Royal Magnet Company - Revision history

Ivor at 12:09, 4 December 2021

2021-12-04T12:09:56Z

Satj at 04:32, 13 November 2021

2021-11-13T04:32:10Z

Satj: /* Sources */

2021-11-09T13:43:39Z

Sources

Satj: /* Sources */

2021-11-09T13:43:25Z

Sources

Satj: /* Sources */

2021-11-09T13:41:07Z

Sources

Satj at 13:38, 9 November 2021

2021-11-09T13:38:12Z

Satj: Created page with "The Royal Magnet Company was an vaudeville style company. Also billed as the Royal Magnet Combination Troupe (e.g. when performing in in February, 1876) or simply..."

2021-11-09T13:37:24Z

Created page with "The Royal Magnet Company was an vaudeville style company. Also billed as the Royal Magnet Combination Troupe (e.g. when performing in in February, 1876) or simply..."

New page

The [[Royal Magnet Company]] was an vaudeville style company.

Also billed as the [[Royal Magnet Combination Troupe]] (e.g. when performing in in February, 1876) or simply the [[Magnet Company]]

The company was a joint venture between the Australian performer/manager [[George Loyal]] and the American [[Samuel Owens Abell]], and also included the acrobat [[Ella Zuila]], also an Australian, who became Loyal’s wife, English-born acrobat [[James Klaer]] (who also acted as stage manager) and other performers from Japan. The director of ballets was [[Monsignor Ibanez]].

The [[Magnet Company]] toured the South African British colonies and Boer republics (including the Cape and the Orange Free State) for more than a year in 1875-76.

In some places, the company built its own performance halls e.g. in Pietermaritzburg (where some so-called "[[kaffir]]" shows were held, with the permission of the then Maritzburg police superintendent,

Loyal and Zuila had previously performed extensively in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia – then went on from South Africa to tour other parts of the world.

== Sources ==

The Natal Witness,

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

== Return to ==

Return to [[ESAT Venues W]]

Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]

Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]

Return to [[Main Page]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 The [[Royal Magnet Company]] was an vaudeville style touring company.
-Also billed as the [[Royal Magnet Combination Troupe]] (e.g. when performing in  in February, 1876) or simply the [[Magnet Company]]
+Also billed as the [[Royal Magnet Combination Troupe]] (e.g. when performing in  in February, 1876, and later in Port Elizabeth in 1877) or simply the [[Magnet Company]]
-The company was a joint venture between the Australian performer/manager [[George Loyal]] and the American [[Samuel Owens Abell]], and also included the Australian acrobat and high-wire artiste [[Ella Zuila]], English-born acrobat [[James Klaer]] (who also acted as stage manager) and some performers from Japan. The director of ballets was [[Monsignor Ibanez]].
+The company was a joint venture between the Australian trapeze performer/manager [[George Loyal]] with [[Master Ernst]] in his "Great Aerial Bicycle Feat," the American [[Samuel Owens Abell]] and the Australian acrobat and high-wire artiste [[Ella Zuila]]. Also included was the English-born acrobat [[James Klaer]] (who also acted as stage manager) and some performers from Japan. The director of ballets was [[Monsignor Ibanez]]. The shows included trained dogs and monkeys.
-The [[Magnet Company]] toured the South African British colonies and Boer republics (including the Cape and the Orange Free State) for more than a year in 1875-76.
+The [[Magnet Company]] toured the South African British colonies and Boer republics (including the Cape and the Orange Free State) between 1875 and 1877.
 In some places, the company built its own performance halls e.g. in Pietermaritzburg (where some so-called "[[kaffir]]" shows were held expressly for the local [[Zulu]] population, with the permission of the then Maritzburg police superintendent,
 Loyal and Zuila had previously performed extensively in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia – then went on from South Africa to tour other parts of the world.
 == Sources ==
@@ Line 16: / Line 20: @@
 [[The Natal Witness]], 22 February, 1876
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 Correspondence from journalist and writer Lindsey Arkley (Melbourne)[https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-arkley-89438148/?originalSubdomain=au]
-The [[Natal Witness]], 22 February, 1876
+[[The Natal Witness]], 22 February, 1876
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 == Sources ==
-Correspondence from Lindsey Arkley (Melbourne)[]
+Correspondence from journalist and writer Lindsey Arkley (Melbourne)[https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-arkley-89438148/?originalSubdomain=au]
 The [[Natal Witness]], 22 February, 1876