann Ruth Noble (born 3 February 1944) is an Australian singer and actress. Initially performing as Patsy Ann Noble, she was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the music and variety television series Bandstand. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Nock, Mike (pianist)

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Collection. Nolan, Sidney

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Collection. Noonan, Helen (singer)

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Collection. Norda Mata (German creative dancer)

German dancer, toured Australia 1936. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Nordica, Lillian (singer)

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Collection. Norman, Jessye (singer)

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Collection. Northey, Benjamin (conductor)

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Collection. Norton, Kerry (actor)

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Collection. Norton, Richard, 1950- (actor), 1950

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Collection. Norton, Richard, 1970- (actor), 1970

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Collection. Novak, Maria (singer)

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Collection. Nowra, Louis (playwright)

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Collection. Nunn Judy

Australian actor and director, who has been very active in the theatre industry since 1964. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Nunn, Denise

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Collection. Nunn, Toni (singer)

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Collection. Nureyev, Rudolf (dancer)

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Collection. Nye, Ruth (pianist)

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Collection. Nygh, Anna (actor/singer)

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Collection. Nyman, Michael (composer)

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Collection. OaBrian, Sean (actor)

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Collection. OaBrien, Emma (singer)

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Collection. OaBrien, Glenys (actor)

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Collection. OaConnell, Raymond (pianist)

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Collection. OaConnor, Bill (singer/actor)

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Collection. OaConnor, Caroline (singer/actor)

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Collection. OaConnor, Des (singer)

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Collection. OaConnor, Frances (actor)

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Collection. OaConnor, Helen (playwright)

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Collection. OaConnor, Kathleen (singer)

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Collection. OaDonnell, Daniel (singer)

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Collection. OaFarrell, Cora (singer)

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Collection. OaHagan, Mary (singer)

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Collection. OaKeefe, David (actor)

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Collection. OaKeefe, Johnny (musician)

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Collection. Oakes, Meredith (playwright)

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Collection. Oakley, Barry (playwright)

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Collection. OaNeill, Lisa (dancer)

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Collection. OaNeill, Loretta (actor)

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Collection. Obarzanek, Gideon (choreographer)

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Collection. O'Briain Bell, Rory (playwright)

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Collection. O'Brien, Peter (actor)

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Collection. Obst, Andrew (dancer)

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Collection. O'Connor, Bill

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Collection. O'Connor, Caroline (singer), 1962

Caroline Ann O'Connor (born 2 September 1962) is an Anglo-Australian singer, dancer and actress. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Odnoposoff, Ricardo (violinist)

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Collection. O'Doherty, Mignon (actor)

Mignon O'Doherty (30/01/1890-12/03/1961) was an Australian actress who was born in Brisbane and established her career in the United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. O'Donnell, Natalie (actor)

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Collection. Ogden, Craig (guitarist)

Craig Ogden is an Australian classical guitarist whose albums have topped the UK classical charts. He is Principal Lecturer in Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK. Craig Ogden gained his music degree (with honours) at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. His concert performances have taken him throughout the UK, into Europe, the USA, South East Asia and Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ogdon, John (pianist), 1937

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Collection. Ogilvie, George (actor)

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Collection. O'Hagan, Patrick (singer)

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Collection. O'Hara, Mary

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Collection. Oistrakh, David (violinist)

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Collection. Oistrakh, Igor (violinist)

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Collection. Old, Paul (dancer)

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Collection. Oldaker, Max (actor)

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Collection. Oldham, Peter

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Collection. Oliver, Jamie (chef)

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Collection. Oliver, Jane (singer)

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Collection. Oliver, Tuppy (comedian)

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Collection. O'Loughlin, Fiona (comedian)

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Collection. Olsen, Dennis (singer/actor)

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Collection. O'Malley, Muriel (singer)

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Collection. O'Neil, Nance (actor), 1874 - 1965

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Collection. O'Neill Paul (singer)

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Collection. O'Neill, Karyn (actor)

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Collection. O'Neill, Patrick (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Orbison, Roy (singer)

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Collection. O'Reilly, Geneveive (actor)

Genevieve O'Reilly (born 6 January 1977) is an actress who was born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised in Adelaide, Australia. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2000, and is now based in he United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ormandy, Eugene (conductor)

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Collection. Orpen, Timothy (actor)

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Collection. Orr, Madeleine (actor)

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Collection. Orry-Kelly (costume designer), 1897 - 1964

Orry-Kelly was the professional name of Orry George Kelly (31 December 1897 - 27 February 1964), who was also known as Jack Kelly. He was a prominent Hollywood costume designer who worked on 295 films in a career which spanned more than 30 years. He was born in Kiama, New South Wales. Until being overtaken by Catherine Martin in 2014, he was Australia's most prolific Oscar winner, having won three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ortiz, Christina (pianist)

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Collection. Osborne, Joan (singer)

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Collection. Osborne, Nance (singer)

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Collection. O'shaughnessy, Peter (lyricist/actor/director)

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Collection. O'Shea, Katherine

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Collection. O'shea, Alfred (singer)

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Collection. Otes, Lorena (choreographer/dancer)

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Collection. Otterloo, Willem van (conductor), 1978

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Collection. Ousset, Cecile (pianist)

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Collection. Overend, Dorothy

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Collection. Owen, Amanda (dancer)

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Collection. Owen, Harrison (playwright), 1890 - 1966

Albert John Owen (1890-1966), known as Harrison Owen, was an Australian playwright, novelist, poet, and journalist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Owen, Scott (actor)

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Collection. Ozim, Igor (violinist)

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Collection. Paderewski, Ignace Jan (pianist), 1860 - 1941

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, GBE (18 November [O.S. 6 November] 1860 - 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence. He was a favorite of concert audiences around the globe, and toured to Australia several times. His musical fame opened access to diplomacy and the media. He was the prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in 1919, and represented Poland at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pagan, Peter (actor)

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Collection. Page, Anne (organist)

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Collection. Page, Stanley (actor)

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Collection. Paige, Elaine (singer, Australian tours)

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Collection. Paine, Garth (sound designer)

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Collection. Palmer, Brenda (actor/ playwright)

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Collection. Palmer, Christene

Christene M. Palmer is a retired Australian singer and actress, known for her performances in the contralto roles of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company during the 1960s. "Christene Palmer was born in Geelong and studied at the National School of Opera in Melbourne. After singing with the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company in 1958, she arrived in London in 1961. She joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1965 as Principal Contralto and her subsequent career has specialised in Gilbert & Sullivan performances." - Karl Levett, 2014. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Palmer, David (dancer)

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Collection. Palmer, Peggy (pianist)

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Collection. Panigrahi, Sanjukta (dancer)

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Collection. Panozzo, Dina (actor)

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Collection. Paolozzi, Lidia (singer)

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Collection. Parios, Yannis (singer)

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Collection. Park, Reg (ice skater)

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Collection. Parker, John (actor)

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Collection. Parker, Linda (singer)

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Collection. Parkinson, Jimmy (singer)

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Collection. Parks, Sam (actor)

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Collection. Parle, Nicholas (harpsichordist)

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Collection. Parry, Suzanne (Singer)

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Collection. Parselles, Angela (singer)

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Collection. Parsons, Geoffrey (pianist/accompanist/lyricist), 1929 - 1995

Geoffrey Penwill Parsons AO OBE (15 June 1929 - 26 January 1995) was an Australian pianist, most particularly notable as an accompanist to singers and instrumentalists. He originally studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music: "He decided to at the age of 17 while at the Sydney Conservatorium to become an accompanist. In 1959 he came to England as accompanist to Peter Dawson. Since then he has accompanied many of the World's greatest singers, given concerts in 43 countrie and returned repeatedly to Australia on tour." (Karl Levett, 2015) He was awarded an O.B.E. in 1977. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Parton, Dolly (singer), 1946

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pasaros, Georgetta (singer)

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Collection. Pascoe, Judy (acrobat / musician / comedian)

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Collection. Paterson, Katherine (singer)

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Collection. Pathak, Phalguni (singer)

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Collection. Patricia, Colin and Vicki (dancers)

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Collection. Patrick, Carmel (singer)

"Carmel Patrick, after studying for three years with the National Theatre, Melbourne, was awarded the study grant by the Australian Council for the Arts. She became a scholarship student with the London Opera Centre and made her London debut at the 1978 English Bach Festival." (Karl Levett, 2014.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Patten, Mrs Arthur (singing teacher)

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Collection. Patterson, Barry (actor/singer)

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Collection. Patton, Denise (pianist)

"Denise Patton studied both piano and harpsichord at the New South Wales Conservatorium. She was also a prominent teacher and ... was on the staff of the Royal College of Music, London." (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pauk, Gyorgy (violinist)

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Collection. Paul and Pauline

Program held for Moss' Empire Theatre, Nottingham, Jan. 8th, 1951. Paul & Pauline are the final act on a 12 act bill. They are billed as Australian balancers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Paul, Glyn (singer)

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Collection. Paul, Gwendo

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Collection. Pavane, Lisa, 1961

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Collection. Pavarotti, Luciano (singer)

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Collection. Paviour, Paul (composer)

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Collection. Pavlova, Anna, 1881 - 1931

Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova (1881-1931) was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. Pavlova is most recognized for the creation of the role The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world, including to Australia. This material in the Library's PROMPT collection documents her two Australian tours in 1926 and 1929, when she brought her own ballet company touring for the J.C. Williamson Limited company. The Pavlova dessert is believed to have been created in honour of the dancer during her tour of New Zealand and Australia in the 1920s. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Paxton, Tom (singer)

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Collection. Payling, Lily (singer)

Lily Payling was a well known Australian contralto who won fame in the concert halls of England and Europe. According to some newspaper reports of her death, the Payling subscription concerts at the Royal Albert Hall were a highlight of the musical year during the 1920s and 1930s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Payne, Gary (actor)

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Collection. Payne, Laurie (opera singer, actor)

Laurie Payne (stage name for Laurence Lott), baritone opera singer born in Australia, began his career during World War 2 at the age of 19. After the war he studied at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music making his debut with the Australian National Opera Company. Payne left Australia in the early 1950s for further study in Italy then London where he joined the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. He later appeared with the Welsh National Opera Company and made numerous appearances in radio series, televison, musicals, concerts and operettas. Payne died in England in 1999. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Payne, Madame Adah (singer)

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Collection. Peacock, Paul (actor)

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Collection. Peake-Jones, Deborah (singer)

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Collection. Pearce, Vera (actor), 1895 - 1966

Vera Pearce (1895-1966) was an Australian stage and film actress who enjoyed a long career both in Australia and in the United Kingdom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pearse, Morgan

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Collection. Pearson, Bill (actor)

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Collection. Pearson, James (actor/singer)

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Collection. Pedersen, Georg (cellist)

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Collection. Peebles, Antony (pianist)

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Collection. Peedo, Sonja (dancer)

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Collection. Peerce, Jan (singer), 1904 - 1984

Jan Peerce (June 3, 1904 - December 15, 1984) was an American operatic tenor. Peerce was an accomplished performer on the operatic and Broadway concert stages, in solo recitals, and as a recording artist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Peers, Leon

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Collection. Pegge, Edmund (actor)

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Collection. Pelham, Meta

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Collection. Peluso, Natalie (singer)

Natalie Peluso (previously Natalie Christie) is a Melbourne-born opera singer. Further material is located within separate files in the PROMPT collection under the names of the companies Natalie Christie appeared with, such as the Royal Opera etc. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pemberton, Annabel (actress)

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Collection. Pena, Paco (guitarist)

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Collection. Penhall, Joe (playwrite)

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Collection. Peniguel, Francesca (ballerina/dancer), 1979

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Collection. Pennario, Leonard (pianist)

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Collection. Penny, Gary (theatre producer)

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Collection. Percy, W. S. (actor), 1872 - 1946

William Stratford Percy (1872-1946) was an Australian stage comedian, actor, writer and artist actor who also appeared in a number of short films. He made his reputation appearing in productions for J.C. Williamson Ltd. and left Australia in 1913 to appear on the stage in the United States of Amercia before working in England. Although he returned to Australia in the early 1920s to tour, the remander his career was in England. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pereira, David (cellist)

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Collection. Perfect, Eddie (composer, musician, comedian, actor)

Eddie Perfect (born 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, comedian, writer and actor. He has recorded solo albums and written and performed numerous cabaret shows, including 'Songs from the Middle' with the Brodsky Quartet. His biographical musical comedy 'Shane Warne: The Musical' won the 2009 Helpman Award for Best New Australian Work, the Victorian Premier's Literacy Award and a Green Room Award. [Wikipedia, 2019] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Perlman, Itzhak (violinist)

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Collection. Perry, Dein (choreographer/performer)

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Collection. Perryman, Jill (singer/actor)

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Collection. Peter, Paul and Mary

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Collection. Peters, Jane (violinist)

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Collection. Peters, Lance (playwright)

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Collection. Peterson, Oscar (piano player)

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Collection. Pheloung, Barrington (composer)

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Collection. Philips, Ivy (singer)

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Collection. Phillips, Leslie (comedian)

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Collection. Phillips, Linda (pianist)

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Collection. Phillips, Thea (singer)

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Collection. Phonsou, Anna (singer)

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Collection. Piccirilli, Michael (actor)

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Collection. Pickford, Errol (dancer)

Errol Pickford (1966-2018) was an Australian ballet dancer and renowned dance teacher. He was born John Pickford, in Perth, Australia in 1966. He trained as a gymnast before moving to the UK and practicing ballet at the Hammond School and The Royal Ballet School. In 1982 he joined The Royal Ballet, and by 1989 had become a soloist. By 1991 he was chosen as principle dancer. He left The Royal Ballet in 1997 and became a Principal dancer with Western Australian Ballet. After retiring from dance performance, he passed his RAD Professional Dancers' Teaching Diploma with distinction, teaching at many London institutions including the London Studio Centre, the Arts Educational School in Tring and Bird College, and, since 2008, Elmhurst Ballet School where he was Senior Ballet Teacher and Head of Graduate Placement and International Links. [Information from the Royal Opera House website - https://www.roh.org.uk - 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pikler, Robert (violinist/conductor)

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Collection. Pinkerton, Rosa (singer)

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Collection. Pinne, Peter (composer)

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Collection. Pintel, Jacques (pianist)

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Collection. Pitney, Gene (singer)

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Collection. Plant, Robert (singer)

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Collection. Plata de Aranjuez, Diega (guitarist)

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Collection. Plata, Manitas de (guitarist)

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Collection. Plenty, Malcolm (actor)

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Collection. Plotnikova, Irina (pianist)

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Collection. Plumley, Chelsea (singer)

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Collection. Plush, Vincent (composer, broadcaster), 1950

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Collection. Pogacnik, Miha (violinist)

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Collection. Pogorelich, Igor (pianist)

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Collection. Polini, Emelie (actor)

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Collection. Pollard, Daphne

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Collection. Ponds, Billie

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Collection. Pong, Florence (singer)

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Collection. Ponti, Michael (pianist)

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Collection. Poolman, Alan (playwright)

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Collection. Pople, Ross (cellist)

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Collection. Porter, Dorothy (playwright)

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Collection. Porter, Hal (playwright)

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Collection. Porter, Mavis (actor)

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Collection. Porter, Nyree Dawn

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Collection. Porter, Susie (actor)

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Collection. Post, Joseph (conductor), 1906 - 1972

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Collection. Potra, Dan

Dan Potra studied film, television and theatre design for five years at the Art Institute Nicolae Grigorescu, Bucharest, graduating in 1987. He then moved to Australia and studied at NIDA, graduating in 1991. He was the designer of the Deep Sea Dreaming and Tin Symphony segments in the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Further programs featuring Dan Potra are located under separate PROMPT files for companies he has worked for, including Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, the Adelaide Festival, West Australian Opera, Melbourne Theatre Company, the 1994 Festival of Sydney, the Festival of Perth, Belvoir Street, Chamber Made Opera, Victoria State Opera, the Melbourne Festival, Festival of the Dreaming, and the Sydney Theatre Company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pouishnoff (pianist)

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Collection. Poulsen, Darryl (horn player)

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Collection. Powell, Margaret (cellist)

Margaret Powell is an Australian musician who originally studied with Cedric Ashton and John Painter at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she was awarded her Performer's and Teacher's Diplomas in both cello and piano and was Student of the Year. She furthered her studies in Barcelona with Radu Aldulescu and Lluís Claret and in London with Jacqueline du Pré and William Pleeth. She is known as both a soloist and chamber musician, and has performed in all of London's major concert halls, as well as throughout Europe, Canada, South East Asia and Australia, including radio and television broadcasts. She is a founder member of the Dussek Piano Trio and has been the cellist in the London Harpsichord Ensemble since 1996. She has taught at Junior Guildhall since 1985, and was Head of Chamber Music for 10 years. She is married to pianist Michael Dussek. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Power, Stella (singer)

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Collection. Powers, John (playwright)

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Collection. Pratt, Ross (pianist)

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Collection. Pravda, George (actor)

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Collection. Pravda, Hana-Maria (actor)

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Collection. Premyslav, Leopold (concert, Sydney, 1907)

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Collection. Prendiville, Susan (guitarist)

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Collection. Prentice, Sonya (singer)

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Collection. Pretty, Stan (actor/playwright)

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Collection. Price, Evadne (actor & playwright), 1896 - 1985

Eva (later Evadne) Grace Price was a writer, actress, playwright, astrologer and media personality. She was born on the 28th of August 1888, probably in Merewether, N.S.W. and passed away on the 17th of April 1985 in Sydney. She also wrote under the pseudonym Helen Zenna Smith. Material in the PROMPT collection relates to her career as an actress and playwright. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Price, Leontyne (singer)

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Collection. Price, Roland (ballet dancer)

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Collection. Price, Vincent (actor)

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Collection. Pride, Charley (singer)

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Collection. Primrose, Claire (singer)

"Claire Primrose was born in Melbourne and later studied with Joan Hammond at the Victorian College of Arts. She then studied in London, Paris and Vienna. She made her operatic debut in Australia in 1982, moving to London in 1985. She then performed with Opera North, Wexford Festival, Netherland Opera Forum and Sadler's Wells." (Karl Levett, 2014.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Prior, Marina (soprano, actress), 1963

Marina Prior (born 18 October 1963) is an Australian soprano and actress with a career mainly in musical theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Proby, P. J. (singer)

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Collection. Prokop, Eugen (violinist)

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Collection. Pryor, Gwenneth (pianist)

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Collection. Puddy, Maude Mary (pianist)

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Collection. Pudney, Adam (dancer)

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Collection. Pugh, Beatrice (singer)

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Collection. Pulford, Donald (producer)

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Collection. Pullan, David (actor)

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Collection. Pulo, Stella (actor/writer)

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Collection. Punch McGregor, Angela (actress)

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Collection. Purcell, Kevin

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Collection. Purcell, Leah (actor)

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Collection. Purdy, Wendy-Lee (actor, singer)

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Collection. Pushee, Graham (singer)

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Collection. Qin, Liewi (cellist)

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Collection. Qin, Liwei (cellist)

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Collection. Quagliata, Humberto (pianist)

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Collection. Quantock, Rod (comedian)

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Collection. Quast, Philip (actor/singer), 1957

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Collection. Quinn, Roderic (poet)

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Collection. Quintrell, Fred (composer, musical director)

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Collection. Quintrell, Will (musical director)

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Collection. Rabin, Michael (violinist)

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Collection. Rachlin, Julian (violinist)

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Collection. Radojevic, Danilo (ballet dancer)

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Collection. Rae, Jacqui (actor)

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Collection. Rae, Nola (mime artist)

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Collection. Rafalewski (pianist/violinist)

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Collection. Ragin, Derek Lee (singer)

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Collection. Rainbow, Lynne (actor)

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Collection. Raisbeck, Rosina (singer)

Phyllis Rosina Raisbeck MBE (28 July 1916 - 23 December 2006) was an Australian opera and concert mezzo-soprano singer. "Rosina Raisbeck was born in Ballarat but moved to Newcastle as a girl. In 1942 she entered the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and remained there for five years. Later she won important vocal including the Sun Aria. Moving to London, she made her Covent Garden debut in 1947 in 'Rigoletto' as a mezzo-soprano. On the recommendation Sir Thomas Beecham, she successfully made the change to soprano, at Covent Garden singing Ortrud in 'Lohengrin'. She returned to Australia in 1962." (Karl Levett, 2014.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ralf, Eileen (pianist)

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Collection. Ramachandra (dancer)

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Collection. Ramini, Tarek (actor/singer)

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Collection. Ramm, Gillian (singer)

Gillian Ramm is an Australian-born British operatic soprano. She completed her undergraduate training at the West Australian Conservatorium of Music, moving on to the Young Artist Programme with West Australian Opera. After winning multiple prizes in the prestigious Australian Singing Competition she travelled to England to take up a scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. There she was generously supported by the Peter Moores Foundation, the Tait Foundation and the Ian Potter Foundation of Australia and completed both her Post Graduate Diploma and Professional Performance Diploma with Distinction. She was also awarded the Ricordi Prize for Opera and the John Cameron Award for Lieder. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ramos, Manuel Lopez (guitarist)

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Collection. Rampal, Jean-Pierre (flautist)

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Collection. Ramsay, Robin (actor)

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Collection. Randell, Ron (actor)

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Collection. Rankin-Crooks, Alan (singer)

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Collection. Rann, Thomas (cellist)

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Collection. Ransome, Antony (singer)

"Antony Ransome, bass, born in Australia, was a soloist in Bach works in Ottawa, Ghent and London. He later would have a twenty year opera career in Germany. In 2013 he stated that he was still musically active in Australia." (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rapp, Ineke (actor)

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Collection. Rascher, Sigurd (saxophonist)

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Collection. Rateliffe, Herbert (singer)

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Collection. Ratusinski, Andrzej (pianist)

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Collection. Rawlings, Bertha (singer)

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Collection. Rawls, Lou (singer)

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Collection. Ray, Bert (actor/manager)

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Collection. Ray, Johnnie (singer)

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Collection. Raymond, Glenda (singer)

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Collection. Raymond, Robert (manager/entrepreneur)

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Collection. Rayner, Joan and Betty (singers)

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Collection. Rayson, Hannie (author)

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Collection. Read, Mark Brandon (Chopper)

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Collection. Reade, Charles (playwright), 1814 - 1884

English novelist and dramatist, who never visited Australia, but who "used documentary evidence from the colonies to establish the settings for two of his works - the five-act play Gold [1853], in which acts three and four are set in Australia, and It is Never Too Late to Mend [1856], based on the life and experiences of George Sandford." --Austlit. In addition his novel and drama Foul Play (1868), written with Dion Boucicault (1820-1890), opens in Hobart; the main character is a clergyman wrongly convicted of forgery and transported to Australia. He escapes and is shipwrecked on a desert island, the main point of the work being to expose the "ship-knackers" or insurance fraudsters who scuttled unseaworthy and overladen boats. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Reading, Wilma (actor/singer)

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Collection. Reale, Misha (acrobat)

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Collection. Reardon, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Reason, Christopher (composer/director)

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Collection. Rebroff, Ivan (singer)

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Collection. Rechter, Joslyn Sophia (singer)

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Collection. Red, Hot and Rhonda (musical)

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Collection. Reddy, Helen (singer/actor), 1941 - 2020

Helen Maxine Reddy (born 25 October 1941) was an Australian-American singer, actress and activist. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Redgrave, Vanessa (actor)

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Collection. Redmond, Moira (actor)

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Collection. Redmond, William (actor)

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Collection. Redwood, Graham (composer)

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Collection. Reed, Lou (singer)

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Collection. Reeder, Haydn (composer)

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Collection. Reeder, Kim (actor/singer)

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Collection. Reedman, Don

Don Reedman is an Australian musician, who has worked with several musical icons including Elvis and Barbara Streisand. He worked on a number of complication and concept albums throughout his career, with high success. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Reega, Aina (dancer)

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Collection. Rees, Barbara (singer)

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Collection. Reeve, Ada (actor), 1874 - 1966

Ada Reeve (3 March 1874 - 5 October 1966) was an English stage and film actor. She was born Adelaide Mary Reeve in London, and began to perform in pantomime and music hall as a child. She gained fame in Edwardian musical comedies in the 1890s, and toured Australia, South Africa, America and other places in pantomime, variety and vaudeville to great sucess in the new century. At the age of 70 she began a film career, which she pursued for over a dozen years. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Regan, Alec (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Reid, Caroline (actor)

