Author: COLLIGAN, MIMI.
Title: Circus and Stage: The Theatrical Adventures of Rose Edouin and GBW Lewis.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xviii, 236; 32 pages of illustrated plates, text illustrated with numerous b/w. illustrations and line drawings, notes on sources, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy. Clayton; Monash University Publishing; 2013. Actress Rose started as a child star in London, toured the gold towns of Victoria and acted in and directed popular theatre in India and China before opening the Academy of Music/Bijou Theatre in Bourke Street, Melbourne. George brought equestrian/horse circus to Melbourne, opened the building that became the Princess Theatre, built theatres in Calcutta, was an early employer of J C Williamson, and for a decade in the late 1800s, managed the Academy of Music/Bijou Theatre. This book examines their adventures and background.

Keywords: Australian history theatre stage australia circus victoria melbourne