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Marlow was born Joseph Lewis Marks (or Marx) to Morris Marks (1834 – 21 January 1920) and his wife Celia Marks, née Jones, (1835 – 29 December 1898). Among his siblings were A. Adolph Marks (c. 1871 – 22 May 1956), who would establish A. A. Marks Ltd., wholesale tobacconists, and Alfred Isaac Marks
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George and Ethel were still together in 1937, even appearing in a pantomime. He died in a Sydney nursing home, survived by his wife (died 8 September 1958) and a daughter Marie. His estate was valued at £30,110. They had a home "Franconia", 123 Macleay Street,
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47:(c. 1873 – 21 August 1947), later business manager for George Marlow Dramatic Company and treasurer of several of Marlow's theatres, and married actress Miss Elwyn Harvey on 24 December 1913.
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George Marlow. Australian
Theatrical Impresario. Born Joseph Marks in Birmingham, England to Jewish parents Celia Jacob-Jones and Morris (Moses) Marks (Marx) of Himbach, Germany.
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in 1907. She worked six months in London After her marriage (c. 1910) to Marlow, she starred in his shows. Her most famous role was as "Cigarette" in an adaptation of the
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He was a longtime racing enthusiast, owning horses including
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Although he claimed not to be interested in producing "classics", he managed the Grand
Shakespearean Company from 1916–1920 at the Princess, with such hits as
30:(24 September 1876 – 21 May 1939) (born Joseph Marks) was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur born in London of Jewish extraction, noted for bringing
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Willoughby. and 1916 renamed it the Grand Opera House. Some years later it became the Tivoli.
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to Sydney audiences in the early 1900s. His name has been frequently mis-spelled as "George
Marlowe".
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at the age of twelve, a role she reprised several times, then melodramas such as
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around 1930 at the Grand Opera House with songs by the great cricketer
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chain. By 1907 he had his own company, first leasing a theatre in
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to London around the same time. They were still in UK in 1912
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was his first production in the new theatre, followed by the
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551:"Mrs Marlow Seriously Ill"
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72:The Luck of Roaring Camp
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274:(1911) - stage play
154:Angel of his Dreams
99:. In 1911 he built
505:Cassell Australia
161:His leading actors
123:and the melodrama
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258:Potts Point
243:Don Bradman
207:Later years
151:(1911) and
101:The Adelphi
894:Categories
347:Everyones.
279:References
260:, Sydney.
140:Ben Fuller
127:. He took
125:The Rosary
765:The Argus
729:Everyones
447:biography
312:The Argus
295:The Argus
219:in 1922.
217:The Sneak
191:In 1916,
184:starring
109:Haymarket
93:Newcastle
84:in 1915.
36:pantomime
32:melodrama
157:(1912).
119:musical
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357:9 March
232:Whoopee
62:" in a
42:History
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