Theatre Heritage Australia

1. Enjoying the Scenery: When the Heidelberg School went backstage (Part 2): (General articles); ... the difference it should be written on our brows—to keep us firm & to our purpose’. Impresario George Coppin claimed ‘he always lost money by Shakespeare’, without a star, but the Bard’s plays—revered ...; Created on 03 March 2021
2. Walter Bentley and the Actors’ Association of Australia (Part 1): (General articles); ... The Silver King Princess Theatre Melbourne August 20th 1892’. When he returned to Australia in 1891 under George Coppin’s Australian Theatrical Management Company, Bentley opened in Melbourne in the ...; Created on 15 December 2020
3. Tracking the Babes in Time: (General articles); ... following Christmas, in 1892, George Coppin, possibly inspired by Rignold’s 1891 success, secured Bland Holt as director, along with the entertainer/comedian John Gourley, who stepped in when Holt was ...; Created on 14 December 2020
4. A Quest for Respectability, On and Off the Stage: Dolores Drummond aka Dolly Green: (General articles); ... Her first role was as a non-speaking ‘beautiful slave’ (she called it a ‘thinking part) in an 1856 production of the 1856 spectacle, Timour the Tartar at George Coppin’s prefabricated cast iron theatre ...; Created on 02 September 2020
5. Special Presentation: Elisabeth Kumm: (General articles); ... in efforts (along with committee members Dr Mimi Colligan and Peter Johnson) to preserve the Eastern Arcade building—better known as Dimmey’s—and previously the site of George Coppin’s Haymarket Theatre. ...; Created on 28 June 2020
6. The Memoirs of J. Alan Kenyon or Behind the Velvet Curtain: (General articles); ... of the fraternity. His name was John Hennings and his father (also John) was a scenic painter and at various times a co-partner in the management of Melbourne's Theatre Royal, during the Coppin era. The ...; Created on 03 June 2020
7. Where Was This Photograph Taken?: (General articles); ... Royal, Melbourne. It shows a brightly lit mirrored saloon-bar with the focus on actor and entrepreneur George Coppin (in dark coat and top-hat). This copy, a ‘Paris Panel’, is held by the State Library ...; Created on 07 March 2020
8. Hoofing It! Ballet on Saddle and Stage at Astley's Circu: (General articles); ... Astley's Amphitheatre closed less than a year after opening. In 1855, George Selth Coppin (1819-1906), actor-manager and entrepreneur, leased the building as the Royal Amphitheatre, which, finally, became ...; Created on 31 August 2019
9. Show Time: George Coppin turns 200: (General articles); George Coppin, New York, 1865. Photo by Charles D. Fredericks. George Selth Coppin Papers, State Library of Victoria, MS8827/13/217 April 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Selth ...; Created on 12 March 2019
10. WILLIAMSON, J.C. (1844-1913): (Biographies); ... On stage in USA, Australia and England from1860s. Arrived Australia in 1874 under engagement to George Coppin. Went to found Australia’s most important theatrical companies, J.C. Williamson Ltd. Riley/Hailes ...; Created on 14 June 2017
11. RIGNOLD, George (1839-1912): (Biographies); ... Marie Braybrooke Henderson (actress), 28 September 1865, (2) Georgina Harriet Dora Coppin, 3 October 1907. Died 16 December 1912, Sydney, NSW, Australia. On stage in England, USA, Australia and New Zealand ...; Created on 14 June 2017
12. KEAN, Charles (1811-1868): (Biographies); English actor & manager. Né Charles John Kean. Born 18 January 1811. Son of Edmund Kean (actor). Married Ellen Tree (actress). Died 22 January 1868. On stage in England and Australia. Toured Australia ...; Created on 01 May 2017
13. HENNINGS, John (1835-1898): (Biographies); German scenic artist. Né Johann Friedrich Hennings. Born 6 July 1835, Bremen, Germany. Married (1) Ellen Targett (ballet dancer) (de facto?), (2) Lizzie Collins (Mrs Gardiner) (de facto). Died 3 October ...; Created on 01 May 2017
14. GREVILLE, J.R. (1834-1894): (Biographies); Irish actor & manager. Né John Rodger. Born 15 June 1834, Dublin, Ireland. Married Charlotte Augusta Marshall (Miss Webster, actress). Died 29 April 1894, Carlton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On stage ...; Created on 01 May 2017
15. COPPIN, George (1819-1906): (Biographies); English actor, manager & theatre owner. Né George Selth Coppin. Born 8 April 1819, Steyning, Sussex, England. Son of George Selth Coppin and Elizabeth Jane Jackson. Married (1) Maria Watkins Burroughs ...; Created on 30 April 2017
16. BROOKE, G.V. (1818-1866): (Biographies); ... Liverpool, England. Died 11 January 1866, at sea. On stage in England and Australia. Performing in Australia, 1855-1861. Business partner of George Coppin. Riley/Hailes Scrapbook, pages 21, 32, 165, ...; Created on 29 April 2017
17. The John Riley/Fred Hailes Scrapbook: Music and Drama: (News); ... during a radio interview. The then owner’s occupation was clearing deceased estates, in this case a former resident of the Old Colonists Homes in North Fitzroy, founded by George Coppin and others. After ...; Created on 11 February 2017
18. Pitt & Browne as architects: (Gallery); ... George Coppin's Olympic (the Iron Pot) in Exhibition Street. One year later, Black "went bankrupt" and was forced to sell the theatre - for about one quarter of the cost of building it. Actor-manager George ...; Created on 02 October 2015
19. Talking the Walk: (Gallery); ... months after the theatre's opening - its director George Selth Coppin) . Given the temperature, this walk may well have been more than a little trying.... Another building in the vicinity, St. Patrick' ...; Created on 05 April 2015
20. George Coppin & Bland Holt: (Gallery); ... photos and memorabilia from the SLV's George Selth Coppin Manuscript Collection by theatre historians Mimi Colligan and Elisabeth Kumm. These items had been in the possession of George Selth Coppin's daughter ...; Created on 20 July 2014

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