George Musgrove was an English-born Australian theatre producer.
15 Facts About George Musgrove
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George Musgrove was brought to Australia by his parents in January 1863 when he was nine years old.
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George Musgrove was educated at the Flinders School, Geelong, Victoria, and on leaving school was given a position as treasurer by Lyster.
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George Musgrove married Emily Fisk Knight at All Saints Church, St Kilda, on 1 August 1874.
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George Musgrove visited England in 1879, a time when Gilbert and Sullivan had commenced their operas.
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Williamson and Garner continued to run the Theatre Royal and Princess Theatre in Melbourne, and George Musgrove taking control of the Theatre Royal in Sydney.
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George Musgrove managed a successful season of Paul Jones with Marion Burton and Nellie Stewart in the leading parts.
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The combination continued for about seven years, George Musgrove living much of the time in London.
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In 1900 George Musgrove took a grand opera company to Australia, consisting mainly of artists from the Carl Rosa Opera Company with Gustave Slapoffski as the conductor, which performed Tannhauser, The Flying Dutchman and many other well-known operas.
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In 1907 George Musgrove produced a German grand opera company that introduced Die Walkure, Romeo and Juliet and Hansel und Gretel to the Australian public, again under the baton of Gustave Slapoffski.
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In late 1914 George Musgrove produced David Belasco's play Du Barry in Melbourne with his lover Nellie Stewart in the title role as well as his daughter Nancye Stewart as Marie Antoinette, age 16.
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George Musgrove died suddenly at his home in Sydney on 21 January 1916, his sixty-second birthday.
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George Musgrove could be brusque but was known as a kind-hearted, considerate employer of his artistes.
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George Musgrove was reputed to value artistic quality over profitability.
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George Musgrove had two sons, Harry and Victor, and a daughter, actress Georgie Musgrove.