The British Musical Biography

[E] Searelle, Luscombe, theatrical manager
and conipuser. In 1884, he was conducting
opera in London and the provinces ; after-
wards, up to 1890, he was manager of the
Queen's Theatre, Kimberley, and the Theatre
Royal, Johannesburg, South Africa. Since
then he has again been in England. He has
composed the operas " Estrella " (Walter
Parke), produced at the Gaietv Theatre, Lon-
don, May 24, 1883 ; and " The Black Rover "
(his own libretto), produced at the Globe
Theatre, September 2-3, 1890. Also a cantata,
" Australia," produced at Lyttleton, New
Zealand, April 16, 1891. Author of a series of
humorous sketches, "Tales of the Transvaal,"
London, Fisher Unwin, 1896.

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