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Title	Entrepreneurs, Empires and Pantomimes
Alternative Title	J. C. Williamson's Pantomime Productions as a Site to Review the Cultural Construction of an Australian Theatre Industry, 1882 to 1914
Creator Contributors	Josephine Fantasia, Author
Abstract/Description	A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Genre	Pantomime
Related Events	Sinbad the Sailor of the Fairy of the Diamond Valley, Adelphi Theatre (1911-1916), Sydney, NSW, 27 March 1915 Babes in the Wood, Adelphi Theatre (1911-1916), Sydney, NSW, 19 December 1914 Cinderella , Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 19 December 1914 Sinbad the Sailor of the Fairy of the Diamond Valley, King's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 19 December 1914 The Forty Thieves, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 29 August 1914 Aladdin, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 17 June 1914 Forty Thieves, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 28 March 1914 Aladdin, Adelphi Theatre (1911-1916), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1913 Forty Thieves, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 18 December 1913 Puss in Boots, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 15 March 1913 Little Red Riding Hood, King's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1912 Puss in Boots, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 21 December 1912 Sinbad the Sailor, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 27 April 1912 The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe, King's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 30 March 1912 Sinbad the Sailor, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 23 December 1911 Jack and the Beanstalk, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 8 April 1911 Jack and the Beanstalk, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 17 December 1910 Aladdin, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 12 March 1910 Babes in the Wood, King's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1909 Aladdin, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 18 December 1909 Jack and Jill, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 3 April 1909 Cinderella, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 19 December 1908 Jack and Jill, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 19 December 1908 Humpty Dumpty, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 18 April 1908 Humpty Dumpty, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 21 December 1907 Bluebell in Fairyland, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 14 December 1907 Mother Goose, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 22 March 1907 Alice in Wonderland, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1906 Mother Goose, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 22 December 1906 Sinbad the Sailor or the Fairy of the Diamond Valley, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1905 Sinbad the Sailor or the Fairy of the Diamond Valley, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1904 Red Riding Hood, Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1903 The Sleeping Beauty and The Beast or Mother Goose and the Seven Champions, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1903 Cinderella, the Crystal Slipper, and the Little Girl who put her Foot in it, Criterion Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1902 Dick Whittington and His Cat, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1902 Aladdin, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 22 February 1902 Aladdin, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1901 Alice in Wonderland, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 21 December 1901 Cinderella, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 18 March 1901 Puss in Boots, Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 16 February 1901 Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man!, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 9 February 1901 Australis; or, the City of Zero, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1900 Cinderella, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1900 Puss in Boots, Tivoli Theatre (1893-1929), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1900 Little Red Riding Hood or Keeping the Wolf from the Door, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1899 Jack and the Beanstalk or, Harlequin and the Magic Bean, Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1898 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; a Tale of Persian Company-Promoting, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1898 Babes in the Woods or Bold Robin Hood and His Merry Men, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 2 April 1898 Jack the Giant Killer, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 5 February 1898 Babes in the Woods or Bold Robin Hood and His Merry Men, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1897 Dick Whittington and His Cat or Harlequin the Demon Rat and the Good Fairies of the Bells, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 27 December 1897 Dick Whittington or Harlequin King Canabicus, Lyceum Theatre (1892-1918), Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1897 Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man!, Wellington Opera House (1888-1914), Wellington, 27 December 1897 Jack the Giant Killer, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1897 Robinson Crusoe, Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 27 December 1897 Matsa, Queen of Fire or, the Apples of Isis, the Dates of Osiris, and the Little People of the Mountains of the Moon, Onn and Oph, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 27 February 1897 Matsa, Queen of Fire or, the Apples of Isis, the Dates of Osiris, and the Little People of the Mountains of the Moon, Onn and Oph, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1896 Sinbad the Sailor, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1896 Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man!, Lyceum Theatre (1892-1918), Sydney, NSW, 28 March 1896 Djin Djin - the Japanese Bogie-Man!, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1895 Robinson Crusoe, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1895 Santa Claus, the House that Jack Built and the Historical Giant Killer, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1895 Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 2 February 1895 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1894 The House that Jack Built, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1894 Beauty and the Beast, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 22 December 1894 Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper, Lyceum Theatre (1892-1918), Sydney, NSW, 22 December 1894 Beauty and the Beast, Lyceum Theatre (1892-1918), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1893 Jack the Giant Killer, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1893 Little Red Riding Hood or Harlequin Boy Blue, the Good Fairy, the Wicked Wolf, the Bold Bad Baron, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1893 Sinbad the Sailor, Little Jack Horner and the Old Man of the Sea, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1893 The Babes or Whines in the Wood, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 23 