Pam Ann is the air hostess alter-ego of Australian comedienne Caroline Reid. Performances focus on the nuances of air travel, identifying the individual quirks of some of the biggest international airlines and their media stereotypes. Pam Ann has been featured in an advertising campaign for British Airways with over 1.25m views in a 6 week period. Qantas have Pam Ann's Live DVD 'Come Fly with Me' in their in-flight programming. Most recently Pam Ann has been working closely with JetBlue and will be performing on their first ever JetPride flight which is a first on any US carrier operating from San Francisco to Long Beach for the Long Beach Pride. On 21 April 2010 she was the featured entertainment at JetBlue's party to celebrate the launch of their new Sabre reservation system, held at JetBlue's hangar at JFK Airport. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Reid, Margo (actor)

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Collection. Reid, Rex (dancer)

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Collection. Reidy, Kitty (actor)

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Collection. Rendra (Poet)

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Collection. Rene, Roy (comedian), 1892 - 1954

Born Harry Van der Sluice. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Renee Goossens (singer)

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Collection. Rethberg, Elizabeth (singer)

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Collection. Reveen, Peter (hypnotist)

Peter J. Reveen (8 October 1935 - 8 April 2013) was a stage hypnotist and illusionist who was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He performed mainly in Canada, and particularly Atlantic Canada after leaving Australia in 1961. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Revill, Kate (actor)

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Collection. Reyes, Diana (dancer)

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Collection. Reyne, James (singer)

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Collection. Reynolds, Debbie (singer/dancer)

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Collection. Rhone, Marty (actor)

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Collection. Riano, Renie (actor)

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Collection. Ricci, Ruggiero (violinist)

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Collection. Ricciarelli, Katia (singer)

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Collection. Rich, Buddy (drummer)

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Collection. Richard, Cliff (singer)

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Collection. Richards, Daisy (violinist)

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Collection. Richardson, Marilyn (singer)

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Collection. Richardson, Peter (flautist)

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Collection. Richardson, Ralph (actor)

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Collection. Richie, Lionel (singer)

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Collection. Richter-Haaser, Hans

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Collection. Rickard, Amanda (actor)

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Collection. Rickards, Harry (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Rickards, Jocelyn (costume designer)

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Collection. Ricketts, Kevin (director)

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Collection. Ricks, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Riedel, Deborah (singer)

"Deborah Riedel studied at Sydney Conservatorium of Music before joining the Australian Opera. She made her British debut as Freia, Fricka's sister, in 'Das Rheingold', the first opera in 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' at Covent Garden. She next sang operatic roles in Geneva and Bordeaux." - Karl Levett, 2014. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rigby, Jean (singer)

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Collection. Righton, Julia (actor)

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Collection. Rignold, George (actor/manager), 1839 - 1912

George Richard Rignold, born George Richard Rignall, (1839 - 16 December 1912) was an English-born actor and theatre manager, active in Australia and known for his performances of Shakespeare. He used Rignold as a professional name, and settled in Australian from 1895. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rigo, Frank (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Riley, Bill (actor)

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Collection. Riley, Ereach (singer)

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Collection. Rimes, Leanne (singer)

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Collection. Rimon, Meir (horn player)

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Collection. Ripley, Gladys (singer)

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Collection. Ritchard, Cyril, 1897 - 1977

Cyril Ritchard (1 December 1897 - 18 December 1977) was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. His full name was Cyril Trimnell-Ritchard. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Ritchie, Les and Wendy (dancers)

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Collection. Ritchie, Steven (comedian)

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Collection. Ritters, Rebecca (actor)

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Collection. Rivenhall, Fred (comedian)

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Collection. Rivers, Joan (comedian)

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Collection. Robbins, Marty (singer)

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Collection. Robert Masters Quartet

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Collection. Roberts, Bruce (actor)

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Collection. Roberts, Dagmar (pianist)

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Collection. Roberts, Danny (actor)

Daniel "Danny" Roberts (born 1966) is an Australian television, film and stage actor. He studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts before moving to Melbourne in 1982 and appearing on television in series such as Cop Shop and The Sullivans before becoming a major cast member in Sons and Daughters until 1987. He then travelled to the United States and went on to a regular role in soap opera The Power, The Passion for eight months in 1989. After the series was cancelled he moved to Byron Bay, New South Wales where he founded the Australian Theatre Company in 1991. He was Artistic Director of the company until 1995, then acted in the series Fire, The Last Bullet, Home and Away, Blue Heelers, Murder Call, Stingers, Young Lions, Big Sky, Close Contact. His film credits include, Blackwater Trail, Walking on Water, Beneath Clouds, Mission Impossible 2, and Underbelly: The Golden Mile. He currently plays a character in the television series Home and Away. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Roberts, Jenna

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Collection. Roberts, Wynn (actor)

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Collection. Robertson, Anna-Lee

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Collection. Robertson, Ben (actor)

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Collection. Robertson, Gail

Gail Robertson is an Australian-born opera singer. She studied at the Sydney Conservatorium, and studied singing with Raymond Myers, Lauris Elms, and Gregory Yurisich. She was a finalist in the Sydney Sun Aria and the Metroplitan Opera (regional) competitions, and won the Covent Garden Scholarship, joined the National Opera Studio, London. She has performed in opera and concerts throughout Australia, England, Europe and Asia. Companies she has worked with include: Opera Australia, the Queensland Lyric Opera, English National Opera, the Netherlands Opera, and she has toured with Pavilion Opera internationally. She also teaches singing in England and Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Robertson, Lecia (singer)

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Collection. Robertson, Merle (pianist)

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Collection. Robeson, Paul (singer)

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Collection. Robinson, Bernadette (singer)

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Collection. Robinson, Dean (singer)

Australian bass Dean Robinson studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He has sung widely at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Ariadne auf Naxos), English National Opera (Orfeo, Salome, La Bohème), Welsh National Opera (Billy Budd, La Bohème) and Scottish Opera (Rigoletto, The Magic Flute). Further material featuring Dean Robinson is located in separate PROMPT files for the companies he has worked with, such as Opera North. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Robinson, Kathleen, 1901 - 1983

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Collection. Robinson, Noel (actor)

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Collection. Robinson, Yvette

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Collection. Robinson's Circus

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Collection. Robson, May (actor)

May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an Australian-born American-based actress. She enjoyed a long career, both as a stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, and is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies. Robson was the earliest-born person to enjoy a major Hollywood career and receive an Academy Award nomination. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Robyns, W. A. (singer)

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Collection. Rod Hull & Emu (puppet comedy act)

Rodney Stephen "Rod" Hull (13 August 1935 - 17 March 1999) was an English comedian, best known as a popular entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a mute, highly aggressive arm-length puppet modelled on an emu. After moving to Australia in 1961, Hull worked in television as a lighting technician with TCN Channel 9 in Sydney. He then began appearing on air in its children's afternoon programming, becoming so popular that he later worked as co-host of a children's breakfast TV programme, The Super Flying Fun Show, where he first used Emu as a puppet. Hull returned to Britain in 1971, appearing on several children's and adult light entertainment shows. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Roddick, John (actor)

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Collection. Roden, Anthony

"Anthony Roden trained with Arnold Matters at Adelaide Conservatoire, before coming to London Opera Centre in 1969. He toured for two years with Opera for All. He then sang with the Welsh National Opera and teh Dutch Opera before making his debut with the English National Opera in 1974." (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rodgers, Steve

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Collection. Roge, Pascal (pianist)

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Collection. Rogers, Elsa (singer)

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Collection. Rogers, Jennifer (playwright)

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Collection. Rogers, Kenny (singer)

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Collection. Rogers, Tim (b.1969, musician, songwriter), 1969

Tim Rogers (born Timothy Adrian Rogers on 20 September 1969) is an Australian musician, actor and writer, best known as the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. He shares the same name as an Australian opera singer and actor who is based in the UK and is known for his work in musical theatre (see separate PROMPT file). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rogers, Tim (singer, actor)

Tim Rogers an Australian born actor, currently working in the United Kingdom. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, studying singing with Dame Joan Hammond, and performing with the Victoria State Opera and Opera Australia. He has worked extensively in musical theatre, opera, concerts and cabaret. [Information from program within the collection.] This artist shares the same name as the Australian musician, actor and writer Tim Rogers (born 1969) who is best known as the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rogg, Lionel (organist)

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Collection. Rojas, Ricky (actor)

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Collection. Rollo, Jenny (actress)

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Collection. Rolls, Ernest C (entrepreneur)

Ernest C. Rolls was born Ernest Dareweski, and emigrated from Warsaw to England at age 17, and soon afterwards began his theatrical career as a producer. He first came to Australia in 1925 to stage his Aladdin pantomime for J. C. Williamson Limited, and then moved on to work with Rufe Naylor and Benjamin Fuller's company. He later went on to stage a series of cabaret/revues under his own management with limited financial success until he moved to New Zealand and leased a chain of theatres. He again failed to achieve financial success, and subsequently returned to England where he reportedly spent his last years presenting variety shows at English seaside resorts. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ronalde, Ronnie (whistler)

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Collection. Ronstadt, Linda (singer)

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Collection. Rooklyn, Maurice, 1905

The magician and illusionist Maurice Rooklyn (1905 - 1992) used the stage name 'The Amazing Mr Rooklyn', and was also described as an 'internationally famous mentalist'. He was born in England and came to Australia when he was five years old, and by the age of 15 he was performing in a tent show. In his twenties he opened a magic section in Anthony Horden's department store in Sydney, and by 1928 he had developed his own show. Rooklyn was shot in 1934 while performing a bullet-catching act at the Tivoli Theatre in Sydney, and thereafter concentrated on his prize-winning billiard ball manipulation act. Accompanied by his wife Ettie, he toured England from 1936 to 1940 with great success, and upon returning to Australia performed on the Tivoli circuit. In the mid-1940s Maurice Rooklyn created an illusion and hypnotism show which he toured through Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Japan until 1954. His memoir Spherical Sorcery and Recollections of a 'Pro', published in 1973, has become a classic of billiard ball manipulation. After experiencing ill health in his latter years, Rooklyn died in Sydney in 1992. (information from Magicpedia) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rooney, Mickey (entertainer)

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Collection. Rose, Jon

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Collection. Rosenberg, Steve (recorder player)

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Collection. Rosenthal, Archy (pianist)

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Collection. Roser, Albrecht (puppeteer)

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Collection. Ross, Meryl (pianist)

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Collection. Ross, Philip (actor)

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Collection. Rossi, Vittorio (director, set designer, costume designer)

Vittorio Rossi is an Italian director, set designer and costume designer. He is higly regarded for his work across opera, theatre, ballet and cinema. His production of Turandot was staged at the Sydney Football Stadium in November 1994. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rosslyn, Nita (singer)

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Collection. Rothwell, Geoffrey (actor/stage manager)

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Collection. Roussos, Demis (singer)

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Collection. Rowe, Graham (dancer)

Graham Rowe trained at the Australian Ballet School from 1984 to 1986, and then was a member of the Austrlaian Ballet from 1987 to 1989. That same year he joined the London Festival Ballet, and toured extensively in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States of America. In Autumn 1990 he was asked to join the Berlin Ballet. In February 1992 he joined the Sydney Dance Company, touring in France, Venezuela and Australia. Later in 1992 he joined the London City Ballet. [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rowe, Nicholas (choreographer)

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Collection. Rowe, Normie (singer)

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Collection. Rowe, Thea (singer/mime artist)

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Collection. Rowell, Kenneth (designer)

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Collection. Rowles, John (singer)

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Collection. Rowley, Grace (singer)

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Collection. Rowsell, Marion (singer)

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Collection. Roy, Ashok (sarod player)

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Collection. Royce, E. W. (actor)

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Collection. Rubenstein, Arthur (pianist)

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Collection. Rubin, Jonathan (lute player)

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Collection. Rudas, Tibor (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Rudd, Steele (playwright)

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Collection. Rudnytsky, Roman (pianist)

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Collection. Rumsey, Christa (organist)

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Collection. Runnels, Richard (horn player)

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Collection. Rush, Geoffrey (actor, director), 1951

Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an internationally renowned Australian actor and film producer. He is the youngest of the few people to have won an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He is the founding President of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year. He is also notable for being the first actor to win the Oscar, the BAFTA, the Golden Globe, the SAG Award, and the Critics' Choice Award for a single performance (Shine). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Russell, Anna (comedian)

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Collection. Russell, Craig (actor/impersonator)

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Collection. Russell, Deborah (actor)

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Collection. Russell, Irene

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Collection. Russell, Lisa (singer)

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Collection. Russell, Lola (actor/manager)

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Collection. Rutter, Jane (flautist)

Jane Rutter is an Australian musician and a classical flautist who also crosses into jazz and pop. She is an internationally acclaimed soloist, and is considered a world expert on French-style flute playing. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ryan, Barry

"Barry Ryan was born in Australia and graduated from the N.S.W. Conservatorium Opera School in 1981. In Europe he has performed with many companies, including the Opera de Paris. He was principal tenor with the Colonge Opera from 1988 to 1992. In 1993 he made his Australian Opera debut." (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ryan, Dorothy (singer)

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Collection. Ryan, Madge (actor)

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Collection. Ryberg, Anna (singer)

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Collection. Saad, Antoine (violinist)

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Collection. Saba, Geoffrey (pianist)

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Collection. Sack, Erna (singer)

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Collection. Sada, Masashi (entertainer)

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Collection. Sade (singer)

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Collection. Saharet, Clarissa (dancer), 1879 - 1942

Saharet was an Australian dancer who made her New York City debut in February 1897. She performed in vaudeville music houses as well as in Broadway productions. Her given name was Clarissa Rose, and her full name was real name was Clarissa Campbell or Clarice Campbell, and she was born in either Melbourne or Ballarat. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saint James, Martin (hypnotist)

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Collection. Sainthill, Loudon (costume/stage designer), 1919 - 1969

Loudon Sainthill (9 January 1918 - 10 June 1969) was an Australian artist and stage and costume designer. He worked predominantly in the United Kingdom. He was born Loudon St Hill in Hobart, Tasmania. A scholarship was named after him in 1973 (the Loudon Sainthill Memorial Scholarship Trust) and his work is held in the National Gallery of Australia, in many state and regional collections in Australia, and in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sali, El (dancer)

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Collection. Salinger, Tille (singer)

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Collection. Salm, Simon and Shirley (dancers)

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Collection. Salter, Louise (actor)

Louise Salter is an Australian actress who began her career in Melbourne as a founder member of the Frontline Theatre Company. She is a graduate of the Court Theatre Training Company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Salzman, Pnina (pianist)

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Collection. Sammy J. (musical comedian)

Sam McMillan (born July 2, 1983) is an Australian musical comedian and writer who performs under the stage name Sammy J. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sanders, Damon (actor/singer)

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Collection. Sanders, Shena

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Collection. Sanderson, Viv (juggler)

Viv Sanderson was an Australian juggler and variety artist who worked in the United Kingdom. He was billed as "Australia's Juggling Ace" and the "Unique Australian Juggler". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sandor, Gyorgy

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Collection. Sandow, Eugen (athletic display)

Eugen Sandow (2 April 1867 - 14 October 1925) was born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, and was a German pioneering bodybuilder known as the "father of modern bodybuilding". He was born in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) and left in 1885 to avoid military service, travelling throughout Europe, becoming a circus athlete and adopting Eugen Sandow as his stage name. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sandurski, John (dancer)

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Collection. Sangiorgio, Victor (pianist)

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Collection. Santley, Charles (singer)

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Collection. Santor, Irena (singer)

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Collection. Sara Baras Ballet Flamenco

Sara Pereyra Baras (born April 25, 1971) is a female flamenco dancer, born in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain. In 1997, she started her own company, and has toured to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saram, Rohan de (cellist)

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Collection. Sarbu, Eugene (violinist)

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Collection. Sargent, Malcolm (conductor), 1895 - 1967

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Collection. Sarto, Helen (singer)

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Collection. Sastradipradja, Linda

Linda Sastradipradja is from Melbourne where she studied at the Victorian College of the Arts. She performed with dance companies in Australia and Asia before moving to New York in 1991. She joined White Oak Dance Project in 1995. She has various artists and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project, Sara Rudner, Molissa Fenley, City Contemporary Dance Co, Dance Exchange, Opera Australia, Dance Works and performed with Trisha Brown Company. [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sault, Simone

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Collection. Saunders, Christopher (singer)

Christopher Saunders is an Australian tenor. He performs in opera and operetta as well as oratorio, lieder and song. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, he studied with Vera Roza, and was a Samling Scholar studying with Sir Thomas Allen and Malcolm Martineau. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saxe, Emily (singer)

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Collection. Sayer, Leo (singer)

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Collection. Sayle, Alexei (comedian)

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Collection. Scacchi, Greta (actor)

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Collection. Scaggs, Boz (singer)

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Collection. Scanlon, Terry (comedian)

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Collection. Scarcella, Damion

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Collection. Schaupp, Karin (guitarist)

Karin Schaupp (born 1972) is a German-born Australian classical guitarist and actress. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Scheel, David (comedian/pianist)

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Collection. Schick, Steven (percussionist)

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Collection. Schiff, Heinrich (cellist)

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Collection. Schilling, Meredith (singer)

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Collection. Schipa, Tito (singer)

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Collection. Schlomovitz, Phyllis (harpist)

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Collection. Schlosberg, Rowan (actor)

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Collection. Schnabel, Artur (pianist)

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Collection. Schneiderhan, Wolfgang (violinist)

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Collection. Schock, Rudolph (singer)

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Collection. Schofield, Margaret (pianist)

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Collection. Scholl, Andreas (singer)

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Collection. Schramm, Paul (pianist)

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Collection. Schub, Andre-Michel (pianist)

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Collection. Schultz, Andrew (musical director)

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Collection. Schumann, Elisabeth (singer)

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Collection. Scotney, Evelyn (singer)

Evelyn Scotney (11 July 1896 - 5 August 1967) was an Australian coloratura soprano of great renown in the period from 1913 to the late 1920s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Scott, Denise, 1955

Denise Margaret Scott (born 24 April 1955) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, and television and radio personality. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Scott, George (sound designer)

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Collection. Scott, Ivy (actor, singer)

Ivy Scott (1886 - 3 February 1947) was a stage actress who had a substantial career on American radio as well as being in several notable musical comedies on Broadway. Although she was born at sea off the coast of Java, she grew up in Queensland. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Scott, Lincoln (actor)

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Collection. Scott, Maggie (actor/singer)

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Collection. Scott, Mrs Ernest (pianist)

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Collection. Scott, Ray (ventriloquist)

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Collection. Scully, Sean (actor)

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Collection. Sculthorpe, Peter (composer), 1929 - 2014

Peter Joshua Sculthorpe AO OBE (29 April 1929 - 8 August 2014) was an Australian composer. He was known primarily for his orchestral and chamber music, such as Kakadu (1988) and Earth Cry (1986), which evoke the sounds and feeling of the Australian bushland and outback. He also wrote two operas, works for piano and 18 string quartets. His work was often distinguished by its distinctive use of percussion, Asian influences and incorporated Indigenous motifs. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Scwarzkopf, Elizabeth (singer)

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Collection. Sean Martin Hingston (actor, dancer)

Sean Martin Hingston is a Melbourne-born stage and screen actor and dancer based in New York City. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Secomb, Jeremy (singer/actor)

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Collection. Secombe, Harry (singer)

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Collection. Sedaka, Neil (singer)

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Collection. Seefried, Irmgard (singer)

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Collection. Seeger, Pete (singer), 1919 - 2014

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. He performed in Australia in 1963 and 1968. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Segovia, Andres (guitarist)

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Collection. Seidel, Toscha (violinist)

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Collection. Seivers, Jacinta (dancer)

Jacinta Seivers is an Australian-born dancer and acrobat. She has represented the Melbourne Storm Cheerleaders, appeared in several Australian commercials, and performed nationally and internationally as a dancer and acrobat. After working successfully in Melbourne for many years she relocated to London and worked in contemporary dance, television, musical theatre and also has taught dancing. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Selby, Kathryn (pianist)

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Collection. Selig, David (pianist)

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Collection. Selmon, Diane (pianist)

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Collection. Serebryakov, Paul (pianist)

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Collection. Serge, John

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Collection. Serkin, Rudolph (pianist)

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Collection. Sewell, Stephen, 1953

Stephen John Sewell (born 13 March 1953 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is an Australian playwright. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Seymour, Alan (playwright), 1927 - 2015

Alan Seymour OAM (6 June 1927 - 23 March 2015) was an Australian playwright and author. He is best known for the 1958 play The One Day of the Year. His international reputation relates not only to this early play, but also to his many screenplays, television scripts and adaptations of novels for film and television. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sgouros, Dimitris (pianist)

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Collection. Shafran, Daniel (cellist)

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Collection. Shand, Greg (actor/singer)

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Collection. Shand, Jimmy (accordion player)

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Collection. Shankar, Ravi, 1920

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Collection. Shapira, Elyakum (pianist)

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Collection. Shapiro, Helen (singer)

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Collection. Sharland, Elizabeth (playwright)

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Collection. Sharman, Jim (director)

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Collection. Sharp Collection, 1839

These programs were colleced by Harry Sharp between 1884 and 1910. In 1884, Harry was a 22-year-old picture framer and gilder living in Leichhardt, in inner Sydney, with his wife Ada. The family later moved to Denham Court, 40 kilometres south-west of Sydney, and continued their patronage of Sydney's theatres, keeping the programs of the attractions they saw. Harry Sharp died in 1939, and the programs were re-discovered in 1992. The Sharp collection has been kept intact, providing both a document of one family's theatregoing and a snapshot of popular theatre in Sydney over a period of nearly 20 years. Sharp's theatrical tastes were eclectic, ranging from Wagner's operas to vaudeville at Rickards' Tivoli theatre, from Shakespearean tragedies to Australian melodramas such as Breaking of the Drought, and Robbery Under Arms. [Information taken from an article by Richard Stone, published in the NLA News in October 2003 - Volume XIII Number 14.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sharp, Andrew (actor)

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Collection. Shaw, Ashley (dancer)

Ashley Shaw was born in Nelson Bay, New South Wales, and after training in classical ballet, contemporary and jazz dance she moved to the United Kingdom in 2005 to attend the Elmhurst School for Dance. She toured internationally with Matthew Bourne 's productions. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shaw, Chris (impersonator)

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Collection. Shaw, John (baritone), 1924 - 2003

"John Shaw was born in Newcastle of a musical family. He studied in Melbourne with Henri Portnoj and joined the Australian National Opera in 1945. He stayed ten years with the company. An Italian Opera Company came to Australia in 1955 and engaged Shaw to sing all the main baritone roles - in Italian. In 1958 he went to London, where he was engaged by the Covent Garden Company for the production of 'Rigoletto' and became on of that company's principal dramatic baritones. In 1963 Shaw returned to Australia as a celebrity artist for a concert tour for the ABC." (Karl Levett, 2014.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shaw, Ken (actor)

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Collection. Shaw, Lucinda (singer, actor)

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Collection. Shawn, Ted (dancer), 1891 - 1972

Ted Shawn (21 October 1891 - 9 January 1972), originally Edwin Myers Shawn, was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Along with creating Denishawn with former wife Ruth St. Denis he is also responsible for the creation of the well known all-male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. He one of the most influential choreographers and dancers of his day, and toured to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shearer, Jill (playwright)

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Collection. Shearing, George (pianist)

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Collection. Shebaa, Aviva (cabaret performer)

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Collection. Sheldon, Frank (actor)

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Collection. Sheldon, Tony (actor, singer), 1955

Tony Sheldon (born 12 September 1955, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian actor, writer and singer best known for his work in theatre. Sheldon comes from one of Australia's leading theatrical families and is related to Toni Lamond, Helen Reddy, and Stella Lamond. He won a Helpmann Award, the Sydney Critics Award, the Mo Award, a Green Room Award, and the Glugs Award and has also been nominated for a Tony and an Olivier Award. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shelton, Leisa (actor)

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Collection. Shepherd, Catherine (playwright)

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Collection. Sheridan, John F (actor/entrepreneur)

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Collection. Sherman, Alexandra (actress)

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Collection. Sherwin, Amy (singer)

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Collection. Sherwood, Johnny (actor)

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Collection. Shevchenko, Tara H (poet)

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Collection. Shields, Ella (singer)

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Collection. Shih, Joan Qiong (violinist)

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Collection. Shillabeer, Amanda (actor)

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Collection. Shilling, Ivy (actor), 1890 - 1972

