* = see “Digger Field Theatres & Concert Parties” page
† = see “Juvenile Troupes” page
^ = see Genres page [Pierrot Entertainers]
For insight into the movements of performers between various troupes see:
Performers and Associated Troupes: Revue, Revusical and Musical Comedy Companies
(Last updated: 5/04/2014)
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A
- Ada Delroy Co [aka Delroy-Bell Company]
- Ada Juneen English Burlesque & Comedy Co
- Ada Reeve Vaudeville Co (Perth, 1924)
- Airistocrats [aka Aristocrats of the Air]
- Al Bruce & His Rosebuds
- Alf Lawton’s All Nations Co
- All Digger Co * [aka Mademoiselle Mimi Diggers]
- Alma’s All-Star Co
- Amateur Frolics Co * [aka No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps]
- American Burlesque Co
- American Vaudeville Co [aka American Vaudeville Stars / World’s Entertainers]
- Anzacs, The *
- Anzac Coves *
- Arrivals of 1922
- Arthur Hemsley’s Dandies
- Art Slavin Revue Co
- Australian Bushranging Bio & Specialty Co
- Australian Dandies, The *
- Australian Eleven Minstrel & Variety Co
- Australian Entertainers [aka Bert Howard’s Australian Entertainers]
- Australian Flying Corps Concert Party *
- Australian Minstrel Co
- Australian Natives Vaudeville Co
B
- Bachelder’s Anglo-American Christy’s Minstrels
- Bain & Lawton’s Vaudeville Co
- Baldwin’s Butterfly Co
- Baltimore Minstrels [1] [aka Amateur Baltimore Minstrels]
- Baltimore Minstrels [2]
- Barlow, Bromley, Buckley & Holly
- Beaufort Merrymakers, The *
- Bent & Bachelder’s Anglo-American Christy Minstrels
- Bert Le Blanc’s Travesty Stars
- Billy Cass Co
- Billy Maloney’s New Ideas
- Billy Maloney’s Scandals [1]
- Billy Maloney’s Scandals [2]
- Biograph & Trans-Atlantic Entertainers
- Black Diamonds Costume Comedy Co *
- Bletsoe’s Tabloid Musical Comedy Co
- Blondenette Lady Minstrels
- Blue Dandies, The *
- Blue Diamonds, The *
- Boomerangs, The *
- Boley’s Minstrels
- Bosley Vaudeville Co
- Brooklyn Entertainers, The
- Bruce Drysdale’s Citizen’s Concerts [aka Drysdale’s Entertainers etc]
- Bryant’s All-Star Novelty Co
- Buckley & Holly’s Pleasure Party
- Buffalo Female Minstrels [aka Buffalo Female Minstrels & Sable Opera Co]
C
- California Minstrels
- Cameo Revue Co / The Gaieties
- Campbell’s Minstrels [1]
- Campbell’s Minstrels [2]
- Charles Godfrey Vaudeville Co
- Charlie Fanning’s Concert Co
- Cheer-Oh Girls *
- Cheevers, Kennedy & Bent’s Minstrels
- Christy’s Aerial Beauties
- Christy’s Minstrels [1]
- Christy’s Original Sable Opera Troupe
- Clark and Shine’s All-Star Co
- Classics of 1923 [aka Rawdon Blandford’s Classics of 1923 • Rawdon Blandford’s New English Comedy Co]
- Clay’s Waxworks & Vaudeville Co
- Cole’s Varieties
- Combination Serenaders, The
- Congo Minstrels, The
- Coo-ees, The *
- Cosmopolitan Band & Coloured Opera Troupe [aka Coloured Opera Troupe]
- Courtiers Costume Comedy Co [aka McCallum’s Courtiers]
D
- Dan Barry’s World-Wide Wonder Show
- Dan Tracey’s Vaudeville, Minstrel & Specialty Co
- Day in Dogtown Co, A
- Devereaux’s World’s Biotint Entertainers
- Diamond Minstrel & Variety Co [aka The Diamonds]
- Drolls, Th’ [aka Bert Rache’s Th’ Drolls]
- Dum Dum Dinkums *
E
- Edward Branscombe’s Dandies
- Edward Branscombe’s Jesters
- Elite Burlesque, Minstrel & Variety Co
- Ella Carrington’s Stray Leaves Combination
- Elton Black Revue Co [aka Elton Black/Kate Howarde Revue Co]
- Elton Black’s New Follies
- Emerson & Wood’s Alabama Minstrels
- Emerson’s California Minstrels
- Emerson’s Minstrels
- Empties, The * [aka The M.T.s]
- English Glee & Burlesque Opera Co
- English Pierrot Entertainers [aka Famous Pierrots]
