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Marlow was born Joseph Lewis Marks (or Marx) to Morris Marks (1834 – 21 January 1920) and his wife Celia Marks, née Jones, (1835 – 29 December 1898). Among his siblings were A. Adolph Marks (c. 1871 – 22 May 1956), who would establish A. A. Marks Ltd., wholesale tobacconists, and Alfred Isaac Marks
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George and Ethel were still together in 1937, even appearing in a pantomime. He died in a Sydney nursing home, survived by his wife (died 8 September 1958) and a daughter Marie. His estate was valued at £30,110. They had a home "Franconia", 123 Macleay Street,
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58:(c. 1873 – 21 August 1947), later business manager for George Marlow Dramatic Company and treasurer of several of Marlow's theatres, and married actress Miss Elwyn Harvey on 24 December 1913.
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George Marlow. Australian
Theatrical Impresario. Born Joseph Marks in Birmingham, England to Jewish parents Celia Jacob-Jones and Morris (Moses) Marks (Marx) of Himbach, Germany.
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in 1907. She worked six months in London After her marriage (c. 1910) to Marlow, she starred in his shows. Her most famous role was as "Cigarette" in an adaptation of the
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He was a longtime racing enthusiast, owning horses including
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Although he claimed not to be interested in producing "classics", he managed the Grand
Shakespearean Company from 1916–1920 at the Princess, with such hits as
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He became involved in the managerial side of the theatre, first with
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Willoughby. and 1916 renamed it the Grand Opera House. Some years later it became the Tivoli.
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to Sydney audiences in the early 1900s. His name has been frequently mis-spelled as "George
Marlowe".
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at the age of twelve, a role she reprised several times, then melodramas such as
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around 1930 at the Grand Opera House with songs by the great cricketer
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chain. By 1907 he had his own company, first leasing a theatre in
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218:Later years
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151:Ben Fuller
138:. He took
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458:biography
323:The Argus
306:The Argus
230:in 1922.
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202:In 1916,
195:starring
120:Haymarket
104:Newcastle
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