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Fullers' : [programmes, other publications of the entrepreneur and theatre owners Sir Benjamin Fuller and Mr. John Fuller / held in the PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia]
Bib ID 346367
Format BookBook
Description 1912-1940. 
<5> boxes 
Full contents Box 1. Ben J. Fuller's Musical Burlesque Co. -- Carroll-Fuller Theatres -- Fuller, Sir Benjamin -- Fuller-Brennan's Vaudeville -- Fuller's Big Vaudeville -- Fuller's Bijou Theatre (Melbourne, Vic.) -- Fuller's Fairy Pantomime -- Fuller's Merry Vaudeville and Revue -- Box 2. Fuller's news -- Box 3. Fuller's Newtown Dramatic Players (Sydney, N.S.W.) -- Fuller's Vaudeville (Brisbane, Qld.) -- Hippodrome Fuller's Big Fairy Pantomime -- Italian Grand Opera Season, 1928 -- Italo-Australian Grand Opera Co. -- Box 4. Majestic Vaudeville -- Sir Benjamin Fuller and Mr. John Fuller present -- Box 5. Sir Benjamin Fuller's Royal Grand Opera Co. -- Mr John Fuller's ... -- Fuller's Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.) + Fuller's New Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.) 
Biography/History Benjamin Fuller operated many companies presenting first class vaudeville, revue, pantomime, melodrama, operetta and film. At the height of his career he had 40 separate companies. He, and to a lesser extent his brother John, was the important entrepreneur of John Fuller and Sons. He was its general manager from 1901 onwards and came to Sydney in 1912 taking over the Brennan Vaudeville Circuit. The Depression in 1929 impacted on the theatrical business and the two brothers split Fullers' Theatres Ltd in 1934. In 1941 they went into partnership with Garnet H. Carroll forming after the war the Carroll-Fuller Theatres. The Fullers owned many theatres and had eclectic tastes in entertainment which included showing movies from 1922. 
Related Material Associated materials held in Pictorial, Manuscript, Oral History Sections with biographical cuttings material available through the Petherick Reading Room. 
Cited In

Full house : ESSO guide to the Performing Arts Collections of the National Library of Australia.

Subjects Fuller, John, - 1879-1959.  |  Fuller, Benjamin John, Sir, - 1875-1952.  |  Fullers Theatres.  |  Theater - Australia - History.  |  Theater programs - Victoria - Melbourne.  |  Theater programs - New South Wales - Sydney.  |  Impresarios - Australia.
Other Authors Fuller, Benjamin John, Sir, 1875-1952  |  Fuller, John, 1879-1959  |  National Library of Australia  |  Fullers Theatres
Also Titled Fuller's news.

Details Collect From
Ephemera (PROMPT) Petherick Reading Room (Ephemera Collection)
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