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Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive
Tom Pollard Tom Pollard i(A149805 works by) (birth name: Thomas John O'Sullivan)
Born: Established: 1857 Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania, ; Died: Ceased: 1922 Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Manager, troupe proprietor, producer.

A friend of the Pollard family in his youth, and later the husband of Emily Pollard, Tom O'Sullivan adopted their name when he toured as a musician with the first Lilliputian Opera Company. Between 1886 and 1891 he worked for various firms as a tour/stage manager before reviving the Lilliputians in 1891. It toured between 1897 and 1905 as The Pollards (an adult company) and later as the Royal Australian Opera Company. He revived the juvenile company in 1907. After it folded in 1910 Pollard acquired cinemas in New Zealand and became involved in amateur theatre.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

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Last amended 5 Jun 2014 10:04:34
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Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company
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