Guide to the Tivoli (vaudeville circuit) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, 1897-1981

Summary

Collection number:

TivoliVaudeville

Language:

English and English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use this material should refer to the Ephemera PROMPT collection.

Citation of items from this collection should include references to author's/organisation's name, date, item title, Publisher and place of publication.

Example: J.C. Williamson (Firm). Theatre Royal (Adelaide, S.A.). 1950, Gilbert Sullivan opera season [theatre program] : The gondoliers J. C. Williamson Ltd [Adelaide]

Availability:

Available

Background

Content Summary:

This list includes Tivoli vaudeville circuit shows as well as performances at the Tivoli theatres (i.e. venue hire arrangements).The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated as gaps in the Library's holdings for this artist are filled.

Printed materials in the PROMPT collection include programs and printed ephemera such as brochures, leaflets, tickets, etc. Theatre programs are taken as the prime documentary evidence of a performance.

Biographical / Historical:

The Tivoli was established by English music hall comedian Harry Rickards in 1893, following the success of his "New Tivoli Minstrel and Grand Specialty Company"(Sydney, 1892), and grew to be the major outlet for variety theatre and vaudeville in Australia for over 70 years.

"The Tiv" operated under a range of names with the shows managed and produced variously by Harry Rickards, H.D. McIntosh, H.G. Musgrove, Connors Paul, Frank Neil, Wallace R. Parnell, Bruce Carroll and David N. Martin.

The Tivoli Circuit grew to include Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth by the turn of the century, promoting a broad spectrum of both local and international vaudeville acts including comedians, dancers, acrobats, ventriloquists, and scantily-clad chorus girls who were colloquially known as the "Tivoli Tappers".

Arrangement:

Programs in the National Library' PROMPT collection are arranged by entrepreneur and/or management company name: Harry Rickards; Harry Rickards' Tivoli Theatres Ltd (H.D. McIntosh); Harry Rickards' Tivoli Theatres Ltd (Harry G. Musgrove); Tivoli Celebrity Vauderville Pty. Ltd.; Connors Paul Theatres Pty. Ltd.; New Tivoli Haymarket / Connors Paul Theatres Pty. Ltd.; Tivoli Theatre (Frank Neil); Tivoli Circuit of Australia (Frank Neil), producer W.R. Parnell; Tivoli Circuit (Wallace R. Parnell); Tivoli Circuit of Australia Pty. Ltd. (David N. Martin); Tivoli Circuit Australia Pty Ltd. and Tivoli Pantomimes.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use this material should refer to the Ephemera PROMPT collection.

Citation of items from this collection should include references to author's/organisation's name, date, item title, Publisher and place of publication.

Example: J.C. Williamson (Firm). Theatre Royal (Adelaide, S.A.). 1950, Gilbert Sullivan opera season [theatre program] : The gondoliers J. C. Williamson Ltd [Adelaide]

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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