Ivy Shilling was one of the most popular Australian dancers of the 1920s. She spent six years gaining experience in London before returning to Australia to perform in many successful stage productions. She married surgeon John Ryan and did not continue her dancing career after her marriage, ca. 1930. Ivy Shilling's name on the birth certificate was spelled 'Schilling'. It is believed the 'c' was dropped while Ivy was working in London during the Great War. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shine, Wilfred E (comedian)

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Collection. Shintaro (samurai performer)

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Collection. Shipp, Less (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Shirley-Quirk, John (singer)

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Collection. Shivaram (dancer)

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Collection. Shkolnikova, Nelli (violinist)

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Collection. Shorrock, Glen (singer)

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Collection. Short, Gordon (pianist)

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Collection. Shorter, Ken (actor)

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Collection. Shoshan, Shoshana (singer)

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Collection. Shultz, Andrew (singer)

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Collection. Siberry, Michael

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Collection. Siki, Bela (pianist)

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Collection. Silverman, Robert (pianist)

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Collection. Simic, Mikel, 1969

Mikel Simic performs under the name Mikelangelo, and is a Canberra-born and Melbourne-based performer, artist, writer and composer. He has been associated with acts including Mikelangelo and the Tin Star, Mikelangelo and Saint Clare, and Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen, as well as pursing solo projects. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Simmons, Cecil (pianist)

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Collection. Simmons, Jason (actor)

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Collection. Simmons, Robert (singer)

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Collection. Simon, Abbey (pianist)

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Collection. Simone, Nina (singer)

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Collection. Simons, Antony (actor)

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Collection. Simons, John (pianist)

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Collection. Simpson, Claire (violinist)

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Collection. Simpson, Lois (cellist), 1927 - 2008

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Collection. Simpson, Moya (singer)

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Collection. Sinatra, Frank (singer)

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Collection. Sinclair, Andrew (director)

"Andrew Sinclair was born in Melbourne, beginning his career as a Stage Manager. In this capacity he worked in Britain with the Welsh National Opera, English National Opera and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. The first production he directed for the Australian Opera was 'La Boheme' in 1981. Between 1983 and 1985 he was Principal Resident Director with the Australian Opera." (Karl Levett, 2014.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Singh, Dya (singer)

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Collection. Sitsky, Larry (pianist/composer), 1934

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Collection. Sjogren, Kim (violinist)

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Collection. Skalski, Andre (pianist)

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Collection. Skase, Charles (singer)

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Collection. Skeggs, Buster (actor)

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Collection. Skelton, Stuart (singer)

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Collection. Skewes, David (singer)

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Collection. Skinner, Phil (mandolin player/ orchestra leader)

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Collection. Skitch, Jeffrey (actor, singer)

Jeffrey Ralph Skitch (16 September 1927 - 7 March 2013) was an actor, operatic baritone and teacher best known for his performances and recordings with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the United Kingdom from 1952 to 1965. He was born in Millicent, South Australia, but later educated in England and served in the RAF in World War II. He had sung at the Glyndebourne and Edinburgh Festivals before joining the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, in 1952. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Skrine, Cynthia (librettist, lyricist)

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Collection. Skriptschenko, Clara (pianist)

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Collection. Slabacu, Mary Magdalena (puppeteer)

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Collection. Slapoffski, Gustave (conductor)

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Collection. Slavin, Frank Patrick (boxer), 1861 - 1929

Frank Patrick Slavin (1861-1929) was an Australian boxer who achieved competitive success in both Australian and English boxing circles. He was born near Maitland, New South Wales, and died in Vancouver, Canada, his adopted country. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sledge, Percy (singer)

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Collection. Small, Judy (singer)

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Collection. Smalley, Roger (composer)

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Collection. Smalpage, Tessa (singer)

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Collection. Smillie, James (actor/singer)

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Collection. Smith, Ashton (actor)

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Collection. Smith, Damian (dancer)

"We know Damian Smith from his earliest days when he was a student at the School of American Ballet, New York. He first went to France where he danced with the Ballet du Nord, then to the Oregon Ballet Theatre in the United States. He joined the San Francisco Ballet as a member of the Corps in 1996, and was promoted to Soloist in 1998 and became a principal dancer in 2001." [Information from Karl Levett, 2018.] Damian Smith was a Principal Dancer with the San Francisco Ballet for more than thirteen years, retiring in 2014 at the age of 41. He then returned to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Smith, Damien Warren

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Collection. Smith, Donald (singer, actor), 1922 - 1998

Donald Sydney Smith OBE (27 July 1920 - 1 December 1998) was an Australian operatic tenor, who was born in Bundaberg, Queensland and served in the Australian Army in World War II. In 1952 he toured Australia in the Mobil Quest Concerts and the next year he was awarded a Joan Hammond Scholarship to study for two years at the London Opera School. Upon his return to Australia he joined the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company. When in 1962 Joan Hammond heard him sing, she was so impressed that on her return to England she arranged an audition for him at Sadler's Wells. He made his debut as Don Jose in 'Carmen' in December, 1962. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Smith, Elaine R (actor)

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Collection. Smith, Gai (actor)

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Collection. Smith, Graeme (singer/actor)

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Collection. Smith, Grant (actor)

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Collection. Smith, Kerry (violinist)

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Collection. Smith, Laurence Godfrey (pianist)

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Collection. Smith, Lorna Sydney (singer)

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Collection. Smith, Ronald (pianist)

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Collection. Snow, Hank (singer)

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Collection. Soderstrom, Elisabeth (singer)

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Collection. Soldene, Emily (singer)

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Collection. Solling, Joy (singer)

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Collection. Solly, Clare (singer)

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Collection. Solomon (pianist)

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Collection. Somers, Daryl (actor, TV personality, singer), 1951

Daryl Somers (born Daryl Paul Somers; 6 August 1951) is an Australian actor, television personality, musician, and a triple Gold Logie Award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program Hey Hey it's Saturday. Somers was honoured by Australia Post by having his portrait featured on a series of postage stamps. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Somerset, Violet (singer)

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Collection. Somerville, Natalie (actor)

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Collection. Soper, Felicity (singer)

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Collection. Sorcar (magician)

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Collection. Souzay, Gerard (singer)

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Collection. Sowden, Janine (pianist)

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Collection. Sparnaay, Harry (clarinettist)

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Collection. Speaight, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Spears, Steve J. (playwright)

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Collection. Spence, Fiona

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Collection. Spencer, David (singer/actor)

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Collection. Spierer, Leon (violinist)

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Collection. Spink, Ian (choreographer)

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Collection. Spinney, Dorothea (actor)

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Collection. Spivakovsky, Jascha (pianist)

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Collection. Spong, Hilda (actor)

Hilda Spong (born 14 May 1875 in London, died 16 May 1955 in Ridgefield, Connecticut USA), was an acclaimed English actress of stage and screen, appearing in Australia, Europe, and America. She came with her family from England to Melbourne on the Austral in February 1888, a few months before her thirteenth birthday. During her time in Australia she appeared for many well known Australian companies including Brough and Boucicault, and J.C. Williamson Limited, although she is best remembered for her career in the United Kingdom and on Broadway in the United States. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spreadbury, Scott (actor/dancer)

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Collection. Spreadbury-Maher, Adam (director)

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Collection. Springsteen, Bruce

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Collection. Sprod, George, 1919 - 2003

George Napier Sprod (16 September 1919 - April 2003) was an Australian cartoonist, for many years active in England, who signed his work "Sprod". He was one of the many captured by the Japanese in the fall of Malaya and spent the years as a Prisoner of War conscripted to work on the Thai-Burma Railway and in Changi Prison, where he developed his artistic talents. A fellow prisoner was the British cartoonist Ronald Searle; they, and others, contributed to a fortnightly camp magazine The Exile. After the war he returned to Sydney, and sold illustrated articles on his experiences to the Australian press, and then worked for the Australian Women's Weekly. In 1949 he left for London, where he had work published by various magazines including the News Chronicle, but most importantly for Punch, and over the next twenty years was one of that magazine's most published artists. He left London around 1969 and returned to Sydney, settling in Sydney's Kings Cross, which at the time had a thriving community of artists. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sprott, Fiona (actor/playwright)

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Collection. Spurling, Ian

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Collection. Spurr, Mel B (singer)

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Collection. Stanborough, Brian (pianist and conductor)

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Collection. Stanford, C. R.

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Collection. Staniforth, Michael (actor/singer)

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Collection. Stapleton, Wendy (singer)

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Collection. Starker, Janos (cellist)

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Collection. Starr, Muriel (actor)

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Collection. Stavridis, Katherine (pianist)

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Collection. Steady Eddy (comedian)

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Collection. Steed, Graham (organist)

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Collection. Steel, Elise (violinist)

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Collection. Steele, Christopher

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Collection. Steele, Suzanne (opera singer)

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Collection. Steele, Tommy (singer)

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Collection. Stellmach, Alison (ballet dancer)

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Collection. Stephanou, Irene (comedian)

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Collection. Stephanou, Stephen (dancer)

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Collection. Stephens, Leonard (radio artist)

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Collection. Stephenson, George (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Stephenson, Pamela (comedian)

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Collection. Steps, notes and squeaks

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Collection. Stern, Isaac (violinist)

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Collection. Stevens, David (playwright)

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Collection. Stevens, Horace (singer), 1950

Horace Ernest Stevens (26 October 1876 - 18 November 1950) was a bass-baritone singer, a army officer during the First Wold War, and a singing and choir teacher. He was born in Prahran, Melbourne. He did not begin his career as a professional singer until after World War I when he was heard by Sir Henry Wood in London. Stevens made his debut as soloist with the Queen's Hall Orchestra in 1919. He sang at major oratorio festivals in Britain and the United States of America, before moving to opera. He originated the role of Hiawatha when it was first performed in operatic form at the Royal Albert Hall in 1924. His first American tour was in 1927. He returned to Australia in 1934 with Sir Benjamin Fuller's Grand Opera company, and in 1938 he became a member of the Melbourne University Conservatorium. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stevens, Ray (singer)

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Collection. Stevens, Ron (singer)

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Collection. Stevenson, Christine (pianist)

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Collection. Stevenson, Rohan (composer)

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Collection. Steward, Helene (singer)

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Collection. Stewart, Andy (singer)

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Collection. Stewart, Douglas (playwright)

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Collection. Stewart, Kris (event and festival producer)

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Collection. Stewart, Nancye (actor)

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Collection. Stewart, Nellie (actor/singer), 1858 - 1931

Eleanor Towzey (Nellie) Stewart (20 November 1858 - 21 June 1931) was an Australian actress and singer, known as "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell". Born into a theatrical family, Stewart began acting as a child. As a young woman, she built a career playing in operetta and Gilbert and Sullivan operas. In the mid-1880s, she began a long relationship with the theatrical manager, George Musgrove. In the 1890s, Stewart had fewer successful roles. Overwork had taken a toll on her voice, and she took several years off from performing. In 1902, Stewart had one of her greatest successes in the title role in Sweet Nell of Old Drury, and found another success at the end of the decade in Sweet Kitty Bellairs. After this, she continued to perform in both comedy and drama, and worked in theatre management, through the 1920s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stewart, Rod (singer)

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Collection. Stigwood, Robert (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Sting (singer)

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Collection. Stirling, Maggie (singer)

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Collection. Stivell, Alan (singer)

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Collection. Stock, Gailene (dancer)

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Collection. Stockfield, Betty

Betty Stockfeld (1905-66) was an Australian film actress who appeared mostly in British and French films. She was born on the 15th of January, 1905 in Sydney. She died on the 27th of January, 1966, in Tadworth, Surrey, United Kingdom. She was often also known as Betty Stockfield. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stockhausen, Karlheinz (composer)

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Collection. Stocks, Sally (flautist)

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Collection. Stoddart, John (designer)

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Collection. Stone, Fred (actor)

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Collection. Stone, Judy (singer)

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Collection. Stone, Lincoln (singer)

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Collection. Stow, Randolph (playwright)

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Collection. Strahan, Nadia (actor)

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Collection. Strahovski, Yvonne (actor)

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Collection. Stralia, Elsa (singer)

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Collection. Strassman, David (ventriloquist)

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Collection. Stredwick, Leone (pianist)

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Collection. Streich, Rita

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Collection. Streisand, Barbra (singer)

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Collection. Stretton, Ross (ballet dancer, artistic director), 1952 - 2005

Ross Stretton (6 June 1952 - 16 June 2005) was an Australian ballet dancer and artistic director. As a dancer, he performed with the Australian Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre. He was later Artistic Director of the Australian Ballet (1997-2001) and the Royal Ballet (2001-2002). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Strike, Lois (dancer)

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Collection. Strooper, Adrian (singer)

Adrian Strooper was born in Australia and studied viola at the Brisbane Conservatorium and voice at the Canberra School of Music. He then trained at the Opera Studio in Cologne, Germany. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stuart, Francis (playwright)

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Collection. Stubbs, Richard (comedian)

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Collection. Styles, Peter

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Collection. Subaya (dancer)

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Collection. Suh, Hai-Kyung (pianist)

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Collection. Suk, Josef (violinist), 1874 - 1935

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Collection. Sullivan, Gillian (opera singer)

Gillian Sullivan was born in Adelaide, studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and joined the Glyndbourne Opera in 1979. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Summers, Alison (director)

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Collection. Summers, Jonathan

Jonathan Summers (born 2 October 1946) is an Australian operatic baritone who was born in Melbourne. In 1973 he won the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition, and in 1974, he moved to London, where he studied with Otakar Kraus until 1980. Jonathan Summers's professional debut in opera took place in 1975, when he sang the title-role in Rigoletto with Kent Opera. He was a member of The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, from 1976 to 1986, singing such roles as Albert in Werther, the Animal Tamer in the British premiere of the three-act version of Lulu, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Ford in Falstaff, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Marcello in La bohème. He has also appeared with English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North and Welsh National Opera. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sumner, Joyce (pianist)

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Collection. Sun, Emily

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Collection. Sun, surf and sax

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Collection. Supergirly

Lulu McClatchy is an Australian actress and comedian. She started to write and perform her own shows at the Edinburgh Festival. She created the comedy show Supergirly, and performed sold-out seasons in the West End and Edinburgh, supported Elton John on his Australian tour, and starred in her own BBC sitcom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Susskind, Walter (conductor)

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Collection. Sutherland, Joan (Dame) and Bonynge, Richard, 1926 - 2010

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Collection. Sutherland, Margaret, 1897 - 1984

Margaret Ada Sutherland AO OBE (20 November 1897 - 12 August 1984) was an Australian composer. The University of Melbourne conferred an honorary doctorate of music on Margaret Sutherland in 1969, and she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1970. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sutton, Loris (singer)

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Collection. Sutton, Wrenn (music lecturer)

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Collection. Sverjensky, Alexander (pianist)

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Collection. Swinbank, John Michael (singer)

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Collection. Swinburne, Mercia (actor), 1900 - 1993

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Collection. Symons, Emily

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Collection. Synan, Loris

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Collection. Synchronos'72, 1922 - 1994

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Collection. Sze, Yi Kwei (bass singer)

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Collection. Szeps, Henri (actor)

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Collection. Szeryng, Henryk (violinist)

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Collection. Szigeti, Josef (violinist)

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Collection. Tagliavini, Luigi (organist)

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Collection. Tait, J&N (entrepreneurs)

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Collection. Tait, Melanie (playwright)

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Collection. Takao, Yuki (pianist)

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Collection. Talbot, John (pianist)

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Collection. Tancibudek, Jiri (oboe player)

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Collection. Tange, Beatrice (pianist)

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Collection. Tankard, Meryl, 1955

Meryl Tankard (born 1955, Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian dancer and choreographer who has a wide national and international reputation. This file contains material relating to her solo career. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tanner, Leon (actor)

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Collection. Tanner, Paul (guitarist)

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Collection. Tapia-Caballero (pianist)

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Collection. Tart, Josh Quong

Josh Quong Tart (born 18 September 1975 in Sydney) is an Australian actor. He is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) and has appeared with the Sydney Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre, Bell Shakespeare, as well as on various television series and on film. He is a descendant of prominent Chinese Australian Mei Quong Tart, who ran a popular tea house in the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, and was an early Chinese ambassador to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tauber, Richard (singer), 1891 - 1948

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Collection. Tawadros, Joseph (oud player)

Joseph Tawadros AM (born 1983 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Coptic Australian oud virtuoso. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Taylor, Florence (singer)

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Collection. Taylor, Grant (actor)

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Collection. Taylor, Gwendoline (singer)

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Collection. Taylor, Helene (singer)

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Collection. Taylor, Hilary

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Collection. Taylor, Jeremy (singer/guitarist/satirist)

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Collection. Taylor, Kendall (pianist), 1941

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Collection. Taylor, Wendy Lee (actor)

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Collection. Taylor-Craig, Rex (opera singer)

"Rex Taylor-Craig was born in Melbourne, studied at the National Theatre Opera School and made his professional debut with the Victorian State Opera Company. After coming to England he sung with the University London Opera Company and the Festival Opera." (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tchaikowsky, Andre (pianist)

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Collection. Teakle, Stephen (musician and comedian)

Stephen Teakle is an Australian musician and comedian who created and performed as the character Barry Morgan in Barry Morgan's World of Organs, a stage show based on a fictional electronic organ salesman from Adelaide. Barry Morgan's World of Organs has appeared at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and has been a guest on ABC1's Spicks and Specks, ABC2's The Marngrook Footy Show and on FIVEaa radio. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Teale, Leonard (actor/writer)

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Collection. Tedeschi, Simon (pianist)

Simon Tedeschi (b. 1 May 1981) is a Sydney-based classical pianist with highly sucessful international career. Simon Tedeschi was born in Sydney, and is the son of Mark Tedeschi QC, the New South Wales Crown Prosecutor and a prominent photographer, and Vivienne Tedeschi, who is the daughter of a Polish Holocaust survivor, Lucy Gershwin. He was the 1998 winner of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards. He has also won the Open Age Concerto Series and 'Most Outstanding in all Youth Sections' at the IBLA Grand Prize in Italy in 1994, and won the top prize in the keyboard section of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London (2002). While working with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Tedeschi went on to be named the Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year and was a recipient of a $10,000 Queen's Trust Overseas Study Award. Tedeschi was awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal by the Prime Minister of Australia and was the recipient of an award from the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia and the Australian Opera Auditions Committee. He has also received a nomination for an ARIA award for Classical Record of the Year. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tee, Hayden (singer)

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Collection. Templeton, Alec (entertainer)

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Collection. Terfel, Bryn (singer)

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Collection. Terracini, Lyndon (singer/actor)

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Collection. Terry, Ellen (actor)

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Collection. Terry, Sonny (singer)

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Collection. Terry, Vera (singer)

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Collection. Teyte, Dame Maggie (singer)

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Collection. Thacker, James (organist)

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Collection. Thalben-Ball, George (organist)

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Collection. Thane, Amanda

Amanda Louise Thane OAM (18 December 1953 - 1 September 2012) was an Australian operatic soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thatcher, Gary

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Collection. The Australian Poster King

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Collection. The blonde, the brunette and the vengeful redhead

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Collection. The Great Carmo (juggler, magician, circus owner), 1881 - 1944

Harry Cameron (8 November 1881 - 1 August 1944) was a juggler, magician and circus owner who was better known as "The Great Carmo". He was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, and has been described as one of the leading illusionists of the British variety theatre scene. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thelonius Monk and His Men

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Collection. Theodorakis, Mikis (composer/conductor)

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Collection. Thibaudet, Jean-Yves (pianist)

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Collection. Thill, Georges (singer)

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Collection. Thomas, Colin (actor)

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Collection. Thomas, Edna (singer)

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Collection. Thomas, Harry (actor/elocutionist)

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Collection. Thomas, John Charles (singer), 1945

John Charles Thomas (September 6, 1891 - December 13, 1960) was a popular American opera, operetta and concert baritone. In 1947-48 he undertook a long and demanding tour of Australia and New Zealand, where he played to crowded theatres. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thomas, Neil (mime artist)

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Collection. Thomas, Patrick (conductor), 1932 - 2017

Patrick Thomas AM MBE (born 1 June 1932) is an Australian conductor. During his long career he has had a long association with the Australian Broadcasting Commission as well as holding such significant posts as Resident Conductor of the Australian Ballet and Chief Conductor of the Queensland Symphony. He has held the specially created position of ABC Federal Conductor-in-Residence as well as conducting the Australian Opera and the ABC's radio chorus, the Adelaide Singers. He took up his position as Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in 1978. He has appeared as Guest Conductor of such orchestras as the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Polish National Radio and Television Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, CBC Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Orchestra, and many others in New Zealand, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and South Africa. His career has incorporated appearances as a concert, radio and television presenter and interviewer. As a writer, his later work has included an autobiography, several hundred poems, a booklet of career anecdotes, a published reference text (Overture to Conducting), as well as articles and scripts for radio stations 2MBS FM and ABC Classic FM. (information from Karl Levett, Wikipedia and the Library's holdings.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thomas, Shirley (singer)

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Collection. Thomas, Thomas L. (singer)

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Collection. Thomas, Wilfrid (singer), 1904 - 1991

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Collection. Thompson, Nadia (dancer)

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Collection. Thompson, W. A. (cornet player)

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Collection. Thomson, Barry (actor)

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Collection. Thomson, Brian (stage designer)

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Collection. Thomson, Dagmar (violinist)

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Collection. Thorn, Frank (Violinist and Conductor)

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Collection. Thorndike, Sybil (actor)

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Collection. Thornton, Frank (actor/manager)

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Collection. Thorpe, Simon (opera singer)

"Simon Thorpe was born in Tasmania and studied in England at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio" (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Three Australian Boys

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Collection. Thring, F. W. (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Thring, Frank (actor)

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Collection. Thrush, Vera (singer)

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Collection. Thurlby, Richard (flautist)

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Collection. Thwaites, Penelope (pianist), 1944

Penelope Thwaites is a concert pianist, composer, recording artist, lecturer, music festival curator and editor. She was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Australia, winning first place on graduation in Music from Melbourne University. Her London debut in 1974 at the Wigmore Hall launched a highly successful career as a concert pianist, and recording artist. She has played as soloist with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, City of London Sinfonia, Albany Symphony, and most of the leading Australian orchestras. In 2001 she was awarded the Order of Australia for her work. She is recognised internationally as a leading exponent of Percy Grainger's music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tibbett, Lawrence (singer)

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Collection. Tickell, Rohan (singer)

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Collection. Tideman, Harold (singer)

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Collection. Tier, Katharine, 1981

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Collection. Tim Rice and Friends

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Collection. Tingwell, Charles (actor)

Charles William "Bud" Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 - 15 May 2009) was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. One of the veterans of Australian film, he acted in his first motion picture in 1946 and went on to appear in more than 100 films and numerous TV programs in both the United Kingdom and Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tippett, Elizabeth (singer)

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Collection. Tippett, Michael (composer)

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Collection. Titheradge, Dion (playwright), 1889 - 1934

Dion Titheradge was born on the 30th of March 1886 in Melbourne, and died on the 16th of November 1934 in London. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Titheradge, Madge (actor)

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Collection. Tocco, James (pianist)

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Collection. Tognetti, Richard

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Collection. Tolmer, Noi (dancer)

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Collection. Toogood, Melissa

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Collection. Toohey, Elizabeth (ballet dancer, tecaher)

Elizabeth Toohey was born in Newcastle and joined The Australian Ballet after graduating from The Australian Ballet School in 1979. She remained with the company until 1990. In 1985 she and David McAllister entered the 5th International Ballet Competition in Moscow, and were then invited to perform with the Bolshoi Ballet in 1986 and the Kirov Ballet in 1988, cementing an enduring partnership. She has been a guest artist with Norwegian National Ballet and a resident guest principal with English National Ballet. Following her retirement, Elizabeth completed an Arts Administration apprenticeship with English National Ballet. She has taught at several international summer schools and was a guest teacher with Estonian National Ballet in 2015. In 2016, she returned to The Australian Ballet as a guest teacher and in 2017 accepted David McAllister's invitation to become a ballet mistress with the company. [Information from the Australian Ballet website, 2018 https://australianballet.com.au/artist/elizabeth-toohey] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Toppano, Enso (accordionist, composer)

