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Paul O'Loughlin
Paul O'Loughlin was an Australian actor and director. He directed some of the first television plays in Australia. He joined the ABC in the 1930s. He directed numerous stage plays. He was born and educated in Melbourne and worked in Brisbane and Adelaide. O'Loughlin served in the RAAF in WWII and married Maiva Drummond in 1942. The couple had met in Melbourne in 1935 in the cast of Gregan McMahon's production of '' Sheppey''. Select Credits *'' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1956) *''The Passionate Pianist'' (1957) *'' Three Cornered Moon'' (1957) *'' Sunday Costs Five Pesos'' (1957) *''A Phoenix Too Frequent'' (1957) *''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (1957) *'' Miss Mabel'' (1958) *''Act of Violence'' (1959) References External linksPaul O'Loughlinat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiva Drummond
Maiva Drummond was an Australian actress of stage and radio, known for her part in the long-running ABC radio serial she starred as Jean Lawson in radio serial ''The Lawsons'' in the late 1940s and its longer running successor series Blue Hills as Rose Bishop, from 1949 until 1976, both series written by Gwen Meredith Biography Theatre Drummond was born in Bathurst, New South Wales lived most of her young life in Hay. She first appeared in amateur productions of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and '' The Boatswain's Mate'' in Sydney in 1927. By 1928 she was teaching elocution back in Hay and held a concert featuring her pupils as a fundraiser for the Parish Hall, where she later produced and performed in many fundraising entertainments. In 1934 she appeared in ''Heat Wave'' with the Little Theatre in Melbourne. The following year she played Florrie in Gregan McMahon's production of '' Sheppey''. Also in the cast was her future husband, Paul O'Loughlin. Radio Her radio career be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiva Drummond And Paul O'Loughlin
''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There are over 70 species in the genus, but more than 300 synonymous names have been applied to them. Some species, such as the common African grass yellow ('' E. hecabe'') have over 80 synonyms. The genus itself has over 15 junior generic synonyms. This is the price of being a widespread taxon, as well as a zoogeographical problem. Species Listed alphabetically within groups: – forest grass yellow * '' Eurema simulatrix'' (Semper, 1891) – changeable grass yellow * ''Eurema smilax'' (Donovan, 1805) – small grass yellow * ''Eurema tilaha'' (Horsfield, 829 * ''Eurema nicevillei'' (Butler, 1898) – Malayan grass yellow * '' Eurema timorensis'' Shirôzu & Yata, 1977 * '' Eurema tominia'' (Vollenhoven, 1865) * ''Eurema upembana'' (Berger, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Northern Champion
''The Northern Champion'' was a bi-weekly newspaper published in Taree, New South Wales, Australia from 1912 until 1961. History ''The Northern Champion'' was first published on 2 February 1912 by David A. Cowan. Mary Lucy Cowan (1872-1950) became proprietor and manager of the ''Northern Champion'' after the death of her brother David Cowan in 1922. In 1961 the ''Northern Champion'' was absorbed into the ''Manning River Times''. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. See also * List of newspapers in Australia * List of newspapers in New South Wales This is a list of newspapers in New South Wales in Australia. List of newspapers in New South Wales (A) List of newspapers in New South Wales (B) List of newspapers in New South Wales (C) List of newspapers in New South Wales (D) Li ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Northern Champion, The Def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregan McMahon
Gregan McMahon, CBE (2 March 1874 – 30 August 1941)Allan Ashbolt,McMahon, Gregan (1874–1941), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 336–337. Retrieved 2 October 2009 was an Australian actor and theatrical director and producer. Early life McMahon was born in Sydney, elder son of John Terence McMahon, a clerk, and his wife Elizabeth, ''née'' Gregan. Both parents were emigrants from Ireland. McMahon was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview. McMahon played in the Riverview football team, and took first-class honours in classics at his matriculation examination. McMahon graduated with a BA at the University of Sydney in 1896 and during his course, established a reputation as an amateur actor – a critic on one occasion spoke of his performance being so artistic that he seemed like a professional in a company of amateurs. Career After university, McMahon was articled to a firm of solicitors at Sydney, and remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheppey (play)
''Sheppey'' (1933) was William Somerset Maugham's last play, written at the age of 59 and after he had reached distinction as a novelist and playwright. Maugham dedicated the book to Sir John Gielgud. It is the story about the change of fortune of hairdresser Joseph Miller who was born on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent and nicknamed ''Sheppey''. The play is set in the 1930s. Sheppey, a hard worker at the same establishment for 15 years, wins a subsidiary prize in the Irish Sweepstakes, Irish Lottery of £8,500 but does not take to his win with the same style that most others would – and to which most, including his boss, his wife or his daughter and her fiancé (a teacher given to believing that he is more educated than most) — expect him to. The play was written in 1932 and first produced at the Wyndham's Theatre London on 14 September 1933 with a cast that included Ralph Richardson, then aged 31, and Laura Cowie who had been a star of the silent movies. After the production o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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