Quinlan Opera Company

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The Quinlan Opera Company was a British opera company founded by Thomas Quinlan (1881–1951)[1]

The company

Founded in Liverpool, the company was led by Quinlan who personally supervised everything, casting the operas himself, and seeing every act of every opera before it was presented to the public.

After rehearsing in London for five months, the company set of to tour the provinces, opening in Liverpool. They next visited Ireland at the end of 1911, then set for a season in Australia.

Contribution to South African theatre

En route to Australia, the company gave performances in Cape Town and Johannesburg during of February of 1912.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Quinlan_(impresario)

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.301


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