Enso Toppano was born on February 14, 1928, in Broken Hill, the youngest of six children of Italian farmers Leonardo Toppano and his wife, Katerina (D'Appolonia). Enso very quickly became a performer and left school at 16. He went to London in 1949, where he was many times voted the best instrumental performer on the London Palladium circuit. In London he met another Australian performer, Peggy Mortimer, and they were married in 1950. When they returned to Australia they were among the first entertainers to appear on television, with their own segment on Sydney's first television breakfast show. Enzo worked as musical director, accompanist for other acts, wrote music for pantomimes, conducted music and made guest appearances on television and stage. He starred in Harry Wren's travelling show Celebrity Circus, and composed music for the ABC television show Cafe Continental. He and Peggy also taught at their talent school in Crows Nest. He was the father of Peta Toppano, the English-born Australian actress, singer and dancer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Topsy (peforming horse)

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Collection. Torrens, Janice (actor)

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Collection. Tortelier, Paul (cellist)

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Collection. Tovey, Noel, 1934

Noel Tovey AM (born 25 December 1934) is an Australian dancer, actor, director, narrator, production designer, playwright and choreographer. He was the artistic director for the indigenous welcoming ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Tozer, Geoffrey (pianist)

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Collection. Tracy, Peter (singer)

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Collection. Trau, Sela (cellist)

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Collection. Travers, P. L. (novelist, actress), 1899 - 1996

Pamela Lyndon Travers, OBE, was an Australian born novelist, actress and journalist. She was known for her fictional children's book series featuring the magical English nanny, Mary Poppins. Her pen name was P. L. Travers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Trebelli, Antoinette (singer)

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Collection. Treleaven, Mrs Walter (pianist)

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Collection. Triffitt, Nigel (director/designer)

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Collection. Trinder, Tommy

Thomas Edward Trinder CBE (24 March 1909 - 10 July 1989), known as Tommy Trinder, was an English stage, screen and radio comedian of the pre- and post-war years whose catchphrase was 'You lucky people'. Trinder toured regularly to Australia during the 1940s and 1950s, appearing on the Tivoli circuit, as well as touring with his own shows in 1947 and 1952. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Trixie "the little Australian Venus"

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Collection. Trotter, Thomas (organist)

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Collection. Truman, Ernest (organist)

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Collection. Trunoff, Vassilie (dancer)

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Collection. Truscott, John (designer)

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Collection. Tsaong, Fou (pianist)

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Collection. Tsugaru Shamisen

Banjo player, associated with performance event Japan Australia Music Goodwill Mission Concert in 1996. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tubman, Matt (musician)

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Collection. Tuck, Rosemary (pianist)

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Collection. Tucker Adam

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Collection. Tucker, Abi

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Collection. Tucker, Sophie (singer/comedian)

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Collection. Tuckwell, Barry (musicians), 1931 - 2020

Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell AC, OBE (5 March 1931 - 16 January 2020) was an Australian musician, composer and conductor who was internationally renowned as a horn player. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Turnbull, John

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Collection. Turner, E W (organist)

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Collection. Turner, Geraldine (singer)

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Collection. Turner, Jane (actress)

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Collection. Turner, Tina (singer)

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Collection. Tweedie, Valrene (ballet dancer & teacher), 1925 - 2008

Dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. Valrene Tweedie was born in Sydney in 1925 and received her early dance training with Mischa Burlakov, Louise Lightfoot and Leon Kellaway. Tweedie commenced with the First Australian Ballet and the Polish Australian Ballet, and was the only Australian dancer to audition successfully for the Ballets Russes companies that visited Australia from 1936 to 1940. At 14 she auditioned for Colonel de Basil in Sydney, and in 1940 joined his Original Ballet Russe. As Irina Lavrova, she danced with the company in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. She left Australia with the Original Ballet Russe in 1940, and over the succeeding years danced extensively in North and South America with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Ballet Theatre. Tweedie returned to Australia in 1952, and in 1953 became third artistic director of the National Theatre Ballet. She choreographed her own works for the company, including Caprice to Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. After the demise of the National Theatre Ballet, she joined the cast of the Cole Porter musical Can-can. She began full-time teaching in 1956 working within the Cecchetti system. She founded Ballet Australia to encourage the creation of new Australian choreography. Tweedie retired from full-time teaching in 1985, but returned to the stage in 1992 as Clara the Elder in the premiere season of Graeme Murphy's Nutcracker for the Australian Ballet. Tweedie also appeared in later revivals of the work, and was cast by Stephen Baynes in Requiem, 2001, for the Australian Ballet. Tweedie died in Sydney in 2008. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Twitty, Conway (singer)

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Collection. Tyas, Bessie (opera singer)

Bessie Tyas (1884-1975) was an Australian-born operatic soprano. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tycho, Tommy (composer, conductor, arranger, pianist)

Thomas (Tommy) Tycho AM MBE (11 April 1928 - 4 April 2013) was a Hungarian-born Australian pianist, conductor, composer and arranger. He was associated with musical productions on Australian television for many years from its inception in 1956, including such programs as The Mavis Bramston Show. He was the Musical Director at the Seven Network for 15 years between1956-1971, was involved in nine Royal Command Performances, and has conducted all the ABC symphony orchestras. The recorded version of the National Anthem Advance Australia Fair that is currently used to accompany singers at major sporting and community events is arranged by him. He wrote a number of film scores, and his activities bridged both popular and classical styles. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tyra, A. W. (actor)

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Collection. Tyrell, Warwick (trombonist)

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Collection. Ullman, Liv (actor)

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Collection. Unicomb, John (actor)

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Collection. Upton, Andrew

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Collection. Upton-Brown, Victor (dramatist, entertainer)

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Collection. Urquhart, Marc (actor)

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Collection. Usher (singer)

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Collection. Ustinov, Peter (actor/comedian)

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Collection. Uys, Pieter Dirk (comedian)

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Collection. Valentine, Alana (playwright), 1961

Alana Valentine is an Australian playwright who holds a Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from the University of Sydney (2000), and has received many Australian and International awards for her works. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Valletti, Cesare (singer)

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Collection. Valli, Frankie (singer)

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Collection. Vallin, Ninon (singer)

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Collection. Van Den Akker, Marcus (singer)

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Collection. Van Praagh, Peggy (dancer)

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Collection. Vanbrugh, Irene (actor)

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Collection. Vandeville, Jacques (oboist)

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Collection. Varga, Tibor (violinist)

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Collection. Vargas, Antonio (dancer)

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Collection. Vargas, Liana (dancer)

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Collection. Varona, Olga (aerialist)

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Collection. Vasary, Tamas (pianist)

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Collection. Vaughan, Denis (singer)

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Collection. Vaughan, Sarah (singer)

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Collection. Veale, Peter (oboist)

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Collection. Vega, Suzanne (singer)

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Collection. Veitch, Michael

Michael Veitch (born 29 November 1962) is an Australian comedian, author and broadcaster, best known for his roles on the sketch comedy television shows The D-Generation, Fast forward and Full Frontal, as well as for his books on Second World War aviation and the Bass Strait Islands. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ventura, Dolores (pianist)

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Collection. Vera, Emilica (singer)

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Collection. Verco, Wendy

"Wendy Verco studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium before winning a scholarship to study in London. She sang in the Glyndebourne Opera Company in 1983 and 1984. She has also sung with Opera 80, Opera North, Belgium Opera and the Welsh National Opera." (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Verdon, Brent (actor/singer)

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Collection. Verona, Gladys (singer)

Gladys Verano was an Australian soprano. After training in Sydney under the direction of Roland Foster, she spent 5 years in England performing in many principal roles both in London at Covent Garden, and on tour throughout the country. Verano also taught singing at Middlesex College of Music in Uxbridge before returning to Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vesely, Josef (dancer)

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Collection. Vetra, Vija (dancer)

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Collection. Vicencio, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Victoria, Emma (choreographer)

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Collection. Vietheer, Erich (singer)

Erich Vietheer was a renowned and distinguished vocal music teacher, and was the partner of Geoffrey Parsons (see separate PROMPT file). "Erich Vietheer hails from Brisbane and is a singer and appeared in the musical, Marigold. Following a German Government Scholarship to study in Munich, he entered grand opera and has sung with the English Opera Group." [Information from Karl Levett, 2016.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Viglietti, Daniel (guitarist)

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Collection. Villegas, Pablo Sainz (guitarist)

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Collection. Vincencio, Roberto (actor)

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Collection. Vine, Carl (composer)

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Collection. Vinograda, Jeremy (singer)

Jeremy Vinograda is an Australian Baritone and was born in April, 1969. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vinogradov, Jeremy (singer)

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Collection. Vishnevskaya, Galina (singer)

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Collection. Vivian Russell, David

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Collection. Vizer, Darren (dancer)

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Collection. Volterra (pianist)

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Collection. Vyjayanthimala (dancer)

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Collection. Vyne, Ed (acrobat)

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Collection. Vyner, Margaret

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Collection. Vyvyan, Johnny (actor)

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Collection. W.G. Lester

Ventriloquist active in 1880. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wabotai, Jean-Paul (singer)

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Collection. Waite, Brenda (mime artist)

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Collection. Waits, Tom (singer)

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Collection. Wakeham, David

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Collection. Walker, Sarah (singer)

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Collection. Wallace, Brian (actor)

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Collection. Wallace, Delyse and Jeanette (dancers)

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Collection. Wallace, George Jnr., 1918 - 1968

George Leonard Wallace (1918-1968) was a much loved Australian comedian and actor, and was the son of another well known Australian comedian of the same name, George Stevenson Wallace (1895-1960). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wallfsich, Raphael (cellist)

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Collection. Walmsley, Nicole (dancer)

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Collection. Walsh, Christine (actress)

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Collection. Walsh, Helen (singer)

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Collection. Wang, Cilli (dancer/pantomimist)

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Collection. Wang, Zheng-Ting (musician), 1955

Wang Zheng Ting is a composer and master performer of the sheng (Chinese mouth organ) as well as an ethnomusicologist. He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and completed a MA in Ethnomusicology at Monash University and a PhD in Ethnomusicology at the University of Melbourne. He teaches Chinese Instrumental Music at the University of Melbourne and has been invited as a visiting scholar to the City University of New York. He is also the director of the Australian Chinese Music Ensemble. He had performed with many leading Chinese orchestras before migrating to Australia in the late 1980s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Warby, Ros (dancer)

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Collection. Ward, Betty (actor)

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Collection. Ward, David (pianist)

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Collection. Ward, Hugh J. (entrepreneur), 1871 - 1941

Hugh Joseph Ward (1871-1941), was an actor and theatrical entrepreneur who was born on 24 June 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At 16 Hugh joined a minstrel troupe and learned his trade with stock companies at Salt Lake City, Denver, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Ward visited Australia with Charles H. Hoyt's comedy company, arriving in Sydney on 10 June 1899 and was later engaged as a comedian by J. C. Williamson and joined Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company, playing in most of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. In July 1903 Ward returned to the United States and later, having organised an English company with George Willoughby, Ward opened in Sydney in May 1906 in The Man from Mexico and toured Australasia for eighteen months. Returning to London in 1908, he formed his own comedy company and played in India, Burma, China and the Straits Settlements. He brought the company to Australia and settled his wife and children in Sydney. He joined J. C. Williamson Ltd as managing director in Sydney and after Williamson's death in 1913, Ward became managing director of 'the Firm'. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ward, Nick (playwright)

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Collection. Ward, Terence

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Collection. Warfield, William (singer)

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Collection. Warlow, Anthony (singer)

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Collection. Warner, Thomas (actor)

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Collection. Warren, Kenneth J (actor)

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Collection. Warwick, Dionne (singer)

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Collection. Warwick, James (playwright)

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Collection. Warwick, John (actor)

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Collection. Waters, David (actor)

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Collection. Waters, John (actor/musician), 1948

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Collection. Waters, Muddy (singer)

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Collection. Watson, Alexander (elocutionist)

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Collection. Watson, Gordon (pianist)

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Collection. Watson, John (actor)

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Collection. Watson, Richard (singer)

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Collection. Watson, Russell (singer)

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Collection. Watts, Helen (singer)

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Collection. Wayne, Ken (actor)

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Collection. Weatherburn, Robert (pianist)

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Collection. Weaving, Hugo

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Collection. Weaving, Jon (singer)

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Collection. Webber, Julian Lloyd (cellist)

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Collection. Webster, Juliana (dancer)

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Collection. Webster, Margaret (Shakespearean recital)

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Collection. Weir, Gillian (organist)

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Collection. Weir, Leonard and Beverley

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Collection. Weir, Nancy (pianist)

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Collection. Weir, Natalie (choreographer)

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Collection. Welch, Elisabeth (singer)

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Collection. Welch, Stanton (choreographer), 1969

Stanton De Burgh Welch AM (born 1969) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. Stanton began his career with a career as a dancer with The Australian Ballet in 1989 and rose to the rank of leading soloist. His choreographic career developed during his time with The Australian Ballet. In 1990 he received his first choreographic commission from the company, marking the beginning of a series of commissioned works over the next 14 years. He has also staged works for Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, The Royal Ballet School, Singapore Dance Theatre, Royal New Zealand Ballet, and Dance Galaxy. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Houston Ballet. [Information gathered from the Australian Ballet website: https://australianballet.com.au/artist/stanton-welch in 2018.] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wells, Audrey (singer)

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Collection. Wells, Jerold (actor)

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Collection. Welton, Derek (singer)

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Collection. Werder, Felix (composer), 1922 - 2012

Composer, lecturer and music critic. Felix Werder was born in Germany in 1922. He lived in Australia from 1940 where he became a composer of classical and electronic music and also a noted critic and educator. The son of a distinguished liturgical composer, Werder composed all his life. He received many commissions from organisations both in Australia and overseas, and was the recipient of a number of awards for his work. His published and recorded music includes symphonies, chamber music for all combinations, solo concerti, choral works and operas. In 1976 Werder was created a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and in 2002 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Music (honoris causa) at the University of Melbourne. Werder died in Melbourne in 2012. Further biographical information online at: http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/547202 . Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wesley-Smith, Martin (composer)

Martin Wesley-Smith (born 10 June 1945) is an Australian composer who works in a range of musical styles, including choral music, operas, computer music, music theatre, chamber and orchestral music, and audiovisual pieces which bring words, music and images together. He often works with his librettist brother, Peter Wesley-Smith, and his work ranges from children's songs to environmental events. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. West, Loraine

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Collection. West, Morris (playwright)

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Collection. Westlake, Donald (clarinettist)

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Collection. Weston, Peter (actor)

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Collection. Wetmore, Joan (actor)

Joan Wetmore was born Joan Deery on the 29 August 1911 in Sydney, and was best known for her roles in various films such as Studio One (1948), Young Dr. Malone (1958) and The Nurses (1965), as well as a long career on the stage in the United States. She regularly featured on Broadway from 1938 to 1966 and also worked extensively in the early days of American television. She was married to M. Palmer Dixon. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Whalley, Norma (actor)

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Collection. Wharton, Ian (singer)

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Collection. Whelan, Albert, 1875 - 1961

Albert Whelan (5 May 1875 - 19 February 1961) was an Australian popular singer and entertainer, who was prominent in the English music hall during the first half of the 20th century. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. White Baptist ABBA fan

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Collection. White, Alan (actor)

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Collection. White, Julianne (actor/singer)

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Collection. White, Lee (actor)

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Collection. White, Patrick (actor/playwright)

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Collection. Whitehead, Sally (singer)

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Collection. Whiteley, Arkie (actor)

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Collection. Whyler, Marshall (digeridoo player)

Marshall Whyler is an internationally renowned didgeridoo player from the Northern Territory. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wicks, Charles (magician, entrepreneur)

Charles Wicks (1900-1967) was an inventor and developer of magic tricks and equipment. In 1920 he helped found the Melbourne branch of the Australian Society of Magicians (A.S.M.), and in 1925, the Australian Magicians Association. He later established the International Brotherhood of Magicians (IBM) in Australia. He served as President of the A.S.M. from 1946 to 1950, and established and edited their monthly magazine, Magic Makers. He travelled overseas on buying trips for his firm, "Decorative Trimming Company", and took up movie film making, was President of the Amateur Cine Society in Melbourne. He recorded great magician's acts, bringing home to Australia highlights of what he saw elsewhere in the world of magic. (information from Magicpedia) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wiegand, Auguste (organist)

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Collection. Wiesel, Arnan (pianist)

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Collection. Wilcock, Gordon

Gordon Wilcock was an Australian actor performer and singer, who appeared in several productions throughout his career, including Fiddler on the Roof and The Marriage of Figaro. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wild, Earl (pianist)

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Collection. Wilford, Isabel (actress)

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Collection. Wilkie, Alan (actor/manager)

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Collection. Wilkie, Matthew (bassoonist)

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Collection. Wilkomirska, Wanda (violinist)

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Collection. Willems, Chris (mime artist)

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Collection. Williams, Andy

Andy Williams was a famous singer from America. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Williams, Billy (singer)

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Collection. Williams, Camilla (singer)

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Collection. Williams, Clement (singer)

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Collection. Williams, Emlyn (actor)

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Collection. Williams, Gloria

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Collection. Williams, Harold (singer)

Harold John Williams MBE (3 September 1893 - 5 June 1976) was a leading Australian baritone and music teacher. Born in Sydney, he enjoyed a long and successful career in England and his native country, performing in opera, oratorio and concerts and giving radio broadcasts. "He was one of Australia's most successful - and popular - singers in both concert and opera. I well remember him in late career singing on ABC recitals." (Karl Levett, 2014.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Williams, Ian (actor)

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Collection. Williams, John

John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is an Australian-born British classical guitarist renowned for his ensemble playing as well as his interpretation and promotion of the modern classical guitar repertoire. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Williams, Lynne

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Collection. Williams, Margaret (playwright)

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Collection. Williams, P. (clown)

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Collection. Williams, Peter & Ellen (entrepreneurs)

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Collection. Williams, Robbie (singer)

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Collection. Williams, Robert (singer)

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Collection. Williams, Sarah-Grace (conductor)

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Collection. Williamson, Alister (actor/ singer)

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Collection. Williamson, David (playwright)

David Keith Williamson, AO, born 24 February, 1942 is one of Australia's best-known dramatists and playwrights. He has also written screenplays and teleplays. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Williamson, J. C. (actor), 1845 - 1913

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Collection. Williamson, John (singer)

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Collection. Williamson, Malcolm (composer), 1931 - 2003

Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, AO, CBE (21 November 1931 - 2 March 2003) was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen's Music from 1975 until his death. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Willis, Elisha (dancer)

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Collection. Willoughby, George (entrepreneur)

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Collection. Willox, Robert (actor)

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Collection. Wills, Warren

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Collection. Wilson, Alf (dancer)

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Collection. Wilson, Christina, 1968

Christina Wilson is a mezzo-soprano, and has appeared in performances throughout the UK, Europe, the USA and Australia. She is a winner of the Australian Singing Competition's prestigious Marianne Mathy Award and a prizewinning graduate of the Canberra School of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester and the National Opera Studio, London. Christina has sung as a soloist in Handel's Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall under Sir David Willcocks, at London House under Sir Richard Bonynge and at Westminster Abbey in "A Service for Australia", in the presence of HM the Queen. She has sung in recital at the Wigmore Hall, the Temple Square, USA and the Paris Conservatoire. She has appeared with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Belfast Opera and the State Opera of South Australia, and made regular broadcasts on ABC FM's "Sunday Live" and appearances at the Canberra International Music Festival, Christina has sung many world and Australian premieres. In 2011 she was a featured soloist in the inaugural Voices in the Forest at the National Arboretum, and with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra in their 2013 Prom Concert. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wilson, Frank (dancer/singer)

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Collection. Wilson, Ian

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Collection. Wilson, Jodie (actor)

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Collection. Wilson, Kevin Bloody (comedian)

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Collection. Wilson, Laura (dancer)

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Collection. Wilson, Meryl (singer)

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Collection. Wilson, Nancy (singer)

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Collection. Wilson, Pat (comedian)

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Collection. Wilson, Rebel (actor, singer)

Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson (born 2 March 1980) is an Australian actress, writer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) comedy series Pizza and the sketch comedy series The Wedge. In 2008, Wilson wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride. The following year, she won the Tropfest best actress award for her role in Bargain and made a guest appearance in City Homicide. Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson was cast as Brynn in the feature film Bridesmaids. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wilson, Robert (singer)

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Collection. Wilson, Tracey (actor/singer)

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Collection. Wilson, Valda (soprano)

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Collection. Wilson, W. J. (designer/theatre manager)

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Collection. Window, Colin (director, stage mamager, costume designer)

"Colin Window moved to England in 1978. He studied stage management at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Since graduating he has worked mainly with opera companies: directing, stage managing, and designing costumes." (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Winn, Anona (actor)

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Collection. Winslade, Glenn

"Glen Winslade studied at the New South Wales Conservatory of Music. In Australia he has sung with Opera Australia as well as with the State Opera companies in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. In Europe he has sung with many companies from the Netherlands to Israel." - Karl Levett, 2014. Further programs featuring Glen Winslade are also located in other PROMPT collections for the companies he has appeared with, such as the English National Opera and the Buxton Festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Winther, John (pianist)

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Collection. Winton, Tim (novelist)

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Collection. Wion, John (flautist)

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Collection. Wirth, May (circus & vaudeville performer), 1894 - 1978

May Wirth (6 June 1894 - 18 October 1978) was an Australian circus and vaudeville performer famous for her ability to do somersaults and vaulting on a moving horse. She was born in Bundaberg, Queensland, into circus life, and was inducted to the Circus Hall of Fame as a bareback rider in 1963. [Source: Wikipedia] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wise, Michael J (pianist)

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Collection. Wisehart, Stevie (singer)

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Collection. Witton, Michelle (actor)

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Collection. Wolfe, Digby (comedian)

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Collection. Wolfensohn, Sara (actor)

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Collection. Wolfit, Sir Donald (actor)

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Collection. Woloszko, David

David Woloszko was born in Sydney, Australia and is a Graduate of Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. In 2000 he joined the Opera Queensland Young Artist Programme, having already come to the attention of a wider public by reaching the 1997 Herald-Sun Aria Finals (Runner-up), 1998 Metropolitan Regional Finals (Runner-up) and the 1999 finals of the Covent Garden Scholarship, German Operatic and McDonalds Aria. He made his UK debut in 2004 for Opera Holland Park, and has sung with the English National Opera, Grange Park Opera, Pimlico Opera, English Pocket Opera, Opera East, Opera della Luna/Iford Arts, Scottish Opera, Bury Court Opera, and for the Victorian Opera in Melbourne. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wonder, Stevie (singer)

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Collection. Wone, Kirsty

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Collection. Wood, Ali (pianist)

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Collection. Wood, Alletza (actor)

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Collection. Wood, Anne (singer/actor)

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Collection. Wood, Matthew (conductor)

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Collection. Wood, Nina (singer)

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Collection. Woods, Julia (dancer)

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Collection. Woodward, Edward (actor/singer)

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Collection. Woodward, Roger (pianist)

Roger Woodward AC OBE (born 20 December 1942) is an Australian classical concert pianist who is one of Australia's most revered, critically-acclaimed and lauded musicians. performs both traditional and contemporary repertoire. Resident in San Francisco, he is recipient of the Polish Order of Merit, Order of the British Empire, Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and is a Companion of the Order of Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Woody Herman and His Allstars

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Collection. Wormald, Jeanette (singer)

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Collection. Worrall, David

David Worrall (born 25 October 1954 in Newcastle NSW) is an Australian composer, research scientist and sound artist working in sound sculpture and immersive polymedia (a term he coined in 1986) as well as traditional instrumental music composition. His creative practice encompasses instrumental and electroacoustic composition, sound poetry and sound installations including those that utilise PIPES (Portable Immersive Polymedia Event Spaces), sometimes referred to as Portable Event Theatres (PETs). He has developed software for music composition, text transformation and sonification. He performs and exhibits internationally. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Worthley, Max

"Max Worthley (a tenor), was born in Adelaide, after several years singing in England, returned to Adelaide in 1952 because of his wife's health. He then took up a position at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide." (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wortley, Margaret (singer)

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Collection. Wortmeyer, Remi (dancer, choreographer)

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Collection. Woytowicz, Stefania (singer)

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Collection. Wren, Harry (entrepreneur)

Harry Wren (1916-1973) was an entrepreneur producing variety entertainment in mid-twentieth century Australia. He first worked in cinemas and built up a chain of movie theatres in South Australia before venturing into live entertainment. By 1947 he claimed to be operating variety theatres in Adelaide, Hobart, Launceston, Geelong, Ballarat, Broken Hill and Brisbane, and presenting shows at the Empire and Palladium Theatres in Sydney and the Princess and King's Theatres in Melbourne. He operated various enterprises: Harry Wren Theatres Pty Ltd, Celebrity Theatres Pty Ltd, and Celebrity Circuit Pty Ltd. His operations were outside the auspices of J.C. Williamson Limited and the Tivoli Circuit, although he sometimes worked in association with them. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wright, Finbar (singer)

