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1. George Coppin
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George Coppin (8 April 1819 – 14 March 1906) Mauris vehicula, enim ac malesuada lobortis, nibh dolor iaculis turpis, a suscipit nisi libero at ligula. Cras lobortis tortor sed dui. Curabitur vitae nunc ...
Created on 25 May 2022
2. 2022 Annual General Meeting
(2022 Events)
... a book about George Coppin’s travels in the United States in 1864-65. His address, titled ‘Going through a difficult stage’, will serve as both an introduction to this little known Victorian-era episode ...
Created on 18 March 2022
3. Theatrical Portraits of Walter Bentley
(General articles)
... in 1891 with Danish actress Laura Hansen, under contract to George Coppin’s Australian Theatrical Management Company. Melbourne had been anticipating Bentley’s visit for some years, with newspaper articles ...
Created on 02 September 2021
4. Caught in the Act: Theatrical cartoons and caricatures (Part 2)
(General articles)
... in 1900 from Wybert Reeve (English actor and impresario) but, following illness, Pollock appointed a manager in his stead. Pollock died in 1908. Interestingly, George Coppin was the first lessee of the ...
Created on 02 September 2021
5. Caught in the Act: Theatrical cartoons and caricatures (Part 1)
(General articles)
Rich’s Glory or his Triumphant Entry into Covent-Garden by William Hogarth, 1732. British Museum, London. From John Rich to W.S. Lyster and Henry Irving to George Coppin, members of the theatrical profession ...
Created on 27 May 2021
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
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