George C. Miln

Miln claimed to have been born in England and attended Christ's Hospital Bluecoat School, moved to America and was further educated at Princeton University.

[2] He first came to public attention in 1882[3] when he left his position in Chicago as a Unitarian pastor, for the uncertain life of a Shakespearean actor.

[4] He first appeared on the Australian stage for George Rignold at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney playing a somewhat unconventional Hamlet on 6 October 1888 with his wife, Louise Jordan, as Ophelia and a local supporting cast.

The company moved to Brisbane, playing, amongst other works, Damon and Pythias at the Opera House with Miln and F. C. Appleton in the name parts, followed by the Victoria Theatre, Newcastle where they finished with Tom Taylor's The Fool's Revenge.

"[11] Miln and his group moved on to perform Shakespeare in Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong before reaching Nagasaki in May 1891.