[Biographical clippings with portraits, of theatrical performers, mainly international and Australian. 1920s].

Approximately 57 clippings collected and donated by Mr A E Fredric, relating to performers on the Australian circuit, possibly with the J C Williamson company in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The clippings may have been taken from Australian programmes or magazines.

Clippings of New Zealand performers: Ethel Morrison; Lance Fairfax

Clippings of others (some are portrait only): Harvey Adams, Bertha Belmore, Harriet Bennet, Frederic Bentley, Tui Black, Frederick Blackman, Gus Bluett, George Blunt, Noel Boyd (Noel Adelaide Hyde-Boyd), Miss Bremner, A S Byron, Herbert Browne, Sidney Burchall, Leo Carrillo, Annie Croft, Margaret Cullen-Landis, Reginald Dandy, Reginald Dane, Stephanie Deste, Beppe de Vries, The Fallow Twins, John Fernside, Ambrose Flower, Alfred Frith, Leo Franklyn, Zara Gaden, Vera Gerald, Leon Gordon, Joseph Hislop, Leyland Hodgson, Irene Homer, Maidie Hope, Ellis Irving, Cecil Kellaway, Pat and Terry Kendall, Alan Lawrance, Herbert Leigh, Frank Leighton, James Liddy, Barbara Luddy, Nat Madison, Josie Melville, Benno Moisewitsch, Reginald Newson, Anna Pavlova, Brandon Peters, Bertha Riccardo, Lewis Shaw, Eileen Sparks, Dorothy Stanward, Arthur Stigant, Leslie Victor, Strella Wilson, Sam Wren, Reginald Wykeham, Maud Zimbla.

Quantity: 19 theatre programmes (plus some duplicates).

Physical Description: Photolithographs on clippings, sizes varying about 90 x 130 mm.

Provenance: Donated by Mr A E Fredric in 1976.