Charles Holloway (1848 – 29 November 1908) was a stage actor and manager in Australia.

History

Holloway was born the youngest son of William Michael Holloway and Emma Holloway née Symonds. He grew up in the Goulburn district of New South Wales, and was an active member of the Goulburn Amateur Dramatic Club, whose members included J. J. "Jack" Kennedy (April 1857 – 22 May 1896). For many years he was a prominent member of

Bland Holt Bland Holt (born Joseph Thomas Holt, (24 March 1851 – 28 June 1942)Dennis Shoesmith,, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 413-414. Accessed 1 August 2009 was a comedian and theatrical producer, active in Australia. Bi ...

's company at the Theatre Royal. He was in 1884 a member of the cast for the premiere season of

Charles Darrell Charles Darrell (29 June 1859 – 25 March 1932) was an English playwright who specialized in melodrama. Early life Darrell was born in London, England. Selected works His plays include: *''When London Sleeps'': Charles Holloway's production ...

's '' The Sunny South'' at the

Melbourne Opera House The Tivoli Theatre was a major performing arts venue in Melbourne's East End Theatre District, located at 249 Bourke Street. The theatre's origins dated from 1866, with various remodelling and rebuilding throughout its history. Its final building o ...

. In 1887 he formed the Charles Holloway Dramatic Company, playing drama such as Sims and

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's ''

The English Rose ''The English Rose'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Fred Paul and starring Humberston Wright.Low p.361 Cast * Fred Paul as Father Michael * Humberston Wright as Captain MacDonnell * Sydney Folker as Harry O'Malley * Mar ...

'', then turned to comedy and melodrama with Pinero's '' The Magistrate'', Frank Harvey's melodramas '' Judge Not'', and ''

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''. He was joined in management of the company by C. B. Westmacott, then in 1895 by

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at the Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, employing scenery by

John Hennings John Hennings (c. 1833 – 13 October 1898) was a theatrical scene painter and theatre manager in Melbourne, Australia. He has been identified as Johann Friederich Hennings, probably born on 6 July 1835, son of Danish-born parents Johann Hennings, ...

. They played

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's ''My Jack'' and ''A King of Crime'', Maskery and Callender's ''True as Steel'', Holcroft's''The Broad Arrow'',

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's ''The World Against Her'',

Wilton Jones Gertrude Warden (1859–1925) was an English actress and writer, who wrote over 30 novels under her stage name, her name at birth being Gertrude Isobel Price and her married name Mrs John Wilton Jones. Life Warden began life as Gertrude Isobel P ...

' ''A Yorkshire Lass'',

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' ''The Shamrock and the Rose'',

's ''

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'' (later a movie). Actors they engaged included

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, Frank Crossley, Ethel Buckley, Eugenie Duggan, Edwin Campbell, and of course took many starring parts themselves. The Holloway-Anderson partnership petered out around 1897, but was not dissolved until a few years later. Anderson married Eugenie Duggan and kept most of the company and prospered. Holloway's last productions included

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's '' The Merciless World'',

's '' The Power and the Glory'' and ''

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''. He died of double pneumonia at Dr O'Hara's private hospital in Melbourne, having travelled to that city to see his daughter

Beatrice Denver Holloway Beatrice Denver Holloway (12 October 1884 – 22 November 1964) was an Australian actress, born into the theatrical Holloway family (Holloway Theatrical Company) of Melbourne. Her father was well-known actor-manager Charles Holloway and her mot ...

play the lead in D'Ennery and Cormon's '' The Two Orphans''.

Family

Holloway married the actress Alice Victoria Hayward, née Deorwyn (stage name Alice Deorwyn). *Their only child,

(12 October 1884 – 22 November 1964) married Robert Greig and moved to Hollywood. Alice was a daughter of John Hayward Deorwyn (c. 1823 – 6 August 1888), actor and founding member of Melbourne's original Garrick Club. Alice's sister, Constance "Katherine" Deorwyn (1860 – 29 July 1942), married Richard Stewart's son, Richard Stewart, Jun. (1861–1943).

William James Holloway William James Holloway (4 February 1843 – 7 April 1913), known professionally as W. J. Holloway, was an Australian actor and stage manager who after some successes moved to London, from where he made several tours of South Africa. He married ...

(c. 1843 – April 1913), adoptive father of "

Essie Jenyns Essie Jenyns (5 October 1864 – 6 August 1920) was an Australian actress best known for her Shakespearean roles. Birth and early life Elizabeth Esther Ellen Jennings was born in Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland in 1864. Her father, Charles Rober ...

" (1864 – 6 August 1920), (Jesse) George Holloway (14 May 1847 – 1928), orchardist of Goulburn, and George Frederick Holloway (c. 1854 – 9 December 1943) were brothers. The actor

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 be ...

was not related.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holloway, Charles 1848 births 1908 deaths 19th-century Australian male actors Australian theatre managers and producers