1837:. Sometimes during their time in the Bronx, William Gill's mother Janet left Australia and moved in with her son's family. In 1889 Janet opened a candy store in the Bronx at 1705 Fordham Avenue; a business which later moved to 4005 Third Avenue. She continued to operate that store until shortly before her death at the age of 79 in the Bronx at 1281 Tremont Avenue on 18 December 1899. Gill worked as an "inspector of highways" to supplement his income beginning around c. 1900; a role he continued in for over a decade.
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Australia. Waddy, who was already on her second marriage and had one child, became romantically involved with William soon after they met, and it is likely that he was the biological father of her second child, Horatio Ernest Fieldwick Smith (born 6 December 1866). Shortly after the death of her second husband, Mr. Smith, William and Waddy married in Calcutta, India at the Great Eastern Hotel on 20 December 1868.
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1133:, which the Gill & Pilling Pleasure Company presented in its world premiere on 17 November 1879, at the Olympic Theatre in Chicago. The music for the production was created by the violinist and composer George Loesch (b. 1846), and the work starred Gill as Benjamin Franklin Cobb with Waddy portraying his " 'his better half' Mrs. B. F. Cobb" using the stage name Elinor Deering. The cast also included the actor
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854:, then another Gold Rush boom town, where Gill established a theatre of sorts entitled the 'Great Varieties Hall'. In actuality, this "theatre" was housed in a non-permanent structure canvas tent. While the prospective theatre company started off well, the venture ultimately failed when the gold boom dried up, and the town shrank back to its normal size in a matter of months.
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Australian actors for the season, and foregoing the hiring of top British talent. While the actors were just as skilled, critics and audiences complained that the actors lacked the British pedigree that they had become accustomed to when Lewis was in charge.
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In early 1865 William left the company of his mother to join a theatre group in South
Adelaide whose company of players included the seventeen year old actress "Waddy" Deering ; the daughter of actress Eliza Mossenton and the British born theatre manager and actor Henry Deering (b. 1814, London)
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Williams who starred as the corrupt New York politician Andrew McSlathers. It premiered at the Park Theater in Philadelphia on 3 May 1897 and had some of the best critical reviews of Gill's career as a playwright in the Philadelphia press. The New York press
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In April 1870 Lewis announced he would not be continuing with the enterprise in India, and the troupe of actors elected
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was a popular success, and the Gill's toured the United States in this production for a period of more than two years before ultimately disbanding the
Pilling and Gill theatre company in January 1883. The popularity of the work was such that Gill penned a musical sequel in the midst of the original
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1877; playing for a total of 25 performance at the Eagle
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William and his mother were performing in Bendigo, his father died on 11 April 1864 from "hepatitis and fatty degeneration of the heart." Shortly thereafter, economic depression in Australia led to a downturn in theatre work in that nation, and the Gills ended up leaving Australia for Asia in
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Hoskins was the manager of the Theatre Royal, Ballarat at this times and both William and his mother were members of his professional company of actors. Hoskins departed from this post in December 1862, but in the five previous months that William and his mother performed in Hoskin's troupe
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and contained a great deal of local humor parodying Sydney's politicians and other contemporary public figures of this city. In this work Gill starred as
Larrikinos, the comical Man in the Moon, and Waddy portrayed the roles of both 'Prince Phaeton' and 'Olly as the evil "dame" Malignata'. This is
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began playing on Broadway in 1884 and ran for an unprecedented 603 performances, becoming the longest running show in Broadway history up until that time and the first Broadway show to run for at least 500 performances. At its peak, Adonis earned approximately $ 7,000 per week in box office sales
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on 27 August 1881. This work toured the United States for two years before embarking on a tremendously successful tour of Europe and Australia which made Palmer an internationally acclaimed actress, and became Gill's most successful stage work outside of the United States. It had a lengthy run in
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in Boston; with the management of the theatre extending the show's run beyond what had initially been planned. During the tour, Waddy joined the cast of this production in the role of the governess; this time using the stage name Elinor Deering (the name she would use for the rest of her career).
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based company where he remained for more than three years; ultimately replacing Lewis as the company's manager. There he married his wife and frequent stage partner, the Australian actress "Waddy" Deering (later known by the stage name Elinor Deering), in December 1869; just prior to which he had
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closed, the work continued to be performed by other theatre troops in late 19th century into the 20th century; with a particularly notable production being staged by the touring company of W. G. Tarkington in 1902. The work was also staged by William Forrester at the Theatre Royal, Cheltenham in
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in Schenectady on 1 April 1919 at the age of 76. They are both buried at Park View Cemetery in Schenectady. William Gill's granddaughter, the youngest daughter of Horace Gill, was the novelist Patricia Gill Murphy (d. 2013) who was also a professor of linguistics, history and education at the
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In June 1868 Gill departed for India; once again with a company managed by G. B. W. Lewis. Among the company of actors was Gill's soon to be bride "Waddy" Deering; Tilly Earl; Lewis's wife, the actress "Mrs. Lewis"; Lizzie Naylor; and brothers John & Charles Edouin. The company spent the
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in Philadelphia in September 1883. This second play was tremendously profitable and became the greatest success for the Florences in their acting careers; remaining in their regularly performed repertoire for the next six years including multiple runs at Broadway theatres.
