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
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
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
Kate Rickards
…Katie Angel" and later toured the United States, England, and South Africa under the management of the British-born vaudeville performer and impresario Harry Rickards. She and Rickards married in 1880, after which she had a career as a musical theatre actress under the name "Kate Leete". Following her retirement from…
Harry Rickards c.1870-1900 Collection State Library Victoria (Australia)