December 1893 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1892 Babes in the Woods or Bold Robin Hood and his Foresters Good, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1892 Bluebeard, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1892 Little Cinderella and her Great Big Sister or the Lover, the Lackey and the Little Glass Slipper, Alhambra Music Hall, Haymarket, NSW, 24 December 1892 Little Red Riding Hood or Harlequin Boy Blue, the Good Fairy, the Wicked Wolf, the Bold Bad Baron, Lyceum Theatre (1892-1918), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1892 Dick Whittington and His Cat or Harlequin the Demon Rat and the Good Fairies of the Bells, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1891 Jack the Giant Killer or, Harlequin Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum, the Demon Spider and the Fairies of the Silver Lake, Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1891 Babes in the Woods or Bold Robin Hood and his Foresters Good, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1891 Harlequin or the Forty Thieves, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 24 December 1891 Aladdin, being an Old Version of a New Lamp , Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1890 Cinderella, Gold and Silver and the Little Glass Slipper, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1890 Dick Whittington and His Cat, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1890 Aladdin, being an Old Version of a New Lamp , Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1889 Cinderella, Gold and Silver and the Little Glass Slipper, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1889 Sinbad the Sailor or, Tinbad the Tailor and the Wicked Ogre and the Good Fairy Submarine, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 20 April 1889 Sinbad the Sailor or, Tinbad the Tailor and the Wicked Ogre and the Good Fairy Submarine, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1888 Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Cannibal Islands, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1887 Jack the Giant Killer and Little Bo Peep or, Harlequin King Arthur and the Enchanted Sheep, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1887 Dick Whittington and His Cat; a Pantomime with a Purr-Puss, Royal Standard Theatre (1886-1901), Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1886 The Sleeping Beauty or; Harlequin Mother Goose and the Seven Champions, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1886 A Trip to the Moon; or Harlequin the Witty-un and the Kats and the Sleepless Beauties, Academy of Music (1882-1890), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1886 Robinson Crusoe, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1886 Babes in the Wood, St. George's Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1885 Cinderella, or her Sisters, her Sorrows and her Little Glass Slipper or, the Fairy Godmother who wouldn't let the Bad, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1885 Harlequin Black 'Hide Susan and Her Plain Bill', Academy of Music (1882-1890), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1885 Mother Goose and the Enchanted Fairy, Olympic Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1885 Sleeping Beauty or, Harlequin Mother Goose and the Seven Champions of Christendom, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1885 Harlequin Black Bluebeard or, the Merry Musselman's Mother-in-Law, Academy of Music (1882-1890), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1884 Little Red Riding Hood or, Harlequin Boy Blue, the Good Fairy and the Naughty Wolf, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1884 Cinderella, her Sisters, her Sorrows, and her Little Glass Slipper or, the Fairy Godmother who wouldn't let the Bad, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1884 Sinbad the Sailor or, the Genii of the Diamond Valley and the New Guinea of the Future, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1884 Aladdin or Harlequin, the Wonderful Ring, the Magical Lamp and the Pretty Young Maiden who Loved a Great Scamp ..., Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1883 Jack and the Beanstalk and See-Saw, Margery Daw or, Harlequin Man in the Moon, The Love Birds of Fairyland, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1883 The Forty Thieves, Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1883 The Babes or Whines in the Wood, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 23 December 1883 Aladdin or Harlequin, the Wonderful Ring, the Magical Lamp and the Pretty Young Maiden who Loved a Great Scamp ..., Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1882 Jack and the Beanstalk and See-Saw, Margery Daw or, Harlequin Man in the Moon, The Love Birds of Fairyland, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1882 Pantomime (in Black) St George and the Dragon, Victoria Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1882 Sinbad the Sailor, Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1882 Harlequin Blue Beard or, The Heathen Chinee and the Good Fairy of the Plumed Throne of Fairyland, Queen's Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1881 Sinbad the Sailor or, the Caliph's Daughter, the Old Man and the Sea, and the dwarf of the Diamond Valley, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1881 Dyk Whyttyngtonne and Hys Catte or, Arlekyn Lyttel Bo-Peepe and Ye Faerie Chymes of Bowe-Bells, Princess's Theatre and Opera House (1857-1886), Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1881 Gulliver or, Harlequin King Lilliput, Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1881 Whittington and His Cat, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1881 Jack the Giant Killer, Queen's Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1880 King of the Tranquil Valley, and Brutus, the Tyrant; or Harlequin Corin and the Princess Carpillona, Opera House (1879-1900), Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1880 Sinbad the Sailor; or The Pet of the Pearl; The Old Man of the Sea; and the Dwarf of the Diamond Valley, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 27 December 1880 Little Goody Two Shoes or, Harlequin Who Killed Cock Robin, Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1880 Amphibio, the Rhine Queen or Harequin Sir Rupert, the Knight, the Naiad and the Little Water Wagtail, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1879 Babes in the Wood or Who Killed Cock Robin, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 December 1879 Cinderella or, Harlequin Prince Beauteous the Butterfly Fairy, Goblin Spider and the Little Glass Slipper, Academy of Music, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1879 The Babes in the Wood, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 26 December 1879 Robinson Crusoe or, Friday and His Funny Family, Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne, VIC, 24 December 1879
Related Contributors	James Cassius Williamson
Related Organisation	J C Williamson Limited (1910-1979) Williamson and Musgrove Williamson, Garner and Co. Williamson, Garner and Musgrove
Publisher	Department of English, University of Sydney
Date Issued	March 1996
Holding Institution	The University of Sydney
Language	English
Citation	Josephine Fantasia, Entrepreneurs, Empires and Pantomimes, Department of English, University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, March 1996
Resource Identifier	51822