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to his heyday in the early 1900s as a company manager and owner, he toured virtually every town in
Australasia with the Brandon-Cremer Players. Brandon-Cremer has the distinction of a record 54 weeks of non-stop stage production in 1916–17. He also produced at least two early silent films. His
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Albert and Isora would marry and produce two children who would both go on to successful careers on stage and early television in
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to find work. London news clippings from
February to June 1898 show that Albert was on stage in London. Albert returned to New Zealand in September 1898; in the same year he began touring there with the Robert Henry Theatrical Company.
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directorial debut, in 1927, was the first travelogue shot in
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Robert Henry
Theatrical Company, 1899 New Zealand. Front Row right to left – Albert Brandon-Cremer & Robert Henry with W. J. Coulter sitting on the right side of the carriage driver seat
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as Isora, Albert's wife described in an interview covering this period. One of Albert's greatest successes was a 54-week production run in 1916–17 while leasing the Kings Theatre (now
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