Author: Anderson, Gae.
Title: Tivoli King: Life of Harry Rickards Vaudeville Showman.
Description: Sydney, Kensington Allambie Press, 2009. Paperback octavo, very good pluscondition, black & white text-photos, colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page). 378 pp. A biography of Harry Rickards by Gae Anderson. He debuted as a comic singer in London's music halls in the late 19th century, and then settled in Sydney in 1892, where he established the Tivoli chain of vaudeville theatres. He became the "Napoleon of Vaudeville" and one of Australia's most colourful and dynamic showmen, as well as a powerful theatrical entrepreneur. (Autographed. Dedication reads: Best wishes.). ISBN: 9780646509808

Keywords: australian biography, performing arts, theatre, vaudeville, humour, humor, comedians, new south wales (nsw), sydney, autograph 9780646509808


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