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Milwaukee theatre. I was full of energy and enthusiasm, and did pretty well everything. My mornings were spent in learning fencing and dancing. In the afternoon I'd look after the box office, and at evening help the stage manager and take my part – sometimes three or four parts." The next year, he joined the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Toronto, Canada and then moved on to New York where he found work as a dialect comedian and then played for several years at
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642:, the J. C. Williamson G. & S. Opera Co. was not in continuous operation but was organised specifically to tour the operas for a duration of two or more years, depending on how popular the season was with audiences, after which it was disbanded. The company would then be re-formed, after a variable interval of years, for another tour in response to perceived audience demand. During the years of the
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in the early 1930s, the popularity of the G&S company, in fact, helped to keep the firm financially viable when a number of their musical comedy productions lost money. The operas were directed and choreographed by
Melbourne-based Minnie Everett. She was believed to be the only woman director
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with D'Oyly Carte and had served as that company's stage director from 1947 to the spring of 1949. The former
Savoyards who participated in the Australia tour included Menzies, Gardiner, Dean, Rands and Eyre, and Walker and Roberts. This tour also marked the farewell appearance of Menzies, who had
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is but a poor play; but the acting of Mr. Williamson in the part of Stofel, the
Pennsylvanian Dutchman, exhibits genuine humour and pathos." Williamson and Moore later had a bitter divorce, and he tried unsuccessfully to stop her from appearing in the play, which she continued to revive throughout
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After 1907, Williamson moved his family to Europe and, his old partners having left, he hired capable managers and changed the theatre company's name to J. C. Williamson Ltd. Williamson died in 1913, but he left a strong theatrical empire that became the largest theatrical firm in the world, with
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Returning to his family in France via the United States, his heart condition worsened, and he died in Paris on 6 July 1913 at the age of 67. He was buried, contrary to his wishes, in the
Williamson section of Oak Woods cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. He left an elaborately divided estate, valued for
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from 1879 to 1963. J. C. Williamson Ltd. secured exclusive rights to stage professional productions of the
Gilbert and Sullivan (G&S) operas in Australia and New Zealand. The company continued this licensing arrangement with D'Oyly Carte family until the expiry of copyright to the operas in
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Australian premiere at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, on 20 January 1906. Williamsons toured the operas throughout both Australia and New Zealand in the years 1914–15, 1920–22, 1926–28, 1931–33, 1935–37, 1940–45, 1949–51 and 1956–58, with a final tour by the company in 1962–63.
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In 1861, Williamson worked for the local theatre company of Messrs. Hurd and
Perkins as call-boy, general assistant and scenery and props maker. There he made his official stage debut. He later recalled: "I used to act in amateur theatricals, and when I was sixteen I got an engagement with a
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noted that the production, though "abounding in fun", was dignified and precise, especially compared with a previous "boisterous" unauthorised production, and that many numbers were encored and the laughter and applause from the "immense audience ... was liberally bestowed".
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349:, which was newly renovated, introducing modern technical facilities and lavish sets. This transaction marked the beginning of Williamson's long career as Australia's foremost theatrical manager. After a tour of New Zealand that year, Williamson entered into partnership with
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Marjorie and Aimée, moving the family to France and spending most of his time in Europe. He also became involved in raising racehorses. In 1910, the company was renamed
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After Williamson died in 1913, his company – at one time the largest theatrical firm in the world – continued to operate under various managing directors. The firm began to make films and continued to present musical comedy and operetta, including the extremely successful
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In addition to operating its film company and its property and investments company, J. C. Williamson continued to produce seasons of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, seasons of operetta, musical comedy, straight plays, pantomimes and occasional musical revues, and later
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and others. Although repertory seasons solely devoted to G&S had been staged at individual theatres throughout Australia from around 1885, the first specially organised G&S tour began in 1905 and played for a year, during which time
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and other pieces) and netting Williamson £15,000. Williamson used this money to launch his career as a theatre manager, and Maggie Moore became one of the most popular performers on the Australian stage.
