William B. Gill: From the Goldfields to Broadway

Contents

• Introduction
• 1: Who Was Willie Gill?
• 2: From the Goldfields to Melbourne (and Back Again)
• 3: A Comic Star at Home
• 4: On the Road to Calcutta
• 5: Great Varieties and Greater Expectations
• 6: A Sojourn in the American Goldfields
• 7: A Broadway Début and Colville's Folly Company
• 8: Lots of Goblins and an International Hit
• 9: Plays Made to Order
• 10: Adonis
• 11: One Failure after Another
• 12: From Pantomime to Sentimental Comedy
• 13: Star Vehicles
• 14: Last Hits
• 15: Final Curtain