Arthur Garner

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Arthur Garner (born February 8, 1851 in Bath , † after 1898) was an Australian actor and theater entrepreneur of English origin.

Life

Garner initially worked for Charles J. Phipps , who was best known as the architect of forty English theaters. He began his acting career as the protégé of George Gordon . He toured the English provinces and came to Melbourne for the first time in 1873, where he stayed for three years. In 1879 he returned to Australia to head the London Comedy Company (starring Fred Marshall and George Gordon) and the following year he opened Garner's Theater in Adelaide . In late 1881 he teamed up as a theater entrepreneur with James Cassius Williamson and George Musgrove . As The Triumvirate or Trio they controlled several theaters in Sydney and Melbourne until 1890 and brought English actors such as George Rignold , Dion Boucicault senior and Nellie Stewart to Australia.

Due to financial problems Garner left the triumvirate in 1891. In the 1895–96 season he directed the Palace Theater with Phil Goatcher . After the bankruptcy in 1897 he returned to England. Nothing is known about his further life. Garner's first marriage was to actress Blanche Stammers , who died in 1883, and his second marriage to the author Letitia Hill Martin , a sister of Arthur Patchett Martin .

literature

  • Philip Mennell: Garner, Arthur . In: The Dictionary of Australasian Biography . Hutchinson, London 1892, pp. 178 (English, Wikisource ).

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SURNAME Garner, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian actor and theater entrepreneur of English origin
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Bath
DATE OF DEATH after 1898