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and a stage manager. Bracy subsequently directed numerous comic opera productions for Williamson, also becoming Williamson's chief advisor on casting, working for the company until 1914.
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who had toured with the Williamson company beginning in 1940, married Frank Tait, one of the company's managing directors, later becoming an artistic director of the company.
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In 1871, Williamson was engaged as leading comedian at the California Theatre, in San Francisco, where he met comedian Margaret Virginia Sullivan (known as
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as legal adviser. Visually sensational shows were now 'the Firm's' speciality, and the organisation had grown to employ 650 people.
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in 1881. Between their appearances in Gilbert and Sullivan operas, James and Maggie Williamson continued to play engagements of
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outbreak temporarily closed the theatre soon afterwards, and it was burnt down with huge losses. But Williamson organised a
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extensive film and property holdings. The company continued to produce seasons of Gilbert and Sullivan operas, operetta,
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operas in Australia. He soon formed his Royal Comic Opera Company. In 1882, Williamson became the lessee of the Sydney
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in Sydney, and in 1902 mounted the biggest production in its history,
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in San Francisco and the next year married comedian and actress
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The D'Oyly Carte Opera company in Gilbert and Sullivan Operas
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The beginning of the J. C. Williamson Ltd. theatrical empire
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Murphy, Frank (1949). "Gilbert and Sullivan in Australia".
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1269:"The J. C. Williamson Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company"
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The J. C. Williamson Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
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was a great success. When they opened the play at the
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The firm. The story of J. C. Williamson and his firm
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Gilbert & Sullivan Opera in Australia, 1879–1935
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recounting his life story on Australian television.
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J. C. Williamson's Life-Story Told in His Own Words
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1067:– via National Library of Australia.
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968:– via National Library of Australia.
880:Frank Van Straten, "J. C. Williamson"
829:– via National Library of Australia.
373:in Melbourne with Gilbert and Sullivan's
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1431:The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre
1422:(13th ed.). Sydney: Whitmarks Ltd.
919:"Williamson, James Cassius (1845–1913)"
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1516:Rollins, Cyril; R. John Witts (1961).
1496:Who's Who in the Theatre: Volumes 1–15
1492:. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Co.
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1410:Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas
854:, ihug.co.nz. Accessed 4 August 2023.
397:Portrait of J. C. Williamson, c. 1900
16:Actor and theatre manager (1845–1913)
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1413:. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
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1633:Information about the 1949–50 tour
1603:Australian Dictionary of Biography
1505:, Currency Press, Australia, 1995.
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923:Australian Dictionary of Biography
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1503:Companion To Theatre In Australia
1238:"Library gets theatrical records"
1078:Samantha Ellis (8 October 2003).
1620:organisational profile from the
1618:J. C. Williamson Ltd., 1881-1972
1539:Tait, Lady Viola Wilson (1971).
1543:. Melbourne: William Heinemann.
1368:Morgan, Clare (2 August 2011).
1315:National Film and Sound Archive
864:"Forty-five Years of the Stage"
1403:(Currency Press, Sydney, 1993)
1401:The Story of the Theatre Royal
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1520:. London: Michael Joseph Ltd.
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1452:The Australian Theatre Story
1599:"Williamson, James Cassius"
1563:, Cassell, Australia, 1978.
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1445:J. C. W.: A Short Biography
935:"Amusements: Theatre Royal"
917:Poorten, Helen M. Van Der.
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1488:Parker, John, ed. (1978).
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1029:The Sydney Morning Herald
1002:The Sportsman (Melbourne)
984:The Sydney Morning Herald
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549:The Maid of the Mountains
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802:Gänzl, "Williamson, J C"
484:Williamson's later years
237:Theatre Royal, Melbourne
30:James Cassius Williamson
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908:, 22 April 1876, p. 390
842:at homepages.ihug.co.nz
525:J. C. Williamson's
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1051:"The Lyceum Pantomime"
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783:JC Williamson Award
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1647:Williamson posters
1501:Parsons, P (ed.),
1480:Newton, P. J. F.
1280:Morrison, Robert.
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1254:– via Trove.
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980:"Music and Drama"
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