Actor, comedian. Husband of Minna Keeley. Died while performing as the leading comedian in the burlesque of "Ali Baba" at St George's Hall, Wellington, aged 33 years and 9 months. Buried at Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington. See New Zealand Mail (3rd November, 1877, p16d)
Keeley, Charles, 1844?-1877
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Manuscript
Memorials - Surnames Jon-Kee
From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others
Reference: MS-Papers-2260-042
Online
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City Hall, Auckland. Grand vice-regal command night, Friday Feb 25th, 1876. Under the d...
Date: 1876
From: [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1870-1879].
By: Reed and Brett (Firm)
Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1876-01
Description: An arrangement of text on a silk programme, titled "Third programme". The performance was to be attended by the Marquis of Normanby and his wife, and performers included Mr Charles Keeley (comedian) and Mr Alfred Statham (composer and pianiste). Seventeen items, including bell-ringing and comic songs, were followed by the "laughable farce" "The haunted chateau!", with the main parts being taken by Harry Lynch and Charles Keeley. The vertical borders named the places at which the family had performed: Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, Java, Queensland, New Zealand, Western Australia, California, "etc". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, blue ink on cream silk fabric, 290 x 160 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gwynn Gillard, Belmont Victoria, in 2015. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance (a photograph of Harry Lynch) was transferred to the Photographic Archive..