430581
- TitleSamuel Lazar - papers, ca. 1849-1884
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- Level of descriptionfonds
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ca. 1849-1850, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1862-1881, 1884 - Type of material
- Reference code430581
- Physical DescriptionTextual Records
Textual Records - (printed)
Clippings - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Samuel Lazar, son of John Lazar, was a theatre manager and producer of pantomimes and operas. He initially managed the Theatre Royal in Adelaide then moved to Sydney to administer the Queen's Theatre (which he refitted) pending the opening of the second Theatre Royal, corner of King and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney in Dec. 1875. Lazar managed this until 1882, when the theatre came under the control of J.C. Williamson, Arthur Garner, and George Musgrove. His box-office chief was James Booty.
References:
Entertaining Australia: an illustrated history / K. Brisbane (ed.) Sydney: Currency Press, 1991
The Sands Sydney Directory (City and Suburban) for 1877, list James Booty as a theatrical agent residing at 183 Forbes Street [Darlinghurst, Sydney] - Scope and ContentSamuel Lazar - correspondence, ca. 1857, 1865-1881
Samuel Lazar - correspondence, together with some papers of James Booty & Co., ca. 1858-1884
Samuel Lazar - financial papers relating to theatre management, 1849-1850, 1879 - System of arrangementThis collection comprises 3 manuscript record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.¶By subject series
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