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Collection. Wright, George (actor)

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Collection. Wright, Larissa (dancer)

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Collection. Wright, Tom (actor, playwright, director)

Thomas Michael "Tom" Wright (born 22 June 1983) is an award-winning Australian producer, actor, writer, director, and theatre designer. He is the co-founder and director of The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm, and has directed and designed productions for the Adelaide Festival, Belvoir St. Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Queensland Theatre Co., Black Swan State Theatre Company, La Mama, and the Brisbane Festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wyatt, Alexa (playwright)

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Collection. Wynette, Tammy (singer, songwriter), 1942 - 1998

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Collection. Xanthoudakis, Elena (singer)

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Collection. Yang, William (photographer, playwright), 1943

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Collection. Yankoff, Ventislav (pianist)

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Collection. Yarkoni, Yaffa (singer)

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Collection. Yeldham, Peter (playwright)

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Collection. Yepes, Narciso (guitarist)

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Collection. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny (poet/actor)

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Collection. York, Susannah (actor)

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Collection. Youens, Jack (actor)

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Collection. Young, Brian (actor)

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Collection. Young, Jennifer (actor)

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Collection. Young, Lee (singer & actor)

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Collection. Young, Nathan (dancer)

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Collection. Young, Nina (actor)

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Collection. Young, Simone (conductor)

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Collection. Yu, Julian (composer)

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Collection. Yunupingu, Geoffrey Gurrumul (singer)

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Collection. Yurisich, Gregory (opera singer)

Gregory Yurisich is one of the world's leading baritones. He was born on October 13, 1951 in Mount Lawley, Western Australia as Gregory John Yurisich. He was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the performing arts as an operatic baritone and to the education and mentoring of young singers. "Perth-born Gregory Yurisich studied in Australia and joined the Australian Opera, making his debutas Paolo in 'Simon Boccanegra'. For his Canadian debit he was Marcello in 'La Boheme'. His European debut was as Bottom in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'...he makes his Covent Garden debut in the title role of 'Guilluaime Tell'". (Karl Levett, 2015.) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Zabaleta, Nicanor (harpist)

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Collection. Zamfir, Georghe (flautist)

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Collection. Zaru (contortionist)

Zaru, also known as Bruce White, was born in Gympie, Queensland. He performed at the Moulin Rouge, Folies Bergere and also in London. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Zastrow, Rainer von (pianist)

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Collection. Zelman, Alberto (violinist)

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Collection. Zerk, Kathryn (singer)

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Collection. Zhislin, Grigory (violinist)

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Collection. Ziegler, Anne (singer)

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Collection. Zilliacus, Serena (director)

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Collection. Zimbalist, Efrem (violinist)

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Collection. Zivoni, Yossef (violinist)

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Collection. Zorina, Madame (singer)

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Collection. Zukerman, Pinchas (violinist)

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Collection. Zwar, Charles (composer, lyricist, pianist), 1911 - 1989

Charles Zwar (10 April 1911 - 2 December 1989) was an Australian songwriter, composer, lyricist, pianist and music director who was largely associated with the British revue and musical comedy industries between the late-1930s and 1960s. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Class. Performances and Events

Collection. 2 Pianos 4 Hands

Musical comedy theatre show, written in 1995, which was performed several times in Australia between 2000 and 2004 starring Jonathan Gavin and Edward Simpson. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. 20s and all that jazz (musical revue)

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Collection. 269 playhouse

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Collection. 7 Hits and miss, 1964

Musical event at Broken Hill Town Hall, Broken Hill, NSW 6-7 March 1964. The event featured performances from The Delltones singing group. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. 70's superglam concert

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Collection. A Chorus Line (musical)

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Collection. A clockwork orange (play)

Les Currie and Glynis Henderson Productions, Australian tour, April 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of Anthony Burgess' literary cult masterpiece, A Clockwork Orange. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. A Night in India, 1977

Performance of Indian song, dance and more at Her Majesty's Theatre (1973-2001), Sydney, NSW 26-31 January 1977. Was a part of the 1977 Festival of Sydney. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. A passionate woman (play)

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Collection. ABC Concert Series

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Collection. ABC Melbourne Showband

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Collection. Abelard & Heloise (musical)

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Collection. Aboriginal Artists of Australia

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Collection. Aboriginal Country and Western Festival

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Collection. Aboriginal Moomba Out of the Dark

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Collection. Abroad with two men (revue)

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Collection. Acropolis Now (play)

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Collection. Adelaide Cabaret Festival

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Collection. Adelaide Convention Centre (Opening concert)

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Collection. Adelaide Festival

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Collection. Adelaide Festival Centre Trust

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Collection. Adelaide Folkloric Festival

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Collection. Adelaide Fringe Festival

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Collection. Adelaide International Guitar Festival

The Adelaide International Guitar Festival (AIGF) is Australia's largest guitar festival, held biennially at the Adelaide Festival Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. The AIGF is the sister event to the New York Guitar Festival and features local, national and international artists across a variety of genres including rock, jazz, classical, experimental, blues and roots music. The festival was first held in 2007. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adeline Genee Awards

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Collection. Adventures of Iskybibble (musical)

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Collection. Aeros

Aeros is a performance involving a combination of art and sport were performers and acrobats fly through the air. The performance took place in Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC 22-26 January 2008. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Africa Oye!

Large music festival, celebrating the music and culture of Africa, located in the UK. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. African Sanctus (Fanshawe)

Performance organized by David Franshawe in 1986. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Age Comedy Festival

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Collection. Agnes of God (play)

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Collection. Aida (opera)

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Collection. Ainat misbehavina (musical)

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Collection. Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)

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Collection. Aladdin (pantomime)

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Collection. Alas! The World (play)

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Collection. Alaya (musical)

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Collection. Aldeburgh Festival

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Collection. Alfred the Great (musical)

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Collection. Alice Desert Festival

The Alice Desert Festival is Central Australia's premier annual arts festival, celebrating the desert and its rich cultural landscape, featuring artists, dancers and musicians from some of the most remote communities in Central Australia as well as a selection of well known touring performers from other parts of Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Alice in Wonderland (pantomime)

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Collection. Alice Springs Festival of Drama

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Collection. All Schools Music Festival

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Collection. All Star Minda Concert Party

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Collection. All Star Revue

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Collection. Allo Allo (play)

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Collection. Alone it stands (play)

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Collection. Alphington Olde Worlde Festival

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Collection. Always (musical)

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Collection. Always Patsy Cline (musical)

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Collection. American Blues Festival

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Collection. American Red Cross concerts

Includes programs for concerts held by the American Red Cross ("Sunday Afternoon Concert Series for Allied Servicemen and their Guests") held in Sydney during 1944 at the Town Hall and Conservatorium of Music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. American Rhapsody

Concert featuring Eugenie Seyd-Wood and members of the Australian Ensemble at Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW on 10 April 1988. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. AMPOL Show

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Collection. An evening with Julie Andrews

Australian tour, 2013, with special guest host Nicholas Hammond. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. An Ideal husband (play)

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Collection. An Officer and a Gentleman the musical

Directed by Simon Phillips. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. And a nightingale sang (musical)

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Collection. Anglesea Barracks Anniversary Concert

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Collection. Annie (musical)

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Collection. Annie Get Your Gun, 1947 - 1963

Collection of programmes covering three tours, 1947-1950 ; 1952-1953 ; 1963. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Annual Festival of Classics

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Collection. Anti Sydney Festival

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Collection. Antipodes Festival

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Collection. Antologia de la Zarzuela (musical)

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Collection. Anything Goes (musical)

Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Since its 1934 debut at the Alvin Theatre (now known as the Neil Simon Theatre) on Broadway in New York, United States, the musical has been revived several times in the United States and Britain and has been filmed twice. An Australian revival was announced in September 2014 with the cast announced to be led by Caroline O'Connor as the evangelist turned night club singer, Reno Sweeney as well as a line-up of performers including Todd McKenny, Alex Rathgeber, Claire Lyon, Wayne Scott Kermond as well as Alan Jones playing the Captain. However, due to prior commitments Jones had to be replaced in Melbourne and Brisbane by Gerry Connolly. The revival is directed by Dean Bryant. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. ANZ Opera in the Bowl

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Collection. ANZAC Military Tattoos

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Collection. Anzacs over England (play)

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Collection. Apollo Bay Music Festival

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Collection. Apollo festival

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Collection. Applause (musical)

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Collection. Are You Lonesome Tonight? (musical)

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Collection. Aren't we all? (play)

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Collection. Armidale Arts Festival

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Collection. Army in Concert

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Collection. Art Gallery Recitals

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Collection. Art Music Awards

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have presented the Art Music Awards annually since 2010, recognising achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian art music. Art music covers activity across contemporary classical music, contemporary jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Art Song Canberra

Hard copy concert programs only held up to the end of 2018. From 2019 onwards, Art Song Canberra concert programs are supplied electronically under the national edeposit scheme. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Arts Council of Australia Drama Competition and Festivals

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Collection. Asinamali!

Dance performance. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Aspects of Love (musical)

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Collection. Austral Players

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Collection. Australasian String Festival

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Collection. Australia Day Concert

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Collection. Australia Day Live

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Collection. Australia Felix Easter Arts Festival

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Collection. Australia Meets Japan in Concert

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Collection. Australia Post Opera Gala

Opera gala sponsored by Australia Post. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australia! Australia! (Bicentennial concert)

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Collection. Australian AIDS Benefit Gala Concert

The Australian AIDS Benefit Gala Concert was held at the Queensland Performing Arts Complex, Concert Hall, Friday, December 13, 1991 at 8 pm. Presented by The Queensland Performing Arts Trust and ABC National Television. Hosted by Jean Kittson. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Blues Music Festival

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Collection. Australian Bush Music Festival

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Collection. Australian Cabaret Festival

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Collection. Australian Citizenship Convention

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Collection. Australian Composersa Retrospective

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Collection. Australian Concert Direction

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Collection. Australian Dance Awards

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Collection. Australian Diggers

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Collection. Australian Entertainment Festival

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Collection. Australian Federation Celebration Concert

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Collection. Australian Festival

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Collection. Australian Festival of Chamber Music

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music is an international chamber music festival and Winterschool held over ten days each July in Townsville, North Queensland. Each year the Festival attracts between 20 and 30 soloists and chamber musicians from around the world to give concerts and teach Australia's best emerging artists. Since inception in July 1991, the Festival has developed an international reputation for its distinguished artists, innovative programming across a range of chamber music styles set in a tropical winter setting.' From Festival website. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Folk Festival

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Collection. Australian Folk Festival

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Collection. Australian International Chopin Piano Competition

Library holds a copy of the first program held in 2011 at the ANU. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian International Jazz Festival

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Collection. Australian International Puppet Festival

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Collection. Australian International Workshop Festival

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Collection. Australian Jazz Convention

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Collection. Australian Jazz Festival

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Collection. Australian Jazz Players

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Collection. Australian Latvian Festival of Arts

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Collection. Australian Music Festival

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Collection. Australian Musical Productions

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Collection. Australian National Choral Festival

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Collection. Australian National Clarinet & Saxophone Seminar

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Collection. Australian National Composer's Conference

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Collection. Australian National Festival of the Voice

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Collection. Australian National Playwrights Centre

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Collection. Australian National Playwrights' Conference

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Collection. Australian Night at the Proms

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Collection. Australian Outback Spectacular

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Collection. Australian Pink Floyd Show

The Australian Pink Floyd Show (aka TAPFS) are a Pink Floyd tribute band formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. Their live shows attempt to recreate the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours, achieved by the use of lasers, props, and a large display panel similar to "Mr Screen." The Australian Pink Floyd Show are renowned for international venues worldwide, setting them apart from local or regional Pink Floyd tribute bands. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Popular Song Festival

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Collection. Australian Singing Competition

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Collection. Australian Theatre Festival

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Collection. Australian Turkish People's Playhouse

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Collection. Australian Universities Drama Festival

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Collection. Australian Women's Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Youth Dance Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australian Youth Music Festival

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Collection. Australia-New Zealand Royal Concert

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Collection. Australia's Amateur Hour, 1945 - 1954

Radio show showcasing amateur singers, occurred first on 15 March 1945 in Queensland, then on 22 April 1954 in New South Wales. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Australia's Tribute to Glenn Miller

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Collection. Avatars (play)

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Collection. Bach Celebration

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Collection. Bach Players

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Collection. Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Badinerie Players

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Collection. Bailey's Melbourne Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ballarat Opera Festival

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Collection. Ballarat Winter Festival

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Collection. Baltic Festival

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Collection. Banjo (play)

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Collection. Banjo the Man (play), 1864 - 1941

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bar at Buena Vista

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Collection. Barnum (musical)

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Collection. Barossa (opera)

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Collection. Barossa Jazz Weekend

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Collection. Barossa Music Festival

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Collection. Barrage a vagabond tales (musical)

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Collection. Barton's Follies (variety show)

Barton's Follies was a circus/vaudeville touring company which was begun by Roy Barton and his brother in 1932. The Follies toured New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand until Barton was declared bankrupt in 1954. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Barunga Festival

Barunga is a small aboriginal community located approximately 80 kilometres southeast of Katherine, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Barunga is part of the Roper Gulf Region LGA. Since 1985 the community has held the annual Barunga Festival, usually in mid June. In 1988 at the Barunga Festival, the then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke attended the festival and was presented with two paintings and a text calling for Indigenous rights. This has become known as the Barunga Statement. In his speech Bob Hawke said there would be a treaty within the life of the current Parliament. This never happened, but in the spirit of the original intention, people still gather annually at Barunga to celebrate indigenous culture. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bastard from the Bush (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bath Festival Ensemble

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Collection. Beauty and the beast (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bed Before Yesterday (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bedfull of Foreigners (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bedroom Farce (play)

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Collection. Beehive (musical)

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Collection. Beethoven Festival

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Collection. Beijing Cultural Festival

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Collection. Beijing Dance/LDTX

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Collection. Bellingen Global Carnival

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Collection. Bellingen Jazz Festival

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Collection. Bendigo The little known facts (musical)

A production of The Nottingham Playhouse Company with the first performance at Nottingham Playhouse on 6 June, 1974. Written by Ken Campbell, Dave Hill & Andy Andrews. Based on the story of William Thompson better known as "Bendigo". Born William Abednego Thompson (18 October 1811 - 23 August 1880) who was an English bare-knuckle boxer. He was said to be devoid of fear and was also very agile, earning the name "Bendy" because of his constant bobbing and weaving around the ring; his nickname evolved and "Bendy" Abednego became "Bendigo". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bendigo Weekend Festival of Organ & Harpsichord

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Collection. Bennelong (opera)

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Collection. Bennelong Players

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Collection. Berlioz Spectacular

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Collection. Bermuda Festival

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Collection. Berry Musicale

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Collection. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (musical)

The Broadway hit "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" was brought to Australia by Cooke Hayden price Pty. Ltd. (formed by the merger of Malcolm C. Cook and Associates, and Hayden Price Attractions). The musical premiered in Australia at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney, on the 13th of September 1980, and starred Lorraine Bayly, Alfred Sandor, Mona Richardson and Frankie J. Holden. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Best of Aussie Stand Up

Part of the Melbourne Comedy festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Best of British

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Collection. Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bidenjarreb Pinjarra (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Big Bad Mouse (play)

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Collection. Big Broadcast of 1936, 1935

Early Paramount Film from 1935, part of the "big broadcast" series (1932-1937). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Big Day Out (music festival)

The Big Day Out was an annual music festival that was held in five Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth, as well as Auckland, New Zealand. The festival was held during summer, typically in January of each year, and debuted on the 1992 Australia Day public holiday in Sydney and expanded to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth the following year. The Gold Coast and Auckland were added to the schedule in 1994. As of 2003, it featured seven or eight stages (depending on the venue), accommodating popular contemporary rock music, electronic music, mainstream international acts and local acts. In early June 2014, American festival promoter, C3 Presents, attained full ownership of the Big Day Out festival and announced the cancellation of the 2015 event on 26 June 2014-the option for the festival to return in the future was left open. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Big Laugh Comedy Festival

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Collection. Big River (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Billy Elliot (musical)

First performance of the Australian premiere season, Capitol Theatre Sydney 13 November 2007; First performance of the Melbourne season, Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne 13 December 2008. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Biloxi Blues (play)

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Collection. Bimbadgen Blues

Bimbadgen Blues Festival was an annual event between 2005 and 2010 in Polkobin, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bitter sweet (play)

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Collection. Bjorn Again (musical)

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Collection. Black & White Minstrel Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Black Mary (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Black Stump Players

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Collection. Blackwood River Chamber Festival

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Collection. Bleach Festival

Bleach Festival is described as an expression of music, theatre, dance, visual arts, and outdoor events comprising the signature annual multi-arts festival of the Gold Coast in Queensland. The festival has featured worrks created by some of Australia's leading contemporary artists, and is held across three weekends each year in March, for both local and international audiences, building towards the 2018 Commonwealth Games and beyond. The Festival utilises the Gold Coast's world famous natural landscapes as unconventional venues. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blithe spirit (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blood Brothers (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blue Cities (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Blue Gum Strolling Players

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Collection. Blue Mountains Festival

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Collection. Blues & Roots Music Festival

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Collection. Bob & Joe Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bob Gibson Show

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Collection. Boeing Boeing (play)

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Collection. Bolshoi Opera in Concert

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Collection. Bombora (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bondi Pavilion Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Book Club (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Born in the Gardens (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Boswell for the Defence (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bouncers (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Boy From Oz (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Boys in the Band (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brahms Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brahms Wagner Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brandon-Cremer Players

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Collection. Brash's P&A Parade

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brassed Off!

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Collection. Bravehearts of Scotland Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Breast wishes an uplifting musical

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bren-Fullers's Vaudeville Circuit

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bridal Bed (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brief Lives (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brighton Beach Memoir (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brighton Festival (UK)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music

Previously called: Brisbane Biennial International Festival of Music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brisbane Biennial International Festival of Music

Continued as: Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brisbane Comedy Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brisbane Early Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brisbane Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brisbane Festival Orchestra

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brisbane Festival Quartet

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brisbane International Brass Festival

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Collection. Brisbane Youth Choral Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bristol Proms

Annual event, located at Bristol Old Vic, where range of musical acts perform. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Broken Heel Festival

The Broken Heel Festival was presented as a three day tribute to the film "Priscilla Queen of the Desert", recognising its legacy 21 years after its release. The Festival's website explains that the Broken Heel Festival was "programmed to give Priscilla the Birthday Bash every 21 year old deserves (including the awkward family photos & speeches)" and described the festival as "...a handbag stuffed full of stunning Drag Queens & Drag Kings from around the nation delivering their finest performances as they pay homage to a movie that changed their lives". The festival presented cabaret, comedy, opera and live music, and was focused on the Palace Hotel in Broken Hill, where scenes from the film were shot. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Browning Version & Harlequinade (plays)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Brunswick Music Festival

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Collection. Bryants's Playhouse

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Buddy (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bugs Bunny on Broadway (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bullies House (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bullshot Crummond (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bundaleer Forest Concert Weekend

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Busting Out!

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Buxton Festival

The Buxton Festival is an annual summer festival of opera, music, and (since 2000) a literary series, held in Buxton, Derbyshire, in England since July 1979. The library's PROMPT collection for this festival contains material relating to Australian artists at this festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cabaret (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cabaret Convention (New York)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Caine Mutiny court martial (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Call of the Four Winds Festival (Armidale)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cambridge Footlights Revue

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cambridge University Footlights Revue

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Camden Festival

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Collection. Camelot (musical)

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Collection. Canberra Chamber Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Canberra Comedy Festival

The first Canberra Comedy Festival was held in 2013, in Canberra's centenary year, held as part of Canberra's 100th birthday. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 the festival grew from strength to strength, featuring over 50 shows each year. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Canberra Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Canberra Spring Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cappella Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Captain Corelli's Mandolin The Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Caravan (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carboni (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carcoar Folk & Traditional Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carmen Jones (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carnival in Coota festival of the southern ocean

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carnival in Rio

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carols by Candlelight (various cities and towns)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cassidy Album (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Castle Hill Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Castlemaine State Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Casualties (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Catch Me A Girl - Grab Me A Dollar (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Catholic School Girls (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cats (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Caves House Festival, Yallingup

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Celebration of Irish Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Celtic Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Celtic Offering gala charity concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Centenary Amateur Dramatic Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Central Coast Jazz Festival

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Collection. Certified Male (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chains (play)

Chains is a play by the English playwright Elizabeth Baker. It was first performed in April 1909 by the Play Actors Subscription Society at the Court Theatre. The play explores the lives of the lower middle class who filled up the clerical posts of the office world in Edwardian England. Characters in the play explore ideas of emigrating to Australia and seeking new lives. In 2007, the Orange Tree Theatre which specializes in rediscovering long-forgotten classics revived Chains, and the cast included Justin Avoth, Amy Noble, Ashley George, and Octavia Walters. It was directed by Auriol Smith. Chains played to packed houses and received praise from theatre critics for its minutely-observed realism, for its focus on a little-discussed segment of society, and also for its relationship to the concerns of its present audience. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chalmers Church (Eastern Hill, Melbourne, concert in aid of Church, 1894)

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Collection. Change Original Music Festival

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Collection. Chappell Popular Concerts

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Collection. Charity Christmas Concert, Great Hall, Parliament House (Canberra)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cheltenham International Festival of Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chess (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chicago

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chicago (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chichester Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chichester Festival Theatre Co

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Children of a Lesser God (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Christmas at the Concert Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Christmas at the Opera House

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cinderella (pantomime)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Circle (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. City of London Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. City of Melbourne Centenary Music Festival

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Collection. City of Melbourne Eisteddfod

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Collection. City of Perth Concert Artists

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. City of Sydney Eisteddfod

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge

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Collection. Classic Jazz and Ragtime Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Classical Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cobargo Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Coburg Art Festival

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Collection. Cocktail Hour (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Collegium Regale

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Collection. Collits Inn (musical)

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Collection. Combined Universities Choral Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations

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Collection. Commonwealth Jubilee Drama Festival

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Collection. Company of Players

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Collection. Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Composing Women Festival

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Collection. Concert for Darwin

A program relating to a benefit concert held at the Sydney Opera House in January 1975, to raise money for the victims of the Cyclone Tracy disaster. The event was hosted by David Frost, and under the musical direction of Tommy Tycho, and featured performances by well known Australian artists including Colleen Hewitt, Brian Cadd, Don Lane, Dame Joan Hammond, June Bronhill, Toni Lamond, Barry Crocker, Roger Woodward, Paul Hogan, the Don Burrows Quintet, William Shakespeare, Rolf Harris, Winifred Atwell, and Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Concert in aid of Granny Davidson (Coburg, Melbourne, 1882)

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Collection. Concert in aid of Miss Sutherland's Home

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Collection. Concert of Australian Music

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Collection. Concert of the Century

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Collection. Concert of the Year

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Collection. Concordia Camerata benefit concert

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Collection. Connors & Paul (Haymarket Follies)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Coronation Celebrations - 1937, 1895 - 1952

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Coronation Concerts - 1953, 1926

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Coronation Festival Opera Season, 1926

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Coronation Year Drama Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Count Down the musical comedy (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Country Music Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Coupla White Chicks sitting around talking (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Covent Garden Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cowboy Swing Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Cowpastures Bush Music & Cultural Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crazies Comedy Revue

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crazy for you (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crescent Moon (opera)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crown Matrimonial (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Crystal Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Czar und Zimmerman (opera)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dags (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Daisy in the Dreamtime (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dalgety's Literary & Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dance Massive

Festival of contemporary dance, which takes place in Melbourne every two years. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dances, Music and Songs of Ceylon

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Darling Harbour Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Darwin Festival

The Darwin Festival is held over 18 days, and features local and touring performances and events including outdoor concerts, workshops, theatre, dance music, comedy and cabaret, film and visual arts. The festival has evolved from the original Bougainvillea Festival established in 1978, which was re-named the Festival of Darwin in 1996, and then the Darwin Festival in 2003. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Darwin Fringe Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Darwin International Guitar Festival/Competition

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Collection. Day After the Fair (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dead Eyed Dicks (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dear Doctor (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dear Liar (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Deathtrap (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Deep Bells Ring (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dickens's Women (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Digger Revue Camp Concert Party

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dirty Dancing (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Disney on Parade

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Disney's Magical Moment Stage Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Doctor in Love (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Doctor in the House (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Don's Party (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Don'st Bother Me, I Canat Cope (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Don'st Just Lie There Say Something (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Double Act (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Down the Lawson Track