- Eric Masters’ Merry Whirls [aka Eric Masters’ Maxims]
- Ethiopian Serenaders [2]
F
- Famous Diggers * [aka Pat Hanna’s Famous Diggers]
- Faust Family
- F. Gayle Wyer’s Band Box Revue Co
- Field Artillery Pirates *
- Fisk Jubilee Singers
- Fitzgerald’s All Stars [aka Fitzgerald Brothers Vaudeville, Dramatic and Musical Combination • Clifton-Vane Refined Vaudeville and Dramatic Co]
- Florack’s Federal Minstrels
- Flying Kangaroos, The *
- Follies, The [Hobart, 1920-1921]
- Fred Davys’ Bright Lights Co
- Frivolities of 1935
- Fullers’ American Revue Co
- Futurists, The [1]
- Futurists, The [2]
G
- Gaiety Vaudeville Co [Melbourne]
- Gallipoli Strollers, The [1] *
- Gallipoli Strollers, The [2] *
- Gay Crusaders, The
- George Sorlie Vaudeville & Revue Co
- George Wallace Revue Co
- Georgia Minstrels [1] [aka Corbyn’s Original Georgia Minstrels]
- Georgia Minstrels [2] [aka C. B. Hicks’ Original Georgia Minstrels]
- Gibbons’ Minstrels
- Globetrotters, The
- Graham Mitchell’s Jesters
- Graham Mitchell’s Serenaders
- Green Diamonds, The *
- Gum Leaves, The * [aka Australian Depot Concert Party]
H
- Harry Borradale’s Sparklers
- Harry Clay’s No 1 Musical Comedy Co
- Harry Cogill’s New Musical Comedy Co [aka Harry Cogill’s Federal Minstrel Co / Bright Lights Co]
- Harry Primrose’s London Pierrots ^ [aka London Pierrots / Manly Pierrots]
- Harry Ross Revue Co [aka The Joybringers]
- Hill’s World’s Entertainers
- Hiscocks’ Federal Minstrels
- Hudson’s Surprise Party
- Hugo’s Buffalo Minstrels
- Hussey, Kelly & Holly’s Celebrated Comedians
- Huxham’s Serenaders
I
- Ike Delavale Revue Co
- Issues Comedy Co *
J
- Jasper’s Pantomime Co
- Jim Gerald Revue Co [aka Jim Gerald’s Miniature Musical Comedy Co]
- Jones’s Huge Surprise Party
- Jones’s Mammoth Moving Theatre [aka Jones’s Moving King Theatre]
- Josie Johnson’s Wonder Kids †
- Josie Johnson’s Pantomime Co [aka Howard & Johnson’s Pantomime Co]
K
- Kangaroos [2]* [aka Australian Graves Detachment Concert Party]
- Kangaroo Koncert Kompany *
- Kelly & Leon’s Comedy Opera Co
- Kelly & Leon’s Minstrels
- Kenna’s Empire Minstrels
- Kookaburras, The [1] *
- Kookaburras, The [2] *
- Kookaburras, The [3] *
- K-Nuts, The
L
- La Feuillade, Peel & Weston’s Christy Minstrels
- Lawton, Dearin & Sayers’ Troubadours
- Lawton & Dearin’s Federal Minstrels & Comiques
- Lawton & Leslies’ All Nations Co
- League of Notions
- Leon & Cushman’s Minstrels
- Liddiard’s Lilliputians †
- Lizzie Hasting’s Minstrels
- Lizzie Hasting’s Picnic Party
- London Bioscope Co
- London Revels [aka Black and Northcote’s London Revels]
- London Vaudeville Stars [aka William Anderson’s London Vaudeville Stars]
- Lottie’s Royal Magnet Troupe
- Loyola’s Magnet Variety Troupe [aka Loyala & Wilson’s Magnet Troupe]
- Luxor Smilers [aka Shafto’s Smilers]
M
- McAdoo’s Georgia Minstrels & Alabama Cakewalkers
- McAdoo’s Jubilee Singers
- Madge Cloherty’s Celebrities
- Matsa Vaudeville Co
- Merry Mascottes [aka George Whitehead’s Merry Mascottes]
- Merrymakers, The *
- Mirthquakers, The
- Mo & His Merrymakers
- Moon & Morris Revue Co
- Mutoscope Biotint Co
- Myra Carden’s Magnet Co
N
- Nat Phillips’ Stiffy & Mo Co [aka Nat Phillips Tabloid Musical Comedy Co]
- Nat Phillips’ Whirligigs Co
- New Ideas
- New York Serenaders [1]
- New York Serenaders [2]
- Night Birds, The *
- Nightingale Serenaders [1]
- Nightingale Serenaders [2]
- 1925 Minstrels
O
- O’Donnell & Ray’s Pantomime Co
- Old Time Minstrels [1929]
- Old Time Nigger Minstrels [1] (Fullers)
- Old Time Nigger Minstrels [2] (Fullers)
P
- Palais Royal Cabaret & Vaudeville Co
- Paragon Bellringers, The
