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Edmund Holloway
Edmund Holloway (c. 1820 – 18 August 1906) was an Australian actor. History Edmund "Old Ned" Holloway was born in Hull, England, and came out to Australia as a sailor "jumping ship" at Hobart. He worked on the Melbourne stage for some years before his first appearance in Sydney as Pythias to James Stark's Damon in 1853. In later years he played supporting roles to such stars as G. V. Brooke and Charles Kean. Perhaps owing something to his years before the mast, he would later play nautical parts with conviction. He had a fine deep voice, and was a popular "Raimondo" in ''Lucia di Lammermoor''. He was in partnership with George Coppin turning an old brewery in Geelong into a theatre. He tried his hand as stage manager, and was well respected by actors but had little success as a promoter and was forced to declare himself insolvent in 1861. In 1865 he teamed up with Lachlan McGowan (full name Lachlan McGowan Todd) and Freyberger as lessees of the Theatre Royal, Ballarat, enjoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east of York, the historic county town. With a population of (), it is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region after Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford. The town of Wyke on Hull was founded late in the 12th century by the monks of Meaux Abbey as a port from which to export their wool. Renamed ''Kings-town upon Hull'' in 1299, Hull had been a market town, military supply port, trading centre, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis. Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. More than 95% of the city was damaged or destroyed in the blitz and suffered a perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
