Boothroyd Fairclough

B. Buckstone's Kiss in the Dark, Philip Massinger's A New Way to Pay Old Debts, George Colman the Younger's The Iron Chest and John Brougham's Po-ca-hon-tas.

In December 1872 H. R. Harwood, manager of the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, just returned from London searching for talent, candidly confessed that he had been unable to secure any "stars" for the coming season, except at "ruinous prices", and would have to make the best of the "home article".

[4] Fairclough must have been playing in London for some months, as the Melbourne Leader found a good number of positive reviews from prominent UK newspapers.

[5] Fairclough and Le Grande arrived in Melbourne on the Lincolnshire[6] and opened with Hamlet at the Theatre Royal on 10 March 1873; he was judged by one critic the best in the part since Walter Montgomery.

[9] His tour of Australia finished with his second visit to Adelaide, which began with Hamlet at the Theatre Royal on 4 October 1875, a performance which received unreserved praise.

[10] After a successful tour of country centres, his last appearances were a reading from Henry V at the Theatre Royal on Christmas Eve, which was appreciated by the few who attended, but could not compete with the rowdier attractions of the "US Minstrels" at White's Rooms,[11] and a complimentary performance at the Yatala Labor Prison.

[12] Fairclough left Adelaide at the end of March 1876 for Cape Town, where he was billed as "the eminent tragedian from Australia and London".

[14] Fairclough married Elsa May and in 1878 the pair embarked on a tour to San Francisco via Bombay, Hong Kong and Yokohama, giving recitals in those cities.

[16] A promised performance in Brisbane had to be cancelled when the only suitable hall was preemptively booked by an opposing entrepreneur and left vacant for the nights in question.

In May 1891 she made her London debut at the Victoria Hall in Robert Macaire[30] In 1895 she joined the Pioneer Opera Company touring England.