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Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive
Harry Leston Harry Leston i(A109073 works by)
Born: Established: 17 Jan 1850 Wellington, Wellington (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ; Died: Ceased: 13 Jul 1923 North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon La Sonnambula Harry Leston , Dan Tracey , 1892 6006841 1892 single work musical theatre burlesque

A topical and musical burlesque founded on the Bellini opera, it was presented as the second production for Harry Leston's season of burlesque under the Dan Tracey management.
1 1 Little Don Giovanni Harry Leston , Dan Tracey , 1892 single work musical theatre burlesque humour

With its material written and arranged by Harry Leston, possibly influenced by H. J. Byron's burlesque Little Don Giovanni; Or, Leporello and the Stone Statue (1865), this burlesque of the Mozart opera heralded the first appearance of Leston, the well-known Australian actor/comic as both producer and star of a short season of burlesque at Sydney's School of Arts. American-born entrepreneur, Dan Tracey, had no doubt keenly sought Leston after the actor's previously successful burlesque engagement with Frank Smith at the Alhambra in late 1890.

The production, which included local songs and dances, was presented as a second part to an evening's entertainment of minstrelsy and vaudeville.
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