To the Editor of The Age. I have read "The Age" for over fifty years. When I was a youth I was employed in Mr. Coutie's boot and shoe warehouse on Elizabeth-street. Two of my sisters were chorus singers in Mr. W. S. Lyster's opera company in the Opera House, now the Tivoli.

... Mr. Bre, stage manager. placed MC in Madam Angot, Lei Periebole and ma, other operas at that time. I was permanently engaged for ove, six years in the Opera House, end placed many times in a costume of live, stage waiter. I was placed to receive the Governor, Sir George Bowen. with Mr. Lys. ter. T think this was in 1877 or 18,18. Amy Sherwin played Inc S•mnerniila. 111.1 Signor Verdi played the Count. I went in the part with' him as a poetilion. I Zfar". hiltri: .7n7":: in hit production called*Fritzt. changes wonderful actor and musician. Blanch Stammer, Lily Bryer and Mr. It. Stewart (Nellie's father). Stewart O'Brien. Charlet. Taylor and 15. G. Carey were in the east. of Fritz. J. K. Emmett produrpd Our Germ. Cousin and Phil the Found• Lug. ...

I was engaged to assist Mr. Val Vose in hit ventriloquial entertainment at the Opera House in grand opera season, and the Madam Ristori, season. Mrs. Lewis

placed me with Mr. William Creswick at the Opera House, with Helen Ashton's eight months' successful season. I captained a cricket eleven from the Opera House against a Theater Royal eleven on the Richmond cricket ground in the month of January. Mr. George Musgrove acting as umpire

... parts in the Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, with Louisa Davenport, with Mr. W. Sheridan. My wife played a leading character in Arrah na Pogue. When Mr. Martin's Hamlet. I ant very sad over writer in one of the daily paper., hoought tr r Pen' ..1' burlesque he had written to Mr. Lacey flo,I—Toure, &c ...

in the Nugget Theatre he selected me to represent Sir Graham Berry, the Premier, my wife Dr. L. L. Smith, Miss Bagley Dr. Beam, Mr. W. Whitburn Africanus and Mr. Albert Norman a stoker.

These were all happy times. I have a daughter and two sons who were touring members of the famous Pollard’s Lilliputian Opera Company.

...* u •t a Theatre Beret eleven ou ! I have Played et the Kinq's Theatre in mc'eTtn,11' with seaso:**i. .1 tea f`n d rrt`ehintileras of "'the were tour of January, Mr. George Musgrove acting C. theater stage manager; in Mr. VV. "47 Maggie Cdtrnwir,'„7,,,'X.t,VV:;t1i'inr,f7g,,:',11 and toured as a member of the same mom in Struck Oil, Maggie Moore't company as Mr. Charles Harding to Taw and Harry Roberta's company; . lini mania, and wee a member of Mr. Tom Olialligan in Arrah ne Pogue, an the same Hudeon'a surprise party, and we were company; with Walter Baker in Tommy engaged by Mr. Lacey in the Nugget Tice- Silent; et the Theatre Royal with Oscar stye, Bourke-street, to play parte with Aeche and Lily Brayton; with Lewis Mr. W. Whitburn and Albert Norman Weller in Henry the Fifth; at the Theatre in a Production called Hades, or Dent Loyal in Cecil King's production; . tour-ing member in .Itmeph and Hie Brethren. In 1921 I toured Australia and New Zealand as a member of Chu Chin Chow company. Vera Pearce, Emma Temple on Les Donaghey were in the company. The following year I toured with Gilbert .4 teethe.," Opera Company. In the Theatre Royal I was placed in a part by !Mr. Crremer. stage manager, as No. 1 Pedlar in Sweet Nell of old Drury. In the reime theatre I Ivan in the east of Mr. Peter Below, Another tenet we were engaged try Mrs. G. B. W. Lewis in the exhibition in aid of the Old Actora' Home. Another season we toured to Sydney to pia, Parts In pantomime in the Olympic The-71;y Ifidt:rif?:11712:s wegge31"atnhg outer seaeon my wife was Inplaceuet.0 Ph; ...

...of the Melbourne Theatre Royal. Yours &c., Fitzroy.
F. Goulding
(Source: The Age of Melbourne, Victoria on Saturday 4 November 1933, page 6)

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