OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 7

OBITUARY.

MR. ALFRED DAMPIER. - BrraiiEQRAPH—PRESS -ASSOCIATION—COPTIUGHT.' . . (Rcc. May 25, 1.7 a.m.) ■ .Sydney, May 24. ' Tho, death, is'announced ,of ..Mr, Alfred Dampior, actor. .'

'/ Alfred 1 Dampier,. actor and :manager, .born 1842, . marz'ied Ivato liussell, actress. and authoress. ■■■/He was -.for some years on the Eng- : lish stage, gaining plenty of experience in stock ; companies -both in, London .and the provinces; • r c'vvan^iii-'lß73: , .'iraß: by ; H. R. Hanvood, , ; quo of ; tho; lessees of < the • Theatre Royal,. Mel- • -; bourne,;..as.Reading>man and stage, manager. His.reign ? at that. house' wasfa memorable one in; Antipodean theatrical, annals,, and under, his .. : direction ,-Madame J ahauscheck,-Mrs. Scott Sitidohs.'rmdsovfral otlaer stars appeared. After . remaimng:\vith ; the manageiiieiit.'of.tho Theatre - ■ ; Eoyalfor.fo.ur yefirs.'he to ,tour:the Colonies 'as i.'a,star, .achieving; much: success in . legitimate drama and Shakespearean, parts. Having: touted ' the; VColosies, ; he went to '< America,; and .thencij to. England, and was re-;-'v. ceived:.with;groat favour in : Sari Prancisco, New. Jork,-and London, :his daughters Lily and Rose alsw appearing with him with' much-success. •• - He'returned- to. the.-Antipodes and/made another; extehded ';tour, vahd ,'afto'r a second 'arid . . hurried .'visit ; to England'entered 'into manage- 1 •-'iheiit. on his. own -account at tho' City and Standard Thoatres, where he remained ; for;.• three•: years,;, after ;.which'> : ho,; secured,-'the - loaso of.;; the Alexandra : Theatre; Melbourne, -.' ' : which, hosuccessfully. managed for some years. There are few .townships-from Port, Elizabeth to the Gulf of. : Carpentaria which ho had not played in; He''rccoived a: magnificent testi- -, inonial' performance''^Her Majesty's.Theatre, :y. Sydney, v prior .to rervisiting England : in 1906;-.