A poignant and amusing celebration of the rigours of the Australian outback in story and song with music from Martyn Wyndham-Read and No Man's Band, and readings by Shirley Collins and Pip Barnes centred on the writings of Australian ballad poet Henry Lawson. Library holds a flyer for this performance in England. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dracula (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Driving Miss Daisy, 2013

Australian tour, 2013. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Drumstruck, 2002

Interactive drum theatre performance, created by Warren Liebermann and Kathy-Jo Wein from South Africa in 2002, for team-building events. It is performed by the group Drum Café, which was founded in 1997. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dubbo Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dusty (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dylan Thomas return journey (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Earth Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. East Coast Blues Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Echoes of Freedom World Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Australian performers)

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival and regularly features Australian performers. It was established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, and takes place each August in Scotland's capital. The Fringe is a showcase for the performing arts, particularly theatre and comedy (which has seen substantial growth in recent years), although dance and music are also represented. Appearing at the Fringe has enhanced the career of many Australian performers. This file contains Fringe material featuring Australian performers. For material relating to the Edinburgh International Festival please refer to the separate PROMPT file. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Edinburgh International Festival (Australian performers)

The Edinburgh International Festival is an annual festival of performing arts in Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks in August. The Festival features music (especially classical music), theatre, opera and dance from around the world, and hosts a series of visual art exhibitions, talks and workshops. This file contains material featuring Australian performers. For material relating to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe please refer to the separate PROMPT file. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Edith Cavell Commemoration Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Edward Scissorhands (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Efftee Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. El Grande de Coca-Cola (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. ElvisaOEIntimate & Rare (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Empire Gala Concert (Melbourne)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Empire Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. English Touring Opera

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Enlighten (Canberra)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eques Curriculum

Performing horse troupe and circus by 'Professor D.M. Bristol', active 1870-1900. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Esso Concert in the Bowl

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eureka (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eurythmy Recital

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Eva and the Cabin Boy (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Evening with Queen Victoria (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Everest Recitals

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Evita (musical) - Australian tours

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fairbridge Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fallen Angels (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fame (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Far West Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Father's day (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Favourite son (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Feast Festival

Feast Festival is a LGBTI Festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Feast was founded in 1997 a by group of arts and community cultural workers. Margie Fischer, Damien Carey, Helen Bock and Luke Cutler worked together to create a community arts festival for the lesbian and gay community in Adelaide. In 1999, cabaret theatre performer Paul Capsis performed at the festival's opening concert. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Female Parts (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival della moda

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival Fremantle

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival International du Cirque de Monte Carlo

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of All Nations

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Australian Drama

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Bands

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Choirs

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Contemporary Arts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Cultures

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Darwin

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Early Childhood

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Early Music at Lambing Flat

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Empire

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of International Organ Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Light

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Organ Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Perth

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Collection. Festival of Slow Music

The Festival of Slow Music was first held in 2013, in Ballarat, Victoria. The festival reflects the philosophy of the Slow Food movement, and centres on the experience of accoustic music of all genres in intimate spaces, and engagement with the musicians performing it. The name of the festival refers to an approach to listening and experiencing music, not a description of the music presented, and all concerts held during the festival are totally acoustic. The festival is run by Adam Simmons - the Artistic Director - and Amie Sexton, the Assistant Producer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Sydney

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Sydney Playwrights

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Tasmania

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of the Falling Leaf

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of the First Australians

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Theatre Organ

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of University Drama

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival of Voices

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Festival Strings Lucerne

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Collection. Fiddler on the roof (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fiesta Internationale, 1985 - 2030

Jazz music festival, which grew from concerts taking place at the 'Voit' café in Parnu, Estonia. The festival was originally named' Parnu Jazz', then 'Jazz Fiesta', and finally 'Fiesta Internationale' since 1990. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Filiki Players (Greek theatre company)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Find the Lady (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fitzroy & Collingwood Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Five Guys Named Moe (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Flextime (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Flight, a concert for refugees

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Flowers of War (concert series)

The Flowers of War is a four year program (2015-2018) that was established to measure the cultural cost of World War 1. By marking the significant centenaries of the Great War and bringing together responses to the War by Australian, French, German and British creative artists who served and were killed, injured or otherwise gravely affected, project's particular goal is to recover and perform music that has been overlooked or lost until recently. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Foli Concerts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Folies (variety show)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Follies in Concert (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Food for Britain Appeal, Celebrity Concert (Sydney, 1947)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Footloose (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Footrot Flats (play), 1939 - 2017

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. For Colored Girls ... who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Forbes Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Forbidden Broadway (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Forty Carats (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Forty Second Street (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Four Winds Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Frank the Sinatra story in song (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Free by Four Dance in the park, 1988

Music event organised by The Australian Bicentennial Authority, which was performed in state capitals around Australia in 1988: Melbourne (27 February), Adelaide (15 March), Perth (22 March), Brisbane (6 April) and Sydney (16 April). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fremantle Liedertafel, 1902

Music group conducted by Herr Carl von Hartmann. 'Liedertafel' suggests they were a group who performed male songs, thus the group may have been a male choir. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. French Red Cross Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fridays at the Myer Music Bowl

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fringe World Festival (Perth)

Fringe World is an annual multi-arts fringe festival held in Perth, Western Australia, since 2012. The Festival program includes circus, cabaret, comedy, music, dance, theatre, film and visual art. Fringe World is produced by Artrage (Western Australia), and is an open access Festival, which means that artists from anywhere in the world can register to be part of the Festival. Fringe World is part of the World Fringe Alliance, and the open access policy is similar to that of the Adelaide Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe festivals. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. From the Garden to the Cross (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fun and Follies Revue (theatre company)

The Fun and Follies Revue was an amateur group which presented variety shows to fundraise, under the organisation of Molly Brown [as per article in the Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 1932]. The 1930 program in this collection is to benefit "Graythwaite", a convalescent home, which was sold in 2009 by the New South Wales State Government, against the wishes of the original donor, sold the building to the nearby GPS school Shore, for $A35.2 million. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Funny Peculiar (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gala Concert by Command of the Lord Mayor of Sydney

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gala flamenca, 2007

Flamenco dance event, which took place in Sydney 29-30 October 2007 and Brisbane 7 November 2007. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gandel Jewish Festival of Music

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Collection. Gawler Country Music Festival

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Collection. Geelong Fine Arts Festival

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Collection. Geelong Fringe Festival

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Collection. George and Mildred (play)

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Collection. Get Happy (musical)

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Collection. Gilbert and Sullivan Go Kosher 1974!, 1974

Musical theatre comedy production, performed at Rich Brooke Theatre (1971-1974), Sydney NSW 19 March - 6 April 1974. The production starred Roy Cowen and Iain Kerr. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Girl's Gotta Eat (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Girlsa Night Out (play)

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Collection. Glamalot (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Glastonbury Performing Arts Festival

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Collection. Glenelg Jazz Festival

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Collection. Glorious Vienna a Tribute to Franz Lehar

Franz Lehar was a Austro-Hungarian composer. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Glory of Brass

Presented by Musica Viva as a series of Brass concerts held in the 1980s. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Glory of Russia, 2002

Performance at Sydney Opera House. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gloucester Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England since 1934. The PROMPT collection features programs which feature Australian artists and performers appearing with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Go Cat Go (musical)

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Collection. Godspell (musical)

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Collection. Golden Guitar Winners Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grace Stafford Strollers, 18 October 1930

Performance of comedy 'Summer is a-comin in' by Louis N Parker at St James Hall. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grafton Festival of Jazz & Blues

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Collection. Grand Amateur Minstrel Competition

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grand ANZAC Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grand Benefit for the Melbourne and Alfred Hospitals

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grand Concert by New Australians

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grand Concert of Russian Music

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Collection. Grand Moonlight Promenade Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grand National Concert

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Collection. Grand Night for Singing, Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Collection. Grand operatic, dramatic, spectacular, and comical pantomime for 1889-90 entitled Cinderella, or, Gold and silver and the little glass slipper. compiled, adapted, and produced under the direction of Frank Emery;...the music selected, arranged, and composed by Wm. Robins.

At head of title: Theatre Royal, under the management of Messrs. Williamson, Garner & Musgrove. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grand Organ Christmas Recital

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grand Organ Festival

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Collection. Grand Organ Recitals

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Collection. Grand Patriotic Red Cross Festival

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Collection. Grease (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Great China Spectacular

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Collection. Great Expectations (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Great Famine Commemoration Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Great Rock n Roll Revival Concerts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Great Southern Blues & Rockabilly Festival

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Collection. Greater Montague Show

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Collection. Greek tragedy (play)

Greek Tragedy is a 1989 play by British playwright Mike Leigh. The play was originally presented at Company B Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney Australia. It was originally devised by Mike Leigh with 6 Australian actors who were chosen after extensive auditions. The actors were Zoe Carides, Khristina Totos, Adam Hatz, George Spartels, Evodkia Katahanas and Nicholas Papademetriou. The production was a landmark production for Company B as it is the only play to be devised by Mike Leigh in Australia. It was one of the biggest successes of the theatre year and was subsequently invited to do seasons at the Edinburgh Festival and London's Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1990. In 2002 the play was remounted by TheatronGroup with some of the original cast in the Downstairs Theatre of Belvoir Street Theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Greenwich & Docklands International Festival

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Collection. Gregan McMahon Players

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Collection. Grumpy Old Women Live

Group comedy performance of British television show. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Guignol Players

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Collection. Guinness Celebration of Irish Music

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Collection. Guitar Duets from Round the World

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Gulgong Folk Festival

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Collection. Guys and Dolls (musical)

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Collection. Gypsy Rose Lee Show

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Collection. Habeas Corpus (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hair (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Halloween Trick or Treat (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hands across the World, 1973

Theatre performance at Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA in 1973. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hatful of Sykes (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hats (revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Haunted Houses or, Labyrinths of life (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Haus Concerts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Having a Ball (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hawkesbury National Fiddle Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hawkesbury Valley Jazz and Waratah Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hay Festival

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Collection. Headquarters Company, 1 Corps (Anniversary Revue 1943)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. HeadsUp Australian Arts 100

Large umbrella event, which includes several different events. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Heart Break House (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Heart Health Dance Week

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Collection. Heart of Scotland (concert)

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Collection. Helix, 8 June 2011 - 11 June 2011

HELIX is a bold new dance work that dazzlingly incorporates original cinematography and state-of-the-art medical imaging technologies. Direction and choreography by Barry Moreland; solo dancer Daryl Brandwood. Program held for the World Premiere Season, Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre of Western Australia, 8-11 June 2011. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hellenic Play Space

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Collection. Hello Broadway (revue)

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Collection. Hello Dolly (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Help for the People of Darwin (concert, London 1975)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Help Our Wounded Heroes! A Grand Concert (Drummoyne, Sydney 1915)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Helpmann awards

The Helpmann Award is an accolade presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA - the trade name for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association or AEIA), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia. It is named in honour of Sir Robert Helpmann (9 April 1909 - 28 September 1986), an Australian actor, choreographer, dancer and theatre director. Established in 2001, the award is handed out for achievements in the disciplines of musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Here and now tour, 2001 - 2030

Series of concert tours with lineup of famous performers from the 1980s, such as Belinda Charlisle and Rick Astley. The tour originated in the UK, and has since gone to Australia, Japan, various European countries and more. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hey Hey it's Cinderella (pantomime)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hi5 (children's stage show)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hiawatha (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. High Society (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. High Spirits

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hills Family Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hitler Had a Mummy Too (revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. HMS Pinafore (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hobart's Music Week

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hoffnung Gala Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Holiday on Ice, 1972

Performance at Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA in 1972. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hollywood Hotel Revue Co

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hollywood Revue

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Collection. Home and away (musical)

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Collection. Horsham Country Music Festival

The Horsham Country Music Association was formed in 2006 and the inaugural Horsham Country Music Festival was held in April 2008. The first two Festivals were three day events, before expanding to a four day festival from 2010, with performances held at various locations around the township of Horsham, Victoria. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Host triumphant (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hostile witness (play)

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Collection. Hot shoe shuffle (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Houseguest (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. How to succeed in business without really trying (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Hungarian Art Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Huntington Music Festival

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Collection. Hyundai National Country Music Muster

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. I am not a dentist (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. I do! I do! (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. I love my wife (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Iam not Rappaport (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ice Capades

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ice Parade

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ice show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Illawarra Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Independent Players

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Collection. Inje (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ink

Ink is a 2017 play by James Graham. Directed by Rupert Goold, the play is set in 1969, when media mogul Rupert Murdoch was trying "to make it big" on Fleet Street. Ink follows him on his quest to establish what would become Britain's most influential newspaper - The Sun. The play began previews at the Almeida Theatre on 17 June 2017, with an official opening night on 27 June 2017. The cast included Bertie Carvel as Rupert Murdoch and Richard Coyle as the editor of The Sun, Larry Lamb. The production then transferred to the West End, again led by Carvel and Coyle, officially opening on 19 September 2017 and concluded its run on 6 January 2018. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Innisfail Opera Festival

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Collection. International Barossa Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Choral Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Christmas Tree Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Festival of People's Theatre

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Festival of Young Playwrights

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Festival of Youth Orchestras

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Festival of Youth Orchestras and Performing Arts

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Collection. International Gay and Lesbian Comedy Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Ice Follies

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Ice Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Rock Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Society for Music Education, Xlth Conference

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Year of Peace Concert-1986

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Youth Band Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. International Youth Festivals

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Collection. Intervarsity Choral Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Intervarsity Drama Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Into the woods (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Irish and how they got that way (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Israel Philharmonic Chamber Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Italian Arts Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Italian Festival

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Collection. Italian Musical Extravaganza

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. J.C. Williamson Award, 1845 - 1913

The JC Williamson Award (formerly the James Cassius Award) is the foremost honour that the Australian live entertainment industry can bestow. In awarding the JC Williamson Award, LPA (Live Performance Australia) recognises individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the Australian live entertainment and performing arts industry and shaped the future of our industry for the better. This prestigious and coveted Award is named after the one and only James Cassius (JC) Williamson, who established the company that went on to dominate the Australian theatre scene for much of the 20th century. At its height, JC Williamson's ('The Firm') were one of the great theatre entrepreneurs and venue- owning dynasties in the Australian live entertainment industry. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jack Lumsdaine Memorial Award Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jacques Brel is alive and wellaOE (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jamberoo Valley Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jane Austen (musical recital)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Japan Australia Music Goodwill Mission

Three concerts of this name occurred at the Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW throughout 1996. These concerts featured different performers, though likely occurred to celebrate Japanese culture in Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jara! (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jazz Oz Festival

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Collection. Jeffrey Bernard is unwell (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jerry's girls (musical)

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Collection. Jersey Boys

Opening night at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne 4 July 2009. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jerusalem passion

One of three events, which took place 20th May 1989, 20th March 1991 and 21st March 2008. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jesus Christ Revolution (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jesus Christ Superstar (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Joan of Arc Gift Day (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jockey Club Stakes (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. John Painter Chamber Players

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Collection. Johnny OaKeefe Memorial Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jolson (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Joseph and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat (musical)

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Collection. Journey girl (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Juan de Marcos Afro-Cuban All Stars

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jumped Up University Revue

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Just Four Play Festival

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Collection. Just one man (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Just this once (musical revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kangaroo Valley (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kangaroos Concert Party

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kapunda Celtic Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Karnak Playhouse

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Collection. Karoonda Australian Music Festival

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Collection. Kathryn Selby and Friends

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Collection. Katoomba Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kemp's Jig (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kew Arts Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Keyboard Festival

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Collection. Kiama Jazz Festival

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Collection. Kiama School of Arts Musical Union

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kids at the House

Sydney Opera House youth event. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Killing kangaroos (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. King Albert Book Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. King and I (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. King and I: an evening with Ian Botham and Viv Richards

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. King Haakon Norwegian Relief Fund in England (concert, Melbourne 1940)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. King Kong (musical)

Book by Craig Lucas. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kissing frogs (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kooroora Players/Dramatic Club

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kosciuszko music on Mount Kosciuszko

"National premiere of music composed by General Tadeusz Kosciuszko and of the Strzelecki & Kosciuszko songs : a concert for free-dom, the 17th & 19th of February 2007, Kosciuszko National Park". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kowmung Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kuban Cossacks Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. La Cage aux Folles (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. La Faya Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ladies down under, 2007

Theatre production written by Amanda Whittington, as sequel to her play 'Ladies Day'. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ladiesa night (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lado

Croation Dance tour. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lady Boys of Bangkok, 2004

Performance originating from Edinburgh, Scotland in 1998, directed by Phillip Gandey. Performed at Star City Showroom, Pyrmont, NSW on 6 January 2004. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lady Mary (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lady Precious Stream (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lady Somersa Matinee, Free Kindergarten Union

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lakemba Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lands Department Musical and Dramatic Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Last night of the Proms

British musical event, takes place at the end of The Proms (or BBC Proms) event. Last Night of the Proms takes place every September, and is broadcast on Television and through BBC Radio. It typically involves a series of performances, including popular music and patriotic British songs. Several events of this name have also taken place in Australia, with all but one being at Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW between 1996 and 2017. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Last of the red hot lovers (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Late night catechism (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Latin America Live Inc

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lauder! (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Laura Dance and Cultural Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lawson (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Leader of the pack (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. League of Nations Pageant, 1 November 1929

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Leeton Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Legally blonde (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Legends (concert)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lend me a tenor (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lennon the legend, the music (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Les Miserables (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Let it be

Touring Beetles tribute performances. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Let my people come (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Liberation '75, 19 February 1975

A concert held Wednesday, February 19, 1975 at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, to launch World Mission '75. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Liberty Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lichfield Festival

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Collection. Liedertafel Popular Concert

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Collection. Lift off live

Performance of the Australian television show. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lilydale Eisteddfod

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lion King (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lipstick dreams (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Little shop of horrors (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Living in the 70's (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lockyer Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. London Casino Revue

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. London Festival Ballet

London Festival Ballet was founded in 1950. The name was inspired by the then imminent Festival of Britain, however the Company would later be renamed to today's English National Ballet in 1989. Please also refer to the separate PROMPT file for the English National Ballet. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. London Opera Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lone star (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Long Way to the Top

Touring music showcase. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Looking through a glass onion (musical biography)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lord Mayor's Command Performance (Melbourne)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lord Mayor's Command Performance (Sydney)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lord of the Dance

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Love never dies (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Love! Valour! Compassion! (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lunchtime Playhouse

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lyal Richardson's Concert in the sky

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lyrebird (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Maazel/Vilar Conductorsa Competition

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Macbeth in camera (poetry recital)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Macedon Ranges Classic Jazz and Ragtime Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Macready! a celebration of the actor (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Macunaima

A performance based on the Novel by Mario de Andrede. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mad world (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mad, bad and dangerous to know (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Madame Charvin's War Concert (Sydney 1915)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Madonna and child (play)

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Collection. Maestro and Me, 2003

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Magic Puddin

Performances of the children's book The Magic Pudding. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mahler Centenary concert

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Collection. Malambo Latino, 1979

Performance of dance and music from Latin America. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Maldon Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Male of the species (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Maleny Folk Festival

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Collection. Malvern Festival

The Malvern Festival was first held in 1929 and ran annually until 1939. The PROMPT holdings for the Malvern Festival contain programs featuring Australian performers. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mama (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mamma mia! (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mammoth Stage Entertainment (Red Cross concert, Sydney1941), 1941

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Man Child (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Man from Snowy River (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Man of La Mancha (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Man of sorrows (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Manly Arts Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Manly By the Sea and Manly Song Competition

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Manly Jazz Festival

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Collection. Manning Clark's History of Australia (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Manpower Australia, 2000

Male revue show , referred to in the US as 'Australia's Thunder from Down Under'. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Maples P&A Parade

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marc Salem's Mind Games

Marc Salem was a magician toured who in the early 2000's. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marcus Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Margaret Catchpole (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Margaret Down Under (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mary Poppins (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Massed Band Recital

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Masters, The (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Matchmaking of Antigone (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Me and my girl (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mecca, 1879 - 1932

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Medieval Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Autumn Festival of Organ and Harpsichord

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Autumn Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Bach Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne City Council Municipal Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Early Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Fringe Arts Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Fringe Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne international festival of brass

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne International Festival of Choirs

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne International Festival of Organ and Harpsichord

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne International Festival of the Arts

Melbourne International Arts Festival (formerly Melbourne Festival) is a major international arts festival and a celebration of dance, theatre, music, circus, visual arts, multimedia, outdoor and free events held each October in a number of venues across Melbourne, Australia. The festival was originally named the Spoleto Festival (see separate PROMPT file under Spoleto Festival) and was renamed the Melbourne Festival of the Arts in 1990. It was then renamed the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in 2003, it then was named the Melbourne Festival for a number of years before being renamed the Melbourne International Arts Festival from 2018. This PROMPT file contains material reflecting all these later names. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne International Jazz Festival

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Collection. Melbourne Moomba Festival

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Collection. Melbourne Musical Competitions

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Collection. Melbourne Recital Centre (venue)

Melbourne Recital Centre is a venue for live music in Melbourne. The organisation programs and presents concerts and events across a diverse range of musical genres including classical and chamber, contemporary, pop, folk, rock, electronica, indie, jazz, cabaret and world music. It was opened in 2009, and is Melbourne's second largest auditorium for classical music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Menopause the musical

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Collection. Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet

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Collection. Merchants of Bollywood, 2005 - 2008

The Merchants of Bollywood is an Australian musical, written and directed by Mark Brady, based on the story of the Merchant family's experiences as choreographers in the Bollywood film industry. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mercury Mobile Players

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Collection. Merimbula Country Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Merimbula Jazz Festival

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Collection. Merrepen Festival

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Collection. Merry Minstrel Show

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Collection. Metropolitan Revue

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Collection. Mews Playhouse

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Collection. Mildura Arts Centre Opening Festival

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Collection. Miller's Oceanic Hotel Coogee Kabaret, 5 September 1973

Kabaret' was an event which took place in the Back of the Moon Room at Miller's Oceanic Hotel in Coogee, NSW on 5 September 1973. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Minder Home Concert Party

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mischa Dobrinski's Lunch Hour Recitals

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Collection. Miss Australia competition

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Collection. Miss Burlesque Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Miss Saigon (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mittagong Easter Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mo Awards

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Collection. Mobil Quest

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Collection. Monash Graduate Players

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Collection. Monty Python's Spamalot, 2 September 2016 - 17 September 2016

Theatre performance of Spamalot at Koorliny Arts Centre, Kwinana, WA on 2-17 September 2016. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. More Canterbury tales (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. More than a sentimental bloke (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Morning melodies

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Collection. Moruya Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Moscow Variety Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mostly Mozart

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Collection. Mother Goose (pantomime)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mother Goose and the Stooges (pantomime)

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Collection. Mother's day (play)

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Collection. Mother's Day Gala performance (Women's Hospital Building Fund, Melbourne 1953)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Mount Gambier Eisteddfod

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Collection. Mountain Lark (opera), 1912 - 1990

The Mountain Lark' is an opera set in the Australian Alps and which has been described as Australia's first Migrant Opera. The composer, Hungarian-born Bela Dolesko studied at the Music Academies of Budapest and Vienna and with the famous French composer Maurice Ravel, and migrated to Australia in 1950. He conceived the opera with fellow-Hungarian Akos Olah and with Merle Harvey, an Australian, who were both working on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme and wrote the lyrics. The one-act opera tells of a Norwegian tunnel worker on the Snowy Scheme and his wife, who loves a Yugoslav migrant. An accident abruptly ends the affair by killing the woman's husband and her lover. The work was premiered in Sydney in 1962, and featured Elizabeth May, Ukrainian-born singer Nicolas Jewsewsly, English-born singer Bertrand Harrington, and Dutch-born singer John Kingma, and was produced by Steve Rook. (Information from newspapers on TROVE, and from the program) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Move over Mrs Markham (play)

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Collection. Mowat Carter Concert

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Collection. Mozart at Michelton

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Collection. Mozart Festival

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Collection. Mr P. P. at home (stage show)

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Collection. Mrs Fraser's frenzy (musical)

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Collection. Mrs Winston Churchill's Empire Concert for YWCA War Services (Melbourne)

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Collection. Mudgee Bush Craft and Music Festival

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Collection. Multicultural Theatre Festival

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Collection. Mum's the word (play)

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Collection. Municipal Concert (Melbourne Town Hall)

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Collection. Muriel's Wedding (musical)

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Collection. Music in the Hunter

Music festival, sponsored by Constable Estate, featuring performances by the Goldner String Quartet. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music Loversa Concerts Committee

