SEPOEfi AND BESIND TttE FOOTLIGHTS. 22 1 



I am not painting the attractions of the Colonies in 

 too glowing colours, and I feel convinced actors 

 and actresses who have visited Australia, and been 

 a success there, will bear out my remarks. 



The trip I undertook to Sydney in the '' Liguria '^ 

 in 1884 was to me a memorable one. On board I 

 found Mr. Georo^e Riofnold and his amiable wife : Miss 

 Kate Bishop, a popular London favourite, who played 

 in that enormously successful run of ^^ Our Boys '' 

 at the Vaudeville ; Mr. Brian Darley, and a gentleman 

 not at that time connected with the profession, 

 Mr. L. J. Lohr, now the husband of ^' Miss Kate Bishop/^ 

 a lady whose acquaintance he made on the "^ teamer. 

 To balance the theatrical element, we had on board 

 Archbishop, now Cardinal, Moran and his clerical 

 staff. Although the exact opposite of each other in 

 every respect. Cardinal Moran and Mr. George 

 Kignold got on very well together, and argued in 

 an amicable manner. We had several lively characters 

 on board, and a mock Parliament was formed, in 

 which Mr. Kignold figured as the member for Hades, 

 the heat of the Red Sea, where he was elected to the 

 constituency, no doubt favouring that locality. The 

 member for Mount Sinai was suggested by an alleged 

 glimpse of that mountain in the distance. We had 

 some farious debates at night, and, owing to the 

 amount of obstruction, at times attempts were made 

 to gag the members. When Henry V. occupied the 



