James Allison (theatre)

James Allison (1831 – 12 January 1890)^[1] was a theatre manager in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. He engaged and managed local and overseas opera, drama, circus, minstrel and variety companies throughout the Australasian colonies.

^ None of the obits mentions his place of birth and early life and arrival in Australia if (as is likely) he was born in England; his age at death is variously put at 59, 62 and 69, and some give him a middle initial "W."

[1] None of the obits mentions his place of birth and early life and arrival in Australia if (as is likely) he was born in England; his age at death is variously put at 59, 62 and 69, and some give him a middle initial "W."

[1]