Le Biograph (Theatre Royal, 3 octobre 1897)

Le Biograph arrive au début du mois d'octobre et présente des vues animées au Theatre Royal :

Evening Entertainments
Theatre Royal
The members of the Biograph Vaudeville Company arrived in Brisbane yesterday by the steamer Fitzroy, and they will open at the Theatre Royal to-night for a short season. The personnel of the company is very strong indeed. Mr Philip Newbury will sing “The Holy City" and other solos. Miss Lilian Tree is down for the famous cavatina from “Robert du Diable." The other members of the company include Miss Wentworth, a charming musician and sketch entertainer and Professor Morritt, a conjurer of exceptional merit. The biograph views which are shown the size of the proscenium, will include "Stable on Fire" "Shooting the Chutes,” “Why Papa Can't Sleep” ‘Pillow Fight” “Niagara Falls,” and other Seats may be booked at Paling's. The first matinee will be held on Wednesday afternoon.

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Brisbane Telegraph, Brisbane, lundi 4 octobre 1897, p. 4.

Le compte rendu de la première est publié le lendemain :

AMUSEMENTS
BIOGRAPH VAUDEVILLE COMPANY.
Mr. Harry Rickards's Biograph Vaudeville Company opened a season at the Theatre Royal last evening.
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The biograph conclude the programme at the Theatre Royal This is a production of a fertile brain In the cinematograph, realisation of living scenes is portrayed. In the biograph these scenes are enlarged so that the "action” part of the canvas pretty well covers the stage. There is but little of the shaking which manifests itself in the cinematograpbe and the scenes produced are as a rule excellent. The first one is entitled a “Stable on Fire,” and represents to the life the hurry-scurry of the rescuers. The shooting from the disappearing gun is excellent, while there are several comic scenes, such as "Caught in the Act,” Why Papa Can't Sleep" "Still Waters Run Deep" "Boys will be Boys” and ''The Pillow Fight.” A splendid picture of Niagara Falls is followed by the best of the series, ”The Jumbo Fire-engine Turnout,” which is intensely graphic. If alone for the sake of witnessing the biograph, the Theatre Royal would be worth a visit, and when it is borne in mind that there are so many other attractions, the company cannot fall to have a successful run; indeed the company is the best Mr Rickards has ever sent to Brisbane; it is refined in the extreme; it is most able. Matinee performances take place Wednesdays and Saturdays during the season.

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The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, mardi 5 octobre 1897, p. 6.