- Perham Stars, The * [aka The Aussies / No. 1 Command Depot Concert Party, 8 Battalion]
- Polite Vaudeville & Minstrel Co
- Pollard’s Lilliputians Opera Co [1] (1881-1886) †
- Pollard’s Lilliputians Opera Co [2] (1891-1905) †
- Pollard’s Juvenile Opera Co [3] (1907-1910) †
- Priddy’s Electric Marvels & Mammoth Specialty Combination
- Punchinellos [1]
- Punchinellos [2]
Q
- Queen’s Variety Troupe
R
- Radios, The [aka Bohemia Radios / Fred Bluett’s Bohemia Radios]
- Revellers, The
- Richards’ Entertainers
- Richard Shafto’s Revels
- Royal Magnet Combination Troupe
- Royal Magnet Variety Troupe [1] 1872-1873
- Royal Magnet Variety Troupe [2] 1885-1885
- Royal Pantomime Co
- Royal Strollers [1] [aka Sydney James’ Pierrot Pie Co]
- Royal Strollers [2] [aka Charles Weston’s Royal Strollers]
S
- Sam Dearin’s Minstrels & Comiques
- San Francisco Minstrels [1] (1857-1862)
- San Francisco Minstrels [2] (1861-1862)
- Sentimental Blokes, The *
- Serenaders, The *
- Serenaders, The [1936]
- Shaw’s Entertainers [Shaw’s Merrymakers / The English Pierrots]
- Shipp’s Entertainers / Minstrels [Edwin Shipp companies]
- Slade Murray’s Gaiety Burlesque Co [aka Slade Murray’s English Specialty Co]
- Smart Set, The [aka Smart Set Entertainers]
- Smart Set Diggers *
- Snapshots Revue Co
- Snowdrop Minstrels
- So and So’s, The [1] (Adelaide, 1920-1921 )
- So and So’s, The [2] (NSW, 1921 )
- So and So’s, The [3] (Perth/WA, 1922-1923)
- So and So’s, The [4] (Adelaide, 1925-1926)
- Southern Cross Comedy Co [aka Cass Mahomet’s Concert Party]
- Stanley McKay’s Gaieties
- Stanley McKay’s No 1 Pantomime Co
- Stanley McKay’s Pantomime Moving Theatre Co
- State Entertainers (Launceston)
- Sudholz’s Bio-Tableau & World’s Entertainers
- Sunbeam Pantomime Children ^
- Sunshine Kiddies, The [aka Rahilly-Brown’s Sunshine Kiddies] †
- Swastika Players, The
T
- Taits’ Variety Entertainers
- Ted Tutty’s Vaudeville Co
- Tivoli Frolics
- T.O.M.C.A.T.S. (Charters Towers)
- Topics of 1925 [aka Colin Crane’s Topics of 1925]
- Totten’s Harmoneons
- Town Topics [1]
- Town Topics [2]
- Tracey & Adson’s Vaudeville, Comedy & Specialty Co
- Trilby Tourists, The
- Tropical Troubadours, The *
- Trump Cards Revue Co
- Tubby Stevens’ Tit-Bits Revue Co
U
- U.S. Minstrels [1]
- U.S. Minstrels [2] [aka Weston’s U.S. Minstrels]
V
- Vaudeville Specialty Union
- Versatiles, The
- Verto Vaudeville Co [aka Myorama Vaudeville Combination]
- Verto’s Biotint & Novelty Co
- Veterans of Variety [1929]
- Vital & Electric Sparks Co [aka Bella Sutherland’s Vital Sparks Co / Bella Sutherland’s Musical & Specialty Co]
- Vogues and Vanities
W
- Walter George Sunshine Players
- Wanderers, The [aka George Stephenson’s Wanderers]
- Wattle Birds, The *
- Weichard’s International Vaudeville Stars
- Western Wallabies [aka Nat Hanley’s Western Wallabies]
- Weston & Hussey’s Minstrels
- Weston & La Feuillade’s Minstrels
- Whizz-bangs [2] *
- William Anderson’s London Vaudeville Stars
- Will’s Surprise Party
- Who’s Who Costume Revue Entertainers
- Wombats, The *
- World’s Animatograph Co
- World’s Entertainers [2]
- World’s Entertainers [3]
- World’s Entertainers [4] [aka Frank Reis’s World’s Entertainers]
- World’s Entertainers & Animatograph Co
- World’s Star Entertainers
- World’s Star Gaiety Co
- World’s Vaudeville Co
- Wyn Leslie’s Pierrots ^
Y
- Y.A.L. White Minstrels † [Y.A.L. Boys / White Minstrels Revue Co]
- Ye Olde Englyshe Fayre Co [WA 1896/1897]
- Ye Olde Nigger Minstrels [Tivoli Celebrity Vaudeville]
- Y.M.C.A. Returned Soldiers’ Concert Party [1] *
- Y.M.C.A. Returned Soldiers’ Concert Party [2] *
- Young Australia League (Y.A.L.)
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