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Collection. Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1996

Musical event featuring performances from various theatre productions, including Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar and Phantom of the Opera. Event took place at the Melbourne Concert Hall in Melbourne, VIC from 5 July 1996 to August 1996. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music Parade

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Collection. Music Players a70 from New Zealand

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Collection. Music Week (Melbourne)

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Collection. Music Week (NSW)

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Collection. Musica Nova Festival

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Collection. Musica Viva Chamber Players

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Collection. Musical Association of NSW

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Collection. Musical Cascade

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Collection. Musical Theatre Pilot Project

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Collection. Musical Youth International (USA)

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Collection. Mutiny! (musical)

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Collection. My fair lady (musical)

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Collection. My fat friend (play)

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Collection. My sister in this house (play)

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Collection. Mystery of Charles Dickens (play)

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Collection. Nambundah Festival

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Collection. Nameless Jarnndumunha Festival

The Nameless Festival is a community music festival held in Tom Price, in Western Australia's Pilbara region during August. The festival began in 1971, and over the years has featured community events such as balls, open air concerts, art workshops, wood chopping, art exhibitions, fireworks displays, Mardi gras, Beer Festival, pet show, speedway, dances and sporting events. The Festival takes its name from Mount Nameless/Jarndunmunha meaning 'place of rock wallabies' known by the Eastern Guruma people, traditional land owners of the area surrounding Tom Price. In 2011 the region celebrated 40 years of the Festival, and the event name was changed to Nameless Jarnndumunha Festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Nannup Music Festival

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Collection. Nariel Creek Festival

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Collection. National Arts Week

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Collection. National Brass Seminar

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Collection. National Capital Dancesport Championships, 1993 - 2030

National dance competition, governed by DanceSport, which first took place in 1993. The competition takes place each June at the Australian Institute of Sport Arena in the ACT. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. National Celtic Folk Festival

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Collection. National Eisteddfod of Australasia

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Collection. National Festival of Australian Theatre

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Collection. National Festival of Women's Music

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Collection. National Folk Festival

The National Folk Festival was first held in Melbourne in 1967, and was initiated by The Victorian Folk Music Club, The Monash Traditional Music Society, the Burwood Teachers Folk Club and performers Martin Wyndham Reed and Glen Tomasetti. From 1969 until 1991 the festival traveled interstate each year, and was hosted at least once in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Brisbane, Fremantle, Alice Springs, Perth, Kurunda and Maleny. The increasing size of the festival made it harder for the hosting states to organise the festival every year, so since 1992 the festival has been held each year in Canberra, with a 'feature state' on the program - providing increased performance opportunities for artists from that state. The Festival takes place at Exhibition Park in Canberra, and is held from Easter Thursday - Easter Monday. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. National Folkloric Festival

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Collection. National Multicultural Festival

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Collection. National Opera Festival

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Collection. National Operatic Aria Competition

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Collection. National Theatre Arts Festival

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Collection. National Youth Concerto Competition

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Collection. Ned Kelly (musical)

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Collection. Nelligen Country Music Festival

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Collection. New South Wales Drama Festival

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Collection. New South Wales Music Week

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Collection. New South Wales Royal Bicentennial Concert

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Collection. New York International Fringe Festival

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Collection. New York Stand Up Comedy

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Collection. New Zealand International Festival of the Arts

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Collection. Newbury Spring Festival

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Collection. Newcastle Jazz Festival

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Collection. Newport Folk Festival

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Collection. Next Wave Festival

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Collection. Nicholson Museum Concerts

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Collection. Night Mother (play)

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Collection. Night of a thousand stars gala bushfire benefit concert

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Collection. Night of Italian and international stars

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Collection. Night of stars

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Collection. Nine (musical)

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Collection. Nippon Todokai Concert

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Collection. No sex please we're British (play)

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Collection. No worries (play)

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Collection. Noarlunga Festival

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Collection. Noel and Gertie (play)

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Collection. Noel Coward Festival

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Collection. Noises off (play)

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Collection. Norman Gunston live in concert

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Collection. North Coast Jazz Fest

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Collection. North Shore Poetry Project

The North Shore Poetry Project holds regular events held in Willoughby in Sydney (New South Wales), where people interested in poetry meet to write, read, and discuss poetry. The Project was started in 2012 by Philip Porter, after a period as a poet-in-residence at a local cafe under the aegis of Australian Poetry, the peak body for Australian poets. The events are held several times a year and feature tapas food, major Australian poets, established local poets, and 'open mic' section where new poets perform their work. Past guests have included Judith Beverage, Stephen Edgar, Peter Doyle, Mark O'Flynn, Mark Tredinnick, Joanne Burns, John Carey, Luke Fisher, Carol Jenkins, Jakob Ziguras, Peter Bakowski, John Upton, Tricia Dearborn and David Malouf. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. North Side Arts Festival

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Collection. North Side Arts Festival

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Collection. Northern Light Opera Company, Vocal Eisteddfod

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Collection. Not now darling (play)

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Collection. Nuclear (musical)

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Collection. Nudes in brief (revue)

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Collection. Nunsense (musical)

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Collection. Nunsense 2 (musical)

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Collection. Nutcracker on Ice

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Collection. Oba Oba

Cabaret performance. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Oh! What a Night! (musical)

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Collection. Oklahoma! (musical)

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Collection. Old herbaceous (play)

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Collection. Oliver (musical)

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Collection. Olympic Arts Festival (Sydney 2000)

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Collection. On the fringe (revue)

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Collection. On the town, Mayor of Hackney's Charity Gala 1998

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Collection. Once a catholic (play)

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Collection. One moa time! (musical)

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Collection. One small step (play)

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Collection. Only heaven knows (musical)

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Collection. Only when I laugh (play)

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Collection. Opera from Oz

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Collection. Opera in the Highlands

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Collection. Opera in the vineyards

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Collection. Opus Cactus, 2001

Dance theatre performance by company MOMIX. The performance was originally choreographed for the Bellet Arizona in 2001. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Orange Festival of Arts

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Collection. Organs of the Ballarat goldfields, 1996 - 2030

Music festival, established in 1996, consisting of 10 days of early music, with a focus on organ music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Orgy of evil (musical)

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Collection. Oscar, 50 years of Academy Award winning music

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Collection. Other side of the moon (play)

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Collection. Our country's good (play)

Our Country's Good is a 1988 play written by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker, adapted from the Thomas Keneally novel The Playmaker. The story concerns a group of Royal Marines and convicts in a penal colony in New South Wales in the 1780s, who put on a production of (the play) The Recruiting Officer. It was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 10 September 1988, directed by Max Stafford-Clark. It ran on Broadway in 1991. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Our Navy, Our Army, and Our Colonies (pageant, London, UK ca 1907)

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Collection. Out of order (play)

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Collection. Out of the Box Festival of Early Childhood

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Collection. Over the top with Jim (play)

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Collection. Ovide Musin Concert Co

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Collection. Oxford Revue Group

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Collection. Oz Concert

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Collection. Oz Puppet Festival

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Collection. Pacific Circle Music Convention

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Collection. Pacific Tides Festival

Pacific Tides Festival is a festival celebrating Australian indigenous and Pacific Island cultures - performances, food, crafts, and art. The Festival is held in Brisbane, and is part of the larger Quandamooka Festival's three month program of events. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pacific Wave Festival

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Collection. Pageant (musical)

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Collection. Pageant Players

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Collection. Palace of Varieties

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Collection. Paling's Concert Hall

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Collection. Palmer Gardiner Players

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Collection. Pan (musical)

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Collection. Paralympic Arts Festival

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Collection. Paris Can Can, 28 June 2004 - 3 July 2004

Performance of the can-can dance by French dancers from 28 June to 3 July 2004 at State Theatre, Sydney, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Parkes Elvis Festival, 1993

The Parkes Elvis Festival is an annual event celebrating the music and the legend of Elvis Presley. It is held in January in the town of Parkes in New South Wales. The first festival was held in 1993, and has grown from a one night performance to become a five day long festival of all things Elvis. The Festival now attracts large numbers that briefly double the population of Parkes. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pemulwoy (play)

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Collection. Penny blue (play)

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Collection. Pentridge Mess Hall Players

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Collection. Performance Iliad

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Collection. Performance Syndicate

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Collection. Performing Australian Music Competition

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Collection. Persembahan Bintang Utara/Northern Star Show

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Collection. Perth Choral Festival

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Collection. Perth Concert Hall

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Collection. Perth International Festival of Arts

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Collection. Perth Mandolin Festival

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Collection. Phantoad of the opera (musical)

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Collection. Phantom of the opera (musical)

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Collection. Piace Consort, 1981

Two events of this name occurred, both of which featured performances by the London Peace Consort. The first was in Sydney on 5 April 1981 at Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW and the second in Queensland between May and June 1981. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Piaf (musical)

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Collection. Pianoforte Concerto Festival

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Collection. Pioneer Players

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Collection. Pirates of Penzance (musical)

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Collection. Play of Herod (play)

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Collection. Playback Theatre (Sydney)

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Collection. Playbox Theatre (Perth)

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Collection. Playbox Theatre Pty Ltd

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Collection. Players Theatre Co

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Collection. Playland (play)

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Collection. Playworks women writer's workshop

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Collection. Pleasure of his company (play)

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Collection. Plimmer-Denniston Season

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Collection. Pol Art Festival of Polish Visual and Performing Arts

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Collection. Police Fund for Unemployed Relief (concert, Melbourne 1928)

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Collection. Pommy (play)

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Collection. Poppie Nongena (play)

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Collection. Porgy and Bess (opera)

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Collection. Port Fairy Folk Festival

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Collection. Port Fairy Rhapsody in June

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Collection. Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

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Collection. Portmanteau Players

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Collection. Posta Frantisek (bass player)

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Collection. Postcards from Provence (musical)

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Collection. Premier's Gala Concert (Brisbane)

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Collection. Priscilla (musical)

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a transgender woman, aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. The Australian success of Priscilla provoked a two year strong West End production in addition to its Bette Midler-produced Broadway debut in 2011. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Prisoner Cell Block H (musical)

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Collection. Prix D'Amour, 1947

Prix D'Amour (The Price of Love) is a performance of the story of Rose and Lang Hancock by Paul Dion. Based on the book 'Rose' by Robert Wainwright. Performed by the Spectrum Theatre Group Inc at Twyford Hall, Merimbula, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Promenade Concerts (London)

Australian performers include: Peter Dawson, Malcolm McEachern, Florence Austral, John Brownlee, Harold Williams, Horace Stevens, Evelyn Scotney, Eileen Joyce, Ruth Naylor, Joan Hammond, Marjorie Lawrence, Elsie Morison, Sylvia Fisher, William Herbert, John Cameron, Joan Sutherland, Ronald Dowd, Marie Collier, Barry Tuckwell, Yvonne Minton, Anthony Roden, and Florence Austral. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Public Service Players

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Collection. Purcell Commemoration Concert

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Collection. Puss in boots on ice, 1954

Ice skating performance, depicting the story of Puss in Boots. It was performed at Empire Theatre (1927-1960), Sydney, NSW on 27 September 1954. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pyjama tops (play)

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Collection. QANTAS National Folkloric Festival

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Collection. Queen, it's a kinda magic! (musical)

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Collection. Queens Fund for the Relief of Distressed Women in N.S.W

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Collection. Queenscliff Music Festival

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Collection. Queensland Day Gala Concert

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Collection. Queensland Festival of the Arts

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Collection. Queensland Floods Benefit Concert

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Collection. Queensland Jazz Carnival

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Collection. Queensland Music Festival (QMF)

The Queensland Music Festival (QMF) is a biennial state-wide celebration of music, which has been held since 1991. The festival has been renamed twice: it was originally called the Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music, and between 1999 to 2005 the Festival was re-named the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music, with a remit to extend the Festival's reach across the State of Queensland. It was then renamed again in 1997 to the Queensland Music Festival (QMF). The founding Artistic Director of the Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music was Anthony Steel, who directed the 1991 and 1993 Festivals. In his autobiography, Steel remarks the 1993 event was one of his finest achievements. The 1995 and 1997 Festivals were led by Nicholas Heyward as CEO, and Artistic Advisors Jonathan Mills and Richard Mills. The first Artistic Director in 1999 was Simone de Haan, and then from 2001 to 2005 the festival was led by Lyndon Terracini, who established large-scale community projects in regional areas as centrepieces of the Festival's programming policy. Terracini was succeeded by jazz pianist, composer and conductor Paul Grabowsky, who programmed the 2007 Festival (which was also re-named the Queensland Music Festival) before leaving to become Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival. The 2009 and 2011 Festivals were directed by leading Australian artist Deborah Conway, whose programs have developed the QMF reputation and reach, carrying a hallmark of deep long term community engagement in remote Queensland, using the finest Australian artists, combined with daring commissions for Brisbane stages, with music at their core. In February 2012, QMF announced the appointment of internationally renowned jazz musician James Morrison as Artistic Director for the 2013 and 2015 Festivals. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Queer Up North International Arts Festival

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Collection. Ragus the show

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Collection. Rainbow Serpent Festival

The Rainbow Serpent Festival is a large electronic music, art and lifestyle festival, located in the Beaufort region of Victoria, Australia. The festival is mainly known for Psychedelic trance and Minimal Techno music, art installations, work shops and other attractions. The festival occurs on the Australia Day long weekend, and has been held annually since 1997. The name refers to the Australian Indigenous people's dreamtime creation myth of the Rainbow Serpent. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rasputin (musical)

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Collection. Renaissance Players

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Collection. Rent (musical)

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Collection. Respect a musical journey of women (musical)

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Collection. Return to the forbidden planet (musical)

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Collection. Reunion (musical)

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Collection. Rex Reid Dance Players

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Collection. Rhapsody on ice

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Collection. Richard III (play)

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Collection. Rigo's Grand Opera Concerts

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Collection. Ring of Fire (music festival)

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Collection. Rip van Winkle

"First produced in the Australian colonies, Boxing night, Dec. 26, 1883 at the Melbourne Opera House ..." -- Title page. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rock Eisteddfod Challenge

The Rock Eisteddfod Challenge is a series of dance and drama events staged worldwide by school pupils as part of the Global Rock Challenge. These events are initiated by the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge Foundation, and aim to promote healthy lifestyle choices, particularly abstinence from drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. The concept began in Sydney, Australia in 1980 as the Rock 'n' Roll Eisteddfod, a NSW Arts Council sponsored-event. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Rocks Players

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Collection. Rocky Horror Show (musical)

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Collection. Rodeo noir (musical)

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Collection. Rose Marie on ice

Musical comedy on Ice. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Concert (Melbourne)

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Collection. Royal Concert (Sydney)

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Collection. Royal Italian Opera Season

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Collection. Royal Melbourne Hospital Centenary Appeal

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Collection. Royal Music Festival

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Collection. Royal Music Festival and River Pageant

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Collection. Royal Over-Seas League Music Festival

The Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) is a non-profit members' organisation with international headquarters based in its clubhouse in central London, England. It is also a major supporter of the arts, most notably with its prestigious annual music competition. The organisation a supporter of Commonwealth art, music and welfare projects. ROSL ARTS is devoted to the career development of talented young professional artists and musicians from the UK and the Commonwealth, and also presents readings and literary events at its central London headquarters. There is a sister clubhouse in Edinburgh, as well as honorary representatives, branches or reciprocal clubs in more than 90 countries. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Variety Performances

The Royal Variety Performances are gala evenings held annually in the United Kingdom, which are attended by senior members of the British Royal Family, usually the reigning monarch. The evening's performance is a variety show consisting of family entertainment, including comedy, singing, dancing, magic and other speciality acts, and many of the performers and hosts are celebrities. The event is organised on behalf of the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund of which Queen Elizabeth II is patron. All proceeds are donated to the fund. The National Library of Australia collectes programs for Royal Variety Performances which feature Australian artists. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Run for your wife (play)

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Collection. Russian Cossack spectacular

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Collection. Russian spectacular

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Collection. Ruth Wallis Show

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Collection. SA Concert Party for Vietnam

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Collection. Saint David's Cathedral, Hobart Festival of music and drama

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Collection. Saint Joan of the stockyards (play)

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Collection. Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations

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Collection. Saint Patrick's Night Concert

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Collection. Saint Valentine's Jazz Festival

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Collection. Salamanca Arts Festival

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Collection. Sale Eisteddfod

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Collection. Salisbury Festival

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Collection. Salome (play)

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Collection. Salute to Major Glenn Miller

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Collection. Same time next year (play)

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Collection. Sarafina! The music of liberation (musical)

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Collection. Saturday Night Fever (musical)

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Collection. Saturday Night Pops (Footscray, Vic.), 3 December 1921

The last concert of the season for the "Pops", which took place at the Federal Hall. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Say it with music

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Collection. Scandals (cabaret)

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Collection. Scaramouche Jones (play)

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Collection. Schubert Centenary Festival

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Collection. Schubertiade, 13 March 1997

Performance featuring compositions by Franz Schubert and Robert Schubert, part of the Musica Viva event. Took place on 13 March 1997, in the Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Schumann Ives Festival

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Collection. Scotland the Brave

Production to celebrate the music, song and dance of Scotland, featuring more than 100 dancers, singers, and musicians. Performances occurred in in Australia, New Zealand and North America. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Scots Spectacular

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Collection. Scrooge the musical (musical)

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Collection. Senior Citizen's Weeks Gala Concert

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Collection. Sensation (dance event)

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Collection. Sentimental Bloke (musical), 1876 - 1938

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The work was first published in book form in 1915 and sold over 60,000 copies in nine editions within the first year. Two film versions of The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke have been produced: a silent version in 1919 written and directed by Raymond Longford, and which featured Arthur Tauchert as Bill and Lottie Lyell as Doreen; and a "talkie" version in 1932, directed by F.W. Thring from a screenplay by C.J. Dennis. In 1961, a musical called The Sentimental Bloke was produced in Canberra, and later in Melbourne and other cities. The music was by Albert Arlen, with lyrics by Arlen, Nancy Brown and Lloyd Thomson, and it became one of the most successful Australian musicals of the 20h century, and is frequently revived. A television adaptation appeared in 1976, written and directed by Alan Burke and featuring Graeme Blundell as Bill. A ballet version of Arlen's musical was choreographed by Robert Ray, with Albert Arlen's music freely arranged by John Lanchbery. This was presented by The Australian Ballet in 1985, and they presented it on their tour of the Soviet Union. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sesame Street Live, 1981 - 2003

Live action performance of children's show Sesame Street, featuring popular muppets including Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert & Ernie, Grover and Oscar. Performed in Australia several times between 1981 and 2003. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Seven Little Australians (musical)

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Collection. Seventeenth Century Music for Lute and Voice

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Collection. Shakespeare Festival

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Collection. Shakespeare Festival Australia

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Collection. Shakespeare on the Mount Festival

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Collection. Shakespeare's Villains (play)

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Collection. Shane Warne the musical

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Collection. Shaolin Kung Fu Monks

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Collection. Shaolin Kung Fu of Chian

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Collection. Shaolin warriors, 2000 - 2016

Kung Fu show, about strength and perseverence, featuring Kung Fu masters. Performed worldwide, inclduing performances in Australia in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011 and 2016. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. She loves me (musical)

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Collection. Sheet dip

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Collection. Shell Aria, 1950 - 2012

Singing competition held 1950-2012. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shell Folk Art Celebration

Art and performances sponsored by the Shell company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shell Folkloric

Festival now know as the National Folk Festival, was sponsored by Shell as the Shell National Folkloric Festival 1984-1986. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shelley and Debussy (recital)

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Collection. Shirley Valentine (play)

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Collection. Shishi odori (Japanese folk play)

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Collection. Shout! (musical)

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Collection. Show Boat (musical)

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Collection. Showcase

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Collection. Showcase of Young Australian Talent concert

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Collection. Shut your eyes and think of England (play)

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Collection. Side by side by Sondheim (musical)

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Collection. Sidney Myer Free Bach Festival

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Collection. Sidney Myer Free Concerts

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Collection. Sidney Myer Memorial Concerts

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Collection. Sidney Myer Musical Commemoration

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Collection. Simon and Garfunkel in Concert

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Collection. Sinfonia of Sydney

Eugenie Seyd-Wood, a German-born Australian, made provision in her will for her romantic compositions to be performed and recorded. Members of the Australia Ensemble performed. Repertoire included Symphonic Fantasia and The Nightingale and the Rose Ballet Music in Three Scenes. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sing-a-long-a (musicals)

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Collection. Singing in the rain (musical)

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Collection. Singlets (musical trio)

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Collection. Siren (play)

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Collection. Sisterella (musical)

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Collection. Sky song

"Sky Song is a rich and powerful integration of movement and sound, created through the blending of cello, wires singing in the wind, voice, whirly instruments and dancers. [...] Underlying the creation of Sky Song has been a resonance between the music of the wind, the space and energy of the Australian interior and the inner landscape of human emotions and interactions". Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Slava's snowshow

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Collection. Sleep of prisoners (play)

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Collection. Sleuth (play)

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Collection. Smokey Joesa caf♭ (musical)

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Collection. Snapshots from home (play)

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Collection. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (pantomime)

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Collection. Soiree Musicale in aid of La Croix Rouge de France

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Collection. Soirees Musicales Chamber Music Society

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Collection. Song and Aria Festival

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Collection. Song and dance (musical)

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Collection. Song to Sing O (play)

A Song to Sing, O is a one-man musical play by Melvyn Morrow with songs by Gilbert and Sullivan and by George Grossmith, about the life of comedian and actor George Grossmith, who originated the principal comic roles for the most famous Savoy operas from 1877 through the 1880s. The piece has since been played in Australia by Anthony Warlow in 1987 and Dennis Olsen in 1991. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Songs and scenes of Gilbert and Sullivan

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Collection. Songs from Sideshow Alley

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Collection. Songs of the winds (festival)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sophie Tucker Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sorlies Musical Revue

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sorrento Chamber Music Weekends

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Soul of Australasia (recital)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sound of music (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sound of the sitar

Album by Ravi Shankar and live performances of it. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Soundwave Music Festival

Soundwave is an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia. The festival originated in Perth, Western Australia and began travelling to the other Australian capital cities in 2007. It features a number of international and Australian music acts, from various genres including rock, metal and punk. The festival has been headlined by Deftones, The Offspring, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Iron Maiden, System of a Down, Slipknot, and Metallica. The festival is run and promoted by Soundwave Touring, who also run Harvest Festival and promote tours for bands and musicians each year. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sour Cream, 1965

Amateur theatre event at St James Playhouse (1964-1978), Sydney, NSW on 12 February 1965. It was directed by Andrew Fisher and Mungo W MacCallum. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. South Australian Pipes and Drums

One program held for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2010 in which the SA Pipes and Drums performed. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. South Australian Public School Music Society Festival of Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. South Australian State Folk & Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. South Melbourne Celebrity Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. South Pacific & National Folkloric Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. South Pacific (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Southern Highlands Arts Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Southern Highlands Classic Jazz and Ragtime Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Southern Highlands Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spectacular a88

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spike Jones and his Musical Insanities

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spirit of Christmas (Brisbane), 1985

Spirit of Christmas is an annual Christmas concert series, organised by the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The event has taken place every year since 1985. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spirit of Elvis

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spirit of India

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spirit of Ireland

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spirit of the Dance, 1996

One of the largest dance performances in the world, winner a plethora of awards and international popularity. Its debut performance was in September of 1996, and is produced by David King. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spitalfields Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spivakovsky Scholarship for the Composition of Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spivakovsky-Kurtz concerts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spoleto Festival

First staged in 1986 under the direction of composer Gian Carlo Menotti the Spoleto Festival in Melbourne became the third in the Spoleto Festival series-joining Spoleto, Italy, and Charleston, United States. Known as Spoleto Melbourne - Festival of the Three Worlds, it changed its name to the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in 1990. In 2003, the Festival was renamed Melbourne International Arts Festival, and is now commonly known as Melbourne Festival. Material arranged by year: 1986 -1989. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Spray Farm Summer Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. St Albans Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stage Door Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stand Up Down Under Comedy Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stanley McKay's New Musical Comedy Company

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stardust (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stardust Showroom Dinner Theatre

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Starlight express (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Starnight revuea62

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stars of Cadbury Showcase

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stars of the Metropolitan Opera New York

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Starz (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. State Gala Concert in Honour of the French Mission

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Steaming (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Steel City (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Steel magnolias (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stepping out (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Steward of Christendom (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stomp

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stonnington Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stop the world I want to get off, 1986 - 1996

Musical set in a circus and follows the story of main character Littlechap. Performed in Australia once in 1986, twice in 1994, and once in 1996. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stratford Festival

The Stratford Festival (formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean and then Shakespeare Festival) is an internationally recognised annual theatre festival held from April to October in the Canadian city of Stratford, Ontario. Many Australian actors have played roles at the Stratford festival. It was one of the first and is still one of the most prominent arts festivals in Canada and is recognized worldwide for its productions of Shakespearean plays. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Stretch of the imagination (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Strictly Ballroom the Musical

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Studio at Sydney Opera House

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sugar Babies (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Summadayze (music festival)

Summadayze is an annual Australian music festival held in the month of January. The first Summadayze event was held on the 1 January 1998 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. It has since expanded into a four city festival including one in New Zealand. Summadayze is organised by Future Entertainment. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Summer Street (musical, UK)

Summer Street is a British production of an Aussie soap opera musical. The show is written from a very British perception and experience of the Aussie soaps and Australia. It tells the story of four stars of yesteryear as they try to resurrect their failing careers in a comeback TV special. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Summersalt

Music Festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sun Aria (Melbourne)

The Herald Sun Aria, formerly known as The Sun Aria (because it was sponsored by The Sun News-Pictorial) is a vocal competition for emerging opera singers held in Victoria, Australia, each year. Notable past winners include Dame Malvina Major, Dame Joan Sutherland (1949) and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sun Aria (Sydney)

Performance of winners of the Sun Aria in Sydney. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sun Micro Systems Yarra Valley Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sunday Night at the Opera House

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sunset Boulevard (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Supergirly

Lulu McClatchy is an Australian actress and comedian. She started to write and perform her own shows at the Edinburgh Festival. She created the comedy show Supergirly, and performed sold-out seasons in the West End and Edinburgh, supported Elton John on his Australian tour, and starred in her own BBC sitcom. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sutton's Recital programmes

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sutton's Star for Opera Quest

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Suzuki Pan-Pacific Conference

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Swaledale Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Swallow's Parade

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Swan Hill National Theatre presents Shakespeare Festival 1956.