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returned to New York in January 1888, with the Kimball company being warmly reviewed in their revised version for performances at the Third Avenue Theater and Dockstader's Theater. The run lasted significantly longer than the production's first New York staging.
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As a playwright, Gill's plays were typically written for the talents of specific performers and for this reason the majority of his works were never re-created after the original artists ceased performing them. He had a tremendous success with the 1884 musical
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on 28 May 1879 where it was received favorably if not enthusiastically by the New York press. It ran on Broadway for 48 performances before Rice's company continued on their tour elsewhere. The work remained in the Rice company's repertoire for several years.
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which opened at Broadway's Standard Theater on 7 October 1889. The libretto was co-authored by Gill and Dixey. While not achieving the degree of success as their prior collaboration, it had a respectable run of 152 performances; closing on 15 February 1890.
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who had begun his career as a draughtsman but was at this time an administrator. Waddy and William lived with May and Bert for the last nine years of their lives during which time William was still writing. His last known stage work, the musical
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in 1875. A scandal over copyright infringement erupted during this time, and brought William Gill's names into news headlines for negative reasons in February 1875. William had announced as part of the Salt Lake season a stage adaptation of
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in October 1853. After the conclusion this season William and his mother once again joined the roster of players at the Theatre Royal, Ballarat in 1854 after the return of Hoskins. With this group they toured to the Lyceum Theatre in
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In late 1887 Waddy Gill became seriously ill with pneumonia and Gill temporarily abandoned playwriting during this period; making a living by selling liquor. In 1888 Gill directed the New York production of Alfred Thompson's
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By 1887 Gill and Jessop's partnership had dissolved and the two men were no longer on good terms with one another. In April 1887 newspapers announced the future staging of a play in San Francisco that was credited to Jessop,
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indicate that he was in Cheyenne, Wyoming and its surrounding region for his eyewitness coverage of the events of the gold rush during its peak. William also contributed several humorous short stories which were published in
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to perform a stage version, took William Gill and the Piper's Opera House to court and obtained an injunction barring the theatre's performances. When audiences arrived for the opening night of the planned performances of
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where the Gills were employed at the National Theatre. In Laramie the Gill's daughter Rose was born and she was christened at the Episcopal Church in that city in October 1876. In 1877, William's writings for
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1722:, was a popular success for Golden who continued to tour widely in the role through 1902; after which the actor Robert Craig toured in the part from 1902 to 1904. Golden also adapted the play into a novel,
1148:. This work premiered at the Academy of Music in Reading, Pennsylvania on 14 February 1881. Ultimately, the decision was made to combine the best of both productions into a composite new version entitled
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who later performed the work again in a run at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool. In reality, the work contained a significant portion of material authored by Gill earlier for his 1884 musical flop
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William was still living with his parents in Newfoundland as late as 1846, but the whereabouts of the family are not known until an 1852 ship record lists William and his parents as passengers on the
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from Liverpool, England. William's father was also listed as the ship's doctor of record, and he oversaw 17 deaths and five births during the ships 92 day voyage. Upon arrival, the family settled in
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during its lengthy life on the stage. Other writers who made changes to the work included Fred Maeder and Clay Greene. Jessop had achieved fame earlier with his tremendously successful 1879 play
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Following the success of this play, Gill oversaw the Queen's Theatre for one more season in the Spring of 1874. During this season the theatre staged two more original plays by Gill: the comedy
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which premiered in late 1884 in Boston before reaching Broadway's Comedy Theater in January 1885. The work received critical reviews but was financially profitable, and it starred soprano
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Prior to his marriage, William's career as a celebrated actor in Australia blossomed, particularly in comedies, between 1865 and 1868. This started with several critical triumphs at
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on 9 November 1904 and toured for a year successfully; including a stop at New York's Metropolis Theater. It was Gill's last play to receive a professional staging.
