George Coppin
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George Selth Coppin was a comic actor, an impresario, a politician and a philanthropist, active in Australia.
George Coppin, ca. 1890
George Coppin as Milky White in Henry Thornton Craven's play
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Theatre Royal, Melbourne
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The Theatre Royal was one of the premier theatres for nearly 80 years in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 1855 to 1932. It was located at what is now 236 Bourke Street, once the heart
George Coppin
…In July 1855 Coppin was playing Colonel Damas with him in The Lady of Lyons, and about this time they became partners. They purchased Melbourne's Theatre Royal and the Cremorne Gardens a pleasure garden on the banks of the Yarra River at Richmond in Melbourne, Australia, and spent £60,000 on them. In 1859…
Theatre Royal Melbourne, 1861. State Library Victoria H20742
The Theatre Royal, Melbourne, 1877.