Harry Rickards
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Harry Rickards, born Henry Benjamin Leete, was an English-born baritone, comedian and theatre owner, most active in vaudeville and stage, first in his native England and then Australia after emigratin
Harry Rickards c.1870-1900 Collection State Library Victoria (Australia)
Kate Rickards
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Kate Rickards was an Australian trapeze artist and later a musical theatre actress. Born in Melbourne, she began performing as a trapeze artist in Australia at the age of 11 under the name "Katie Ange
Harry Rickards
…England, on 13 October 1911. His body was returned to Australia to be buried in Waverley Cemetery, Sydney. He was married twice and left a widow, Kate Rickards, a trapeze artist, acrobat and performer, and two daughters. His younger daughter Madge Rickards married the singer and actor Frank Harwood in July…
Advertisement for Katie Angell's debut as a trapeze artist, 1873
Kate Rickards in her costume for the musical sketch Sappho, 1888
Kate Rickards in her later years
The Rickards's daughters, Noni and Madge, in 1901