Cover title. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Swan Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Swan River Saga (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sweet bird of youth (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sweet Charity (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sweet Honey in the Rock, 1973 - 2030

Acapella ensemble, made up of African-American, female singers. The group was founded in 1973, and has since been nominated for three Grammy Awards. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sweet simplicity (Opera by Fred A. Packer. Government House, Hobart 1888)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Swing and jazz show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Swoon Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney A Capella Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Asian Theatre Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Cabaret Convention

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Comedy Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Cove (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Eisteddfod

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Festival Ballet

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Festival Ballet Company

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Fringe Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Harbour Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney International Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney International Piano Competition

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Mozart Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Organ Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Player's Club

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Shakespeare Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Spring International Festival of New Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Symphony Super Dome Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney University Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Youth Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney/Canberra Youth Musicale

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Symposium on Indigenous Music & Dance

The first Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance was held at the 2002 Garma Festival of Traditional Culture in partnership with the Yothu Yindi Foundation, the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne. This initial meeting resolved that community, academic and industry partners should collaborate to ensure that endangered Australian performance repertoires be recorded and held for future generations; that digital archives be established to support local access to all data generated; and that materials are made available to appropriate community health, education, goverance and business initiatives. The Symposium is held annually as the main meeting of the National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia, which is now co-directed by Dr Payi Linda Ford of the CDU Northern institute and Dr Aaron Corn of the ANU School of Music. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tagari Lia A festival of contemporary Aboriginal arts from Australia

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tait's Saturday Pops, 1914

A series of at least 22 concerts, potentially held at 'The Auditorium' in Melbourne. The 15th concert was held on the 25 July 1914, and the 22nd concert was on the 10 October 1914. (based on The Argus articles in trove) Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Take Over Australian festival for young people

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Talking heads (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Talley's folly (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tamworth Country Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasmania Day (Gala Family concert, Hobart)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasmanian Chamber Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasmanian Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasmanian Summer Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasmanian Youth Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tasmania's International Week opera and ballet Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ten days on the island (festival)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Terrace Proms

Classical music performances on the terraces of buildings. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tetrafide

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Texas Boy's Choir Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Texas Jack and his Wild West Dramatic Co.

Four page program for January 12, 1900 containing "Part I: Feats of sharp shooting, lassoing and horsemanship by the King of Cowboys, Texas Jack; Part II: For the first time in Australia the original and thrilling drama, 'Hands Up.' Or the true career of Ned Kelly and his comrades. Written by E.J. Cole, the Bohemian Lecturer." (Ned Kelly played by Mr J.B. North). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. That eye the sky (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. That's the way it is! (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Big Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Bodyguard (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Cakeman (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Carer a comedy (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Dirty Brothers Sideshow

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Dreamers (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Dreaming, Australia's International Indigenous Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Dresser (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Elton Jack Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The English Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The First Sydney Shakespeare Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Full Monty (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The future Australian race

A play based on the 1877 satirical essay of the same name by Markus Clarke, written and produced by Sue Gore & Bill Garner and performed in 2008. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Gambler (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Gift of Vagrancy (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Gin Game (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Graduate (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Heretic (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Hobbit (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Holly and the Ivy (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Importance of being Earnest (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Jim Riley Show

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Kingfisher (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Last Emperor, Liaoning Chinese Ballet

Choreographed by Ivan Cavallari. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Magic Show (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Main Event

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Mandarin (opera), 1896

Opera show, with Chinese roots and comedic elements. Performed at Theatre Royal, Adelaide, SA 16-23 November 1896. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Mating Season (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Mikado (opera)

The Mikado (also known as The Town of Titipu) is a comedic opera by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert. It was first performed in 1885 in England. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (play)

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a mystery fiction novel by Australian writer Fergus Hume which was first published in Australia in 1886. The plot is set in Melbourne, and focuses on the investigation of a murder involving a body discovered in a hansom cab, as well as an exploration into the social class divide in the city. The book became an international bestseller, and has been adapted for the stage and film. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The old country (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The peoples music (show)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Playhouse (Sydney 1917)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Plumbers Opera

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Popular Mechanicals (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Queen and I (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Quiet Achievers (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Radio Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Romps

The Australian Pop Orchestra and Rantos Collegium and the Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Secret garden (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The secretary bird (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The story of the rosary

A romantic play by the British dramatist Walter Howard first performed in Manchester, Sept. 1913 with its London season opening on the 26th Dec. 1913. It was to tour Australia in autumn 1914 however evidence suggests the Australian season was delayed until 1916, when it was produced under J.C. Williamson. Includes two posters, two broadsides, a souvenir programme for the 100th performance, newscutting, one postcard and one ms. cast sheet with the letterhead J.C. Williamson Ltd., Sydney. The majority of printed items are from the Princes Theatre, London whereas the coloured facsimile poster is from a season at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, starting on Saturday, 5 August 1916. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The sunshine boys (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Two Ronnies (comedy revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Witness (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The World's Entertainers

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Theatre Royal Musical Comedy Company

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Theorem, 1981 - 1983

A theatre performance starring 50 handicapped actors. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. They are playing our song (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thirteen Rue De laAmour (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thomas Quinlan Season

Season/s of Operas Produced by Thomas Quinlan, 1910-1912. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thorndike Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thredbo All Star Benefit Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thredbo Global Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thredbo Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thredbo World Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thredbo's Legends of Jazz Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Thunderbirds FAB, 13 February 1990

Theatre performance based on the popular 1960s kids' television series 'Thunderbirds'. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tin Alley Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tintookies, 1930 - 1998

The Tintookies, from an Aboriginal word meaning 'little people who come from the sandhills', was an elaborate marionette musical theatre production first staged by creator Peter Scriven at the Elizabethan Theatre in Sydney in 1956. Peter Scriven MBE (1930-1998) was the founding artistic director of the Marionette Theatre of Australia, and after the success of this production, Tintookie became the generic name for any of the puppets used by the Marionette Theatre of Australia (formed by Scriven under the auspices of the Elizabethan Theatre Trust). Scriven's work legitimised Australian puppetry, transforming it into a major performing art form. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tippett Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. To the Snowy (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tokyo nights (revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tom foolery (musical revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tomita sound cloud

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Top Half Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Topics of 1925 (revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Torch song trilogy (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Torque Show (dance company)

Torque Show is a performance company founded by Ross Ganf, Ingrid Weisfelt & Vincent Crowley in 2010. It is based in Victoria and South Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tower Twilight at Taronga

Twilight at Taronga Is an annual concert series at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Trafford Tanzi (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Travels with my aunt (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Trial of the Catonsville Nine (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tribute (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Trinity Concerts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Troubadours

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. True story of the suffragettes (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Trumpet and organ spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Trust Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tubular Bells for Two

Tubular Bells for Two is a musical and theatrical act developed by Australian multi-instrumentalists Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts. They have have arranged the entire score of Mike Oldfield's 1973 hit album Tubular Bells to be performed by just two musicians, and toured the show to great success accross Australia and the United Kingdom. They have won numerous awards including at the 2015 Adelaide Fringe Festival, the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the the 2010 Sydney Fringe Festival. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tusitalia (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. TV Stars on parade

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Two and two make sex (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Two of us (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Two up (musical revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ukrainian National Festival (Canberra)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ultimate Event

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ultimate Rock Symphony Arena Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Umoja, 2002

Africa Umoja - The Spirit of Togetherness performance of South African song and dance, created by Todd Twala and Thembi Nyandeni. Performed in Australia multiple times in 2002 in South Brisbane, Melbourne and Pyrmont. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Una Noche de Tango, 2004

Tango dance performance, organised by Edgley International, and directed by Miguel Angel Zotto. This performance occurred in Australia in September 2004, first at Concert Hall, South Bank, QLD then at Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Unik (revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Union Festival of the Arts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Unitas Chamber Players (Hobart)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. United Nations Disarmament Week

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. United States Seventh Fleet Band

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. University of Sydney Great Hall (organ recitals)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. University of Sydney International Drama Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. University of Sydney International Festival of Drama and Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. University of Sydney Revues

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. University of Wollongong Festival of Creative Arts

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Up ana Under (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Urban Dream Capsule, 18 October 1996 - 2 November 1996

Performance art featuring five men hermetically sealed in Myer's front window displays, where they are on display for 24 hours a day. This was a part of the 1996 Melbourne International Festival of the Arts. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vale of Glamorgan Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vast (dance event)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vaughan Williams Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. VCE Season of Excellence

The VCE Season of Excellence presents works created by Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) students in design, technology, multimedia and the cinematic, visual and performing arts through exhibitions, screenings and performances supported by education talks, forums and panel discussions, catalogues, programs and online material. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vegemite tales (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Venetian twins (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victor Harbor Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victoria Hall, Manly Grand Benefit Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victoria, Victoria (concert)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victorian Chamber Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victorian Festival Choir

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victorian Railways Musical Society

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Violet Matinees in aid of Women's Hospital (Sydney)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Virtual Unreality (revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Vivid Festival, Sydney

Vivid Sydney describes itself as a 23 day festival of light, music and ideas, where art, technology and commerce intersect. It features creative industry forums, a free public exhibition of outdoor lighting sculptures and installations, and a contemporary music program. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Voices in the Forest

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wagga Wagga Eisteddfod

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wagga Wagga School of Arts Drama Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wagga Wagga School of Arts Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wakefield Plays

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wallflowering (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Walt Disney's World on Ice, 1993 - 1996

Ice skating performance, featuring a number of Disney's most famous characters. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wangaratta Arts Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wangaratta Jazz festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. War Chest Fund (Musical War Masque, Orange, NSW)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. War Horse (play), 1959

War Horse is a play based on the book of the same name by children's writer Michael Morpurgo, which was adapted for stage by Nick Stafford. The stage production featured complex full scale horse puppets produced by South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Warana Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Warringah Mall Music Theatre Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Washington International Theatre Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Water revue

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Water ski revue

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Waterfront Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. We will rock you (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. WEA Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Weary

A new play by Alan Hopgood, directed by Roger Hodgman. Starring Ron Falk, Neil Pigot and David Trendinnick. Australian Tour 2005. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Welsh and Old English Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wesley Choral Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. West Side Story (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Western Suburbs Musical & Dramatic Company

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Westside Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Whale nation (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. What the butler saw (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. What the World Needs Now (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. When I was a girl I used to scream and shout (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Whirling Dervishes

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. White Baptist ABBA fan (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Who let the wogs out? (stage show)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Who stole my closet? (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Whose life is it anyway? (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Why not stay for breakfast? (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wicked, the Broadway musical (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wild Zebra (dance), 2003

Performance of ballet and acrobatics, choreographed by Zhang Jigang and inspired by various African animals, specifically zebras. Performed in Australia in Melbourne (27 February-8 March 2003), Canberra (11-15 March 2003) and Sydney (21 March 2003). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Willem van Otterloo Memorial Fund

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wingham Akoostik Music Festival

The Akoostik Music Festival is held anually in Wingham Central Park in Wingham, on the mid-north coast region of New South Wales, during October. It presents local and touring acts of various genres of music such as Acoustic, Rock, Reggae & "everything alternative". The festival aims to provide, improve and promote arts activities and opportunities in the Manning Valley. [information from the Festival website, 2017] Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Winnie the Pooh (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Winter Music Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Witches of Eastwick (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wizard of Oz (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wizard of Oz on Ice (Sydney)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wizards of Oz Australian Music Showcases (Japan)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wog boys (musical comedy)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wog-a-rama (musical comedy)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wogs out of work (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wollombi Folk Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Womad at the House

Two of the finest World Music acts, Geoffrey Oreyema & Shooglenifty, perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. WOMADelaide

WOMADelaide is an annual world music and dance festival held in Adelaide, South Australia as part of the WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) series of music festivals. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Womad Festival, UK

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Womad NZ 99 (Auckland)

World of Music Festival New Zealand. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Womad Pacific festival (Auckland)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Woman in black (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Women behind bars (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wonderful town (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Woodford Folk Festival

The Woodford Folk Festival is an annual music and cultural festival held near the semi-rural town of Woodford, 72 km north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Workers Symphony Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. World Expo on Stage (Brisbane)

A part of the World Expo 88, World Expo on Stage involves performances of international music, opera and theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Complex. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. World Festival Choir

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. World goes round (musical)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. World of Suzie Wong (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. World Symposium on Choral Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. World's Greatest Dance Spectacular

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Woza Albert (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Yamaha Australian Youth piano Competition

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Yamaha Piano Expo

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Yamaha Song festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Yarra Valley Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Yes, Prime Minister (play)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. York Play

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. York Winter Festival

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Young Elizabethan Players

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Young Performer's Awards

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. YWCA Coronation Concert (Melbourne), 1926

Link to catalogue record.

Class. Subjects

Collection. Arts Vietnam

catalogue record.

Collection. Music of Central Europe

catalogue record.

Collection. Music and Dance of Indonesia

catalogue record.

Collection. Opera in Australia [1916-1937], 1875 - 1952

Scrapbooks assembled between 1916 and 1937 relating to press coverage of opera in Australia providing a detailed look at Australian society and music, the various enterprises, the singers and players, couture, gossip and satire. Includes a record for the Gonsalez Italian Grand Opera, the Williamson Grand Opera Company, Sir Benjamin Fuller's Royal Grand Opera Company seasons. Extra material documents the J.C Williamson and Colonel W. de Basil's tour of the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet 1936-1937 as well as the Australian performances of Elizabeth Rethberg and Ezio Pinza. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Opera and operatic life in Australia, 1924 - 1932

Scrapbooks assembled between 1924 and 1932 relating to press coverage of opera in Australia providing a detailed look at Australian society and music, the various enterprises, the singers and players, couture, gossip and satire. Includes a record for the Melba-Williamson seasons and related events in 1924, Melba's career, her public image and skills as an entrepreneur. Includes profiles of individual artists, public reception and promotion, ticket sales, venues and coverage to the wireless broadcast of opera in Australia and the ongoing debate concerning a national opera. Includes the rivalry between Fuller and Tait over opera production, the courtship and marriage of Toti dal Monte, the cost of opera and the value of theatre real estate. Includes satirical popular press and the serious musical reviews. The pictorial component includes various aspects of press photography and a broad array of work by the black and white press artists of the day. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Programs and related material regarding Australian performers in UK pantomime, 1981 - 2022

Collection of programmes, ephemera, reviews, posters, etc. covering the appearances of Australian TV soap stars in British pantomimes.Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Class. Sharp collection of Theatre programs, March 1884 - July 1911

These programs were colleced by Harry Sharp between 1884 and 1910. In 1884, Harry was a 22-year-old picture framer and gilder living in Leichhardt, in inner Sydney, with his wife Ada. The family later moved to Denham Court, 40 kilometres south-west of Sydney, and continued their patronage of Sydney's theatres, keeping the programs of the attractions they saw. Harry Sharp died in 1939, and the programs were re-discovered in 1992. The Sharp collection has been kept intact, providing both a document of one family's theatregoing and a snapshot of popular theatre in Sydney over a period of nearly 20 years. Sharp's theatrical tastes were eclectic, ranging from Wagner's operas to vaudeville at Rickards' Tivoli theatre, from Shakespearean tragedies to Australian melodramas such as Breaking of the Drought, and Robbery Under Arms. [Information taken from an article by Richard Stone, published in the NLA News in October 2003 - Volume XIII Number 14.]Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

Collection. Sydney and Adelaide

catalogue record.

Class. Venues

Collection. 20s Music Hall Restaurant

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Abbey Theatre, Ireland

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adelaide Festival Centre

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Adelaide Town Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. ANA Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bowl Music Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Broken Hill Town Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Bull 'n Bush (theatre restaurant)

The Bull 'n Bush was a music hall theatre restaurant in East Sydney, run by former vaudevillian and later leading television producer Frank Strain for over twenty years. It operated until 1983, and it's popular long term host was Noel Brophy. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Carousel Cabaret

Venue in Kings Cross, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Chalwin Castle

Venue located in Mossman, NSW. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Community Playhouse Darlinghurst, NSW

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dirty Dick's Theatre Restaurant

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Dracula's Cabaret Restaurants, 1930

Tikki & John Newman OAM and their family operate two Dracula's cabaret restaruants, in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast, and they are described as the longest running dinner theatre operations in Australia. Tikki and John Newman originally opened Tikki & John's Vaudeville Dinner Theatre in Melbourne in1964, and Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant was opened in Melbourne in 1981 as a spin off from this. The Gold Coast restaurant was opened in 1985. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Empire Theatre, Toowoomba

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ensemble Theatre, Sydney

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Entracte

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Fishmongers Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Garner's Assembly Rooms

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Grainger Museum

The Grainger Museum is located at the University of Melbourne, and is the only purpose-built autobiographical museum in Australia. Its collection contains objects directly related to Percy Grainger's career, such as scores and manuscripts, and as well as diaries, ethnographic objects, furniture, decorative arts, photographs, artworks, clothing and correspondence associated with, and collected by Grainger. Grainger began planning the Museum after his mother's death in 1922, and it was officially opened in December 1938. The building was designed by the University's architect, John Gawler of the firm Gawler and Drummond, in close consultation with Grainger. The Museum's historical and architectural significance is recognised by the building's inclusion on the Register of the National Estate and the Victorian Heritage Register, and its classification by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. His Majesty's Theatre, Perth

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Collection. IRAA Theatre Co.

Founded in Rome in 1978 by Renato Cuocolo, the IRAA Theater moved to Melbourne in 1988. The company presents contemporary and experimental theatrical works which challenge traditional ideas of acting and performance. It has received international awards and critical reviews. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Istituto Italiano de Cultura di Melbourne

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jamberoo Protestant Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jools Restaurant, Sydney

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Jupiters Casino

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kiama Oddfellows Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kiama Temperance Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Kinselas

Kinselas is an iconic Sydney venue which has been known as a nightclub, music venue, restaurant and bar over the years. The Chapel, with its high and ornate art deco ceilings, is a striking tribute to the building's history as a funeral parlour: it was the headquarters of Charles Kinsela, Undertaker, from 1933 until 1982; at which time it was converted into a restaurant that can boast the names Tony Bilson and Tetsuya Wakuda. Kinselas now lays claim to being the friendliest and most welcoming bar in Darlinghurst. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Laiki Skini

Greek Theatre in Melbourne. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Lido

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Luna Park, Sydney

Luna Park Sydney (originally Luna Park Milsons Point, also known as Sydney's Luna Park) is an amusement park located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Luna Park is located at Milsons Point, on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour. The park was constructed at the 600 meters from the Sydney Harbour Bridge during 1935, and ran for seventy-month seasons until 1972, when it was opened year-round. Luna Park was closed in mid-1979, immediately following the Ghost Train fire, which killed 6 children and one adult. Most of the park was demolished, and a new amusement park was constructed; this originally operated under the name of Harbourside Amusement Park before resuming the Luna Park name. The park was closed again in 1988 as an independent engineering inspection determined that several rides needed urgent repair. The owners failed to repair and reopen the park before a New South Wales government deadline, and ownership was passed to a new body. Reopening in 1995, Luna Park closed again after thirteen months because of the Big Dipper rollercoaster: noise pollution complaints from residents on the clifftop above the park caused the ride's operating hours to be heavily restricted, and the resultant drop in attendance made the park unprofitable. After another redevelopment, Luna Park reopened in 2004 and has continued operating since. Luna Park is one of two amusement parks in the world that are protected by government legislation; several of the buildings on the site are also listed on the Register of the National Estate and the NSW State Heritage Register. The park has been utilised as a filming location for several movies and television shows. [information from Wikipedia, 2018]. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Maltese Migration Centennial, Gala Concert

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Marian Street theatre

Marian Street Theatre is a 280 seat theatre venue located in Killara, in Sydney, New South Wales. The Marian Street Theatre has a long history as a community cultural asset since its construction as a hall in 1906, but especially following its development. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Opera House

The Opera House in Bourke Street, Melbourne (also known as the Prince of Wales Opera House and the Melbourne Opera House) was designed by architect George Johnson. The theatre opened in August 1872 with the play London Assurance. For the next 28 years it presented a variety of entertainments, including Lyster's Opera Co. which featured Nellie Stewart in light operas, the Brough-Boucicault Company producing Gaiety burlesques, and Bendigo-born entrepreneurs, the MacMahon brothers, presenting J.F. Sheridan in the popular farce Fun on the Bristol. From 1895 vaudevillian Harry Rickards leased the building and presented his New Tivoli Minstrels (see separate PROMPT file relating to the Tivoli Theatre Circuit). In 1896 the building saw the first screening of motion pictures in Australia when Rickards engaged the American illusionist Carl Hertz to project his 'Cinematographer'. The Health Department ordered demolition of the theatre in 1900, and so Rickards commissioned architect William Pitt to design the New Opera House (later called the Tivoli Theatre). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Melbourne Town Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Menzies Hotel, Sydney (revue)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music Hall Follies

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Music Loft Theatre Restaurant

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music

The New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music opened on 6 March 1916 and is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia. In 1935 the Conservatorium Opera School was founded (see separate PROMPT file), and in 1990 the Conservatorium amalgamated with the University of Sydney, and was renamed the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (also a separate PROMPT file). Link to catalogue record.

Collection. North End Hall

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Collection. Northern Rivers Performing Arts Inc

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Oo La La French Music Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Pokey's

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Ross Coleman Performing Arts Studios

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Royal Hall (Footscray, Vic)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saint Jamesa Church, King Street, Sydney

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saint Luke's Church, North Fitzroy, Melbourne

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saint Stephen's, Macquarie Street, Sydney

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Saturday night at the Tiv (Minerva Theatre, Sydney)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Shellharbor Temperance Hall

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Silver Spade

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Smart Set

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Entertainment Centre (venue)

The Sydney Entertainment Centre (later known as Qantas Credit Union Arena) was a multi-purpose arena located in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia. It opened in May 1983 to replace Sydney Stadium, which had been demolished in 1970. The centre was owned by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority was one of Sydney's larger concert venues, licensed to accommodate over 13,000 people as a conventional theatre or 8,000 as a theatre-in-the-round. It was the largest permanent concert venue in Sydney until 1999, when the Sydney Super Dome opened at Sydney Olympic Park. The venue averaged attendances of 1 million people each year and hosted concerts, family shows, sporting events and corporate events. It was demolished in 2016. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Oktoberfest

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Basement

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Boite (Melbourne)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Glaciarium

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. The Greenroom

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tilbury

Hotel, Woolloomooloo. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Toxteth Park

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Tracks Dance

Hotel, Woolloomooloo. Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Victoriana (music hall)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wesley Church (Melbourne)

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. Wrest Point Hotel and Casino

Link to catalogue record.

Collection. YWCA Hall, Sydney

Link to catalogue record.


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