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No longer able to sustain the company financially, the Calcutta troupe disbanded in October 1871, and Gill and his wife returned to Australia; this time residing in
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in 1887. As with most of Gill's efforts, it was popular but not critical success. He finally returned to writing for the stage by penning the libretto to composer
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Waddy Gill died in Schenectady from a stroke on 25 February 1919 after having been in ill health for a year previously. William Gill died just four days later of
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in 1835, and at some point in time prior to 1841 had settled in Newfoundland and established a surgical practice. Janet Bird Gill was the daughter of Scottish
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and remained in the Pilling and Gill company's repertoire for only a brief period. Much more successful, however, was a musical Gill created for the actress
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with Gill as the new manager. The newly remodeled theatre was renamed the Queen's Theatre at this time and re-opened on 25 October 1873 with performances of
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Gill succeeded Edouin as the leading male talent in the production after leaving Boston when Edouin was poached by a rival Boston based theatre impresario
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During his years working with Jessop, Gill continued to write for the stage on his own; mostly with mixed success. These works included the burlesque
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which premiered to negative reviews in Baltimore at Albaugh's Lyceum on 22 January 1889 followed by even worse reviews during a run in Philadelphia.
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William Gill spent the early part of his career as an actor in Australia and Asia. The first record of his work as an actor was in July 1862 at the
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who was the leading star of French-language operetta on the American stage during the 19th century. This work premiered on 5 September 1884 in
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in 1873; presenting three more of his original plays at the Royal Lyceum. He relocated to the United States in 1874 where he became manager of
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By 1912, the Gills were no longer living in the Bronx but had moved into the home of their daughter May and her husband, Bert L. Atkinson in
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with William Gill portraying Captain Corcoran and Williams performing the role of Sir Joseph Porter. Other stops along the tour included the
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became a hit on the American stage in 1878, the company added that work to their repertoire in an un-authorized version adapted by the comic
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with Kean in the title role and William Gill as Seaton; a role which gained Gill his first positive reviews as a comedic actor in the press.
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in 1876–1877. Gill ultimately arrived in New York City as a member of Colville's Folly Company; making his Broadway debut as an actor at the
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Gill worked periodically as a journalist, theater critic, and a contributor of humorous short stories for American periodicals; particularly
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was the first of a series of flops suffered by the Jessop and Gill creative partnership. These included two failures on the American stage:
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as Alfred Comstock Silvermine of Leadville, Amy Gordon as Tillie St. Aubyn, and Augustus J Bruno as Octavius Longfellow Warbler.
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Colville's Folly Company's 1877-1878 tour also included performances of other repertoire; notably a new adaptation of
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By September 1877, the Gills had left Wyoming and were appearing in a musical burletta at the Metropolitan Theater in
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for which he wrote the lyrics, was staged by an amateur group at the Van Curler Opera House in Schenectady in 1912.
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and Gertie Hart, the work toured for a year. This piece was followed by one of Gill's most harshly reviewed works,
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in Chicago among other playhouses. This was the first of several successful works co-authored by Jessop and Gill.
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successfully sued to prevent an unauthorized performances of a play adaptation Gill had crafted of Twain's novel
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in 1879 which received positive if not enthusiastic reviews, and ran for a respectable 48 performances at the
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closed in April 1886, it was replaced at the Bijou Theatre by another play authored by Gill, the children's
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492:The Tower of London
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66:first hit musical,
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1781:Kingston, New York
1694:The Arabian Nights
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2780:19 November
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1796:Uncle Terry
1751:Later plays
1686:New England
1551:. However,
1498:Fred Eustis
1478:Two Bad Men
1417:Tony Pastor
1381:(1885) and
1359:Two Bad Men
1323:Marie Aimée
1232:In Paradise
1186:Our Goblins
1174:Our Goblins
1161:Our Goblins
1141:Our Goblins
1131:Our Goblins
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975:The Clipper
941:company in
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621:Robert Heir
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356:Trinity Bay
336:Marie Aimée
285:drag artist
206:In Paradise
198:Our Goblins
196:(1879) and
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48:Trinity Bay
3043:Categories
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1537:Dora Wiley
1502:Penny Ante
1070:Cinderella
948:Mark Twain
631:Kate Denin
591:The Rivals
562:Lord Byron
397:bound for
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344:Dora Wiley
292:William J.
179:pantomimes
133:Mark Twain
64:Broadway's
60:playwright
44:W. B. Gill
2972:Routledge
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1869:Citations
1738:producer
1576:pantomime
1560:The Flirt
1549:Chestnuts
1521:Chestnuts
1429:Confusion
1307:Ida Mülle
1201:London's
1107:burlesque
1086:known as
820:Mussoorie
603:Varieties
541:, Bell's
539:pantomime
527:Hong Kong
399:Australia
372:steamship
340:Ida Mülle
298:; actors
238:burlesque
97:Melbourne
77:Australia
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1525:Mugwumps
1488:(1885),
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1034:pastiche
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778:Richielu
687:Calcutta
523:Shanghai
388:Scotland
261:West End
224:(1885),
212:(1883),
208:(1882),
168:pastiche
108:Calcutta
3028:at the
1678:My Boys
1662:My Boys
1630:Arcadia
1623:Arcadia
1615:Arcadia
1603:Arcadia
1599:Arcadia
1579:Arcadia
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