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The Australian Variety Theatre Archive (AVTA) is an independent, not-for-profit research website devoted to the period of theatrical activity in Australia that might be considered the 'golden years' of minstrelsy and vaudeville. The motivation for the site has been the need to rectify the exceedingly poor amount of research directed towards this area of Australian history and thus address the many myths, inaccuracies and gaps that are to be found in the present historical record.
The AVTA's primary objectives are two-fold: To celebrate and advance our knowledge of the Australian variety theatre industry which operated between the mid-1800s and the late-1920s/early-1930s; and to provide an on-going information archive which will serve as the basis for further research by both academics and historians, as well as by the general public.
Variety entertainment during the period covered by the AVTA crossed many theatrical genres and media forms (including film and radio). The archive is primarily interested, however, in the following genres: burlesque minstrelsy (including minstrels farces) vaudeville revue revusical (one act musical comedies) pantomime. The archive is also looking to provide biographical details on the people involved in variety the performers (individuals and acts), entrepreneurs and managers, troupes, scenic artists, stage managers, front-of-house managers, costume and property-makers, choreographers, writers, composers, songwriters, lyricists directors, music directors, producers and associated industry practitioners (journalists/critics, advance representatives etc).
The AVTA also publishes Mixed Bag, a monograph series devoted to variety theatre and popular culture entertainment.
Source: http://ozvta.com/ (Sighted 23/06/2011)
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Creator's note: The Australian Variety Theatre Archive (AVTA) went public on 10 May 2011, the 146th anniversary of the birth of Harry Clay.
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The AVTA is archived at Pandora: Australia' Web Archive.
Contents
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Edward Branscombe,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2008 AustLit entry
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E. J. Carroll,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2008 AustLit entry.
- F. M. Clark, single work biography Section: Entrepreneurs
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Harry Clay,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Condensed from Clay Djubal's MA thesis, "Harry Clay and Clay's Vaudeville Company, 1865-1939' (1998).
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Percy R. Dix,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2007 AustLit entry
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Ted Holland,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2006 AustLit entry.
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Bert Howard,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Updated and expanded from the 1998 and 2005 versions.
- Andy Kerr, single work biography Section: Entrepreneurs
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John N. McCallum,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2007 AustLit entry.
- Stanley McKay, single work biography Section: Entrepreneurs
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Harry Rickards,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2007 AustLit entry.
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Harry Sadler,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Updated and expanded from the 1998 and 2005 versions.
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Percy St John,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2007 AustLit entry
- F. W. Thring, single work biography Section: Entrepreneurs
- Dan Tracey, single work biography Section: Entrepreneurs
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J. C. Williamson,
single work
biography
Section: Entrepreneurs
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2006 AustLit entry.
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Australian Variety/Australian Variety and Show World,
single work
biography
Section: Industry
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2006 AustLit "What Oh Tonight" (2005 Ph D) entries.
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Everyone's,
single work
biography
Section: Industry: Misc 2 - Media
Note: Expanded and updated from Clay Djubal's 'What Oh Tonight' (2005 Ph D) and Jill Julius Matthews' 2011 AustLit entry.
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Fuller News,
single work
biography
Section: Industry: Misc 2 - Media
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2006 AustLit entry.
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The Theatre Magazine,
single work
biography
Section: Industry: Misc 2 - Media
Note: Expanded and updated from the 2010 AustLit entry.