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1. HISTORICAL NOTES:
1.1. The 1914 tour of Maurice Bandmann's Indian circuit was arranged by Hugh D. McIntosh, general manager of Harry Rickards' Tivoli Theatres. The Serenaders were then playing a six-week season in Adelaide for the firm.
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2. PERSONNEL:
2.1. Principal troupe members were Sadie Anderson (1922), W. H. Aye (1922), Pop Batterby (1918-1923), Sydney Burchell (1923), Gladys Campbell (1922), Lena Deane (1922-1923), Reg Harrison (1918-1923), Fred Heraud (1915-1922), Claude Holland (1922-1923), Sydney Hollister (1918-1919), Hugh Huxham (1911-1923), Edith Huxham (1911-1923), Gertrude Johns (1922), Adele Kelly (1915), Madoline Knight (1922-1923), Dora Lyall (1922-1923), Pearlie McKenzie (1918-1919), Gertie McLeod (1915), Nance Maunsell (1915), Ina Milne (1915), Renn Miller (1922-1923), Kitty Morton (1918-1919), Bert Munyard (1922), Paulasto Bros (Ern and Fred, 1922), Les Richmond (1922-26), Olive Seddon (1918-1919), Hugh Steyne (1915), Maud Telfer (1923), Lalla Ward (1919), George Welch (1922-1923), Dan Weldon (1915-1918).
- Pop Batterby later married J. Foote, a Sydney businessman, and became associated with the Mosman Operatic Society.
- Syd Burchell appeared in musical comedies and operettas in the 1930s, including The Student Prince (1933).
- Reg Harrison became a Sydney-based businessman in the 1930s.
- Fred Heraud's surname is sometimes spelled 'Herand.' He retired from the theatre in the 1930s to join a Hobart-based firm.
- Syd Hollister joined a Melbourne radio station in the 1930s.
- Pearlie McKenzie later married Hugh Black and moved to Mackay (Qld).
- Renn Miller's abbreviated Christian name is sometimes spelled 'Ren.'
- Les Richmond was conductor and pianist for the Serenaders between 1922 and 1926. In the 1930s, he was organist at Brisbane's Regent Theatre.
- Olive Seddon moved to Ballarat (Vic) in the 1930s.
- Dan Weldon joined a number of high-profile revusical companies before taking up a radio career in Sydney in the 1930s as a programme director.
2.2. Special guest artists included Enid Parker (violin, 1919), Master Walters (violin, 1919).
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Entries connected with this record have been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian-written music theatre and film being conducted by Dr Clay Djubal.