16-796: Standard Theatre or Standard Theater may refer to: in Australia Royal Standard Theatre , in Sydney, known as "Standard Theatre", since demolished in Canada; Standard Theatre (Toronto, Ontario) in the United States Standard Theatre, early name of the Manhattan Theatre , New York Standard Theatre (Kansas City, Missouri) , also known as Folly Theatre , listed on
32-546: A Strange Land was added to their repertoire in 1904, at the end of which year the company disbanded. Stars of the Willoughby – Geach company included Roxy Barton , Ethel Appleton, Hardinge Maltby, Tom Cannam, Frank Denton, George Leopold, Grace Gale and Miss Roland Watts Phillips. He next formed an actor-management partnership with Hugh J. Ward and toured Australia and New Zealand with the ever-popular Broadhurst farces and "The Man from Mexico" (by Henry A. Du Souchet ),
48-566: A little out of the way, and perhaps hard to find; a common joke was that the best way to find the Little Theatre was to ring the fire alarm and go back on the fire engine. George Willoughby (theatre entrepreneur) George Willoughby Dowse (c. 1869 – 23 December 1951), professionally known as "George Willoughby", was an English comic actor and theatre manager who had a substantial career in Australia. George Willoughby Dowse
64-698: A notable production was Hindle Wakes , followed by The Second Mrs. Tanqueray , and The New Sin in conjunction with Sydney James , who in September 1917 took it over and renamed it The Playhouse . It was taken over by J. & N. Tait , renovated, and in March 1920 reopened with the "All Diggers" company playing Mademoiselle Mimi . In September 1920 the Irish comedian Gerald Griffin managed and starred in The Rose of Killarney and other musical plays. With
80-678: A postcard informing him that she no longer wanted to live with him. He later came in contact with her in Melbourne, when she was living with another man and he sued her for divorce. Late in 1901 Willoughby and Edwin Geach formed a company (took over from Charles Arnold Company?) which toured Australia with a string of George Howells Broadhurst comedies: The Wrong Mr. Wright , Why Smith Left Home and What Happened To Jones Tragedy struck when two actresses, Sallie Booth and Ada Lee, died of bubonic plague on 27 and 28 February 1902 while staying at
96-583: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Royal Standard Theatre The Royal Standard Theatre , often referred to as the Standard Theatre was a small playhouse in Sydney , Australia, situated at 223 Castlereagh Street , near the Bathurst Street corner between Bathurst and Liverpool streets, and next to the fire station. It
112-562: The Criterion Hotel, Pitt Street, Sydney. In 1902 George, together with Thomas William Broadhurst and George Howells Broadhurst, who owned the rights to the play The Wrong Mr. Wright sought to prevent Henry Bloomfield, director of the Ada Willoughby Company, from playing a version of this play. The suit failed on the grounds that Willoughby had failed to prove that Charles Arnold was able to assign his rights to
128-735: The NRHP in Missouri Standard Theatre (Philadelphia) , a venue showcasing black performers and jazz musicians 1888–1931, then a movie theater Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Standard Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Standard_Theatre&oldid=1045922962 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
144-699: The Taits' backing, Gregan McMahon resurrected the Sydney Repertory Society , and for them produced Granville Barker 's The Voysey Inheritance at the Playhouse in March 1921, as an interim location while fitting out their own theatre (the old Concordia Hall at 150A Elizabeth Street ). The building was purchased by the government and demolished in 1923 to make way for the six-storey South Sydney Telephone Exchange, which opened in March 1925. The theatre never enjoyed tremendous patronage, being
160-560: The building and had it fitted out to seat 1000 people, renaming it the Little Theatre . Their company included Lilian Lloyd, Tempo Piggott, Kenneth Bramston, and Arthur Cornell. Early productions were Harold MacGrath 's The Man on the Box and Shaw 's Fanny's First Play . In 1913 Little Theatres Ltd was formed to purchase the theatre from Buckler. Founding directors were Buckler, C. A. Holliday and C. G. Derkenne. Wilton Welch
176-992: The operation of the company. In October 1913 Willoughby, Davies and Eaton bought out George Marlow's stake in the Adelphi and Princess theatres. But the war intervened and box office prices had to be reduced. In 1915 Willoughby and Co. were forced to sell their holdings back to Barlow and his backers, the Fuller brothers. He also made a number of feature films. George was a brother of Colonel Richard Dowse, D.S.O. George married twice: (1) Alice Mary Jackson (professional name Ada Willoughby) in April 1894. He divorced her in 1903, citing Reginald L. Sheldrick as co-respondent. (These two married and set up an Australia-themed restaurant in New York). (2) Rosina Kenna of Orange, New South Wales on 30 April 1906. They had one son: Their home in 1907
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#1732791588259192-518: The play in which Willie Collier , under the J. C. Williamson banner and with the young John Barrymore in the cast, had failed. In 1912 George was appointed managing director of George Marlow Ltd., owners of the Princess's Theatre, Melbourne, and lessees of the Adelphi, Sydney and King's Theatre, Fremantle but with George Thomas Eaton, and Arthur Bernard Davies sought an injunction to prevent George Marlow (born Joseph Marks) from interfering with
208-586: The play. This was around the same time as George had applied for a divorce from his wife, whose stage name was Ada Willoughby. In 1903 he successfully sought an injunction to prevent Robert Henry Nichols, of the Henry Dramatic Company, from playing a farce (adapted from Jane ) with an almost identical title. By 1904 Willoughby and Geach had taken over Sydney's Palace Theatre, with Adam Cowan (died 20 September 1908), Geach's trusted friend, as manager. Sidney Wilner and Walter Vincent's Stranger in
224-499: Was born in around 1869 at Southsea (near Portsmouth ) in county Hampshire, England, the son of Henry James Dowse and Rosa ( née Stevens). He may have been educated at Christ's Hospital . George Willoughby was a member of the Charles Arnold theatrical company when he married actress Alice Jackson who adopted the professional name Ada Willoughby. He later, and with her consent, toured South Africa but while there received
240-644: Was later known as the Little Theatre and The Playhouse , and was demolished in the early 1920s. It was erected by the Royal Order of Foresters and opened on 8 May 1886. The theatre's first lessee was Frank Smith; theatre manager was Alfred Dampier , whose first production was The Flying Dutchman ; It became a boxing hall and the venue of a two-up school . Hugh C. Buckler (9 September 1881 – 30 October 1936) and his wife Violet Paget . arrived in Australia in 1910 as members of George Willoughby 's Comedy Company. Sometime around 1912 Buckler purchased
256-507: Was manager of the theatre from November 1913; Buckler produced Pinero 's His House in Order in January 1914. Little Theatres Ltd. was wound up in March 1915. George Willoughby was manager from June 1915, staging Broadhurst 's farce The Wrong Mr Wright and Brandon Thomas 's Charley's Aunt . Frederick Ward opened it in March 1916 and leased it to the Sydney Repertory Society ;
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