Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company

[5] Years later, Daphne Trott (who like many of the performers adopted the surname Pollard as a stage name) recalled; "As a child actress...

[5] In 1909, another member of the family, Arthur Hayden Pollard, raised a juvenile company to tour India via Ceylon and Malaya.

However, following complaints about Arthur's treatment of the children and allegations of an inappropriately close association with one young performer, an Indian court withdrew his custody and the tour ended in confusion and chaos.

[10][11] Numerous well-known Australian and New Zealand actors started their careers as child performers with the Pollard troupes, including baritone John Ralston.

A number of former child performers who had experience with the Charles and Nellie Pollard troupe ended up staying on in North America and making their careers in Hollywood.