Martyn Keith
Martyn Keith was an Australian actor, writer and director who worked during the silent era. In 1912 he worked as an acting teacher in Lismore, New South Wales where he also performed in plays for his own company.
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Martyn Keith was an Australian actor, writer and director who worked during the silent era. In 1912 he worked as an acting teacher in Lismore, New South Wales where he also performed in plays for his own company.
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• For the Term of His Natural Life (1908) – actor • Neath Austral Skies (1913) – actor • For Australia (1915) – writer • The Pioneers (1916) – actor • Murphy of Anzac (1916) – actor • The Joan of Arc of Loos – assistant director • The Woman in the Case (1916) – assistant director • In the Last Stride (1916) – director • Showgirl's Luck (1931) – writer
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• The Living Dead (1906) • The Little Drummer Boy (1906) • The Queen of Diamonds (1908) • The Brand of Cain (1909) • The Queen of Spies (1910) • Man's Enemy/The Land of Gold (1910) • The Night of the Party (1911) • A Fool There Was (1912) • A Fool There Was (1912) • The Scamps of London (1912) • A Sailor's Sweetheart (1912) • The Burgular (1916) • The Scamps of London (1912) • Capital vs Labor (1916) • A Remittance Man (1916) • The Worst Woman in London (1919)
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- 1.National Library of Australia. GENERAL NEWS. The Northern Star. 4. 12 October 1912.
- 2.National Library of Australia. BUGGY ACCIDENT. The Northern Star. 4. 7 December 1912.
- 3.National Library of Australia. SWIFT'S HIPPODROME. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 6. 4 June 1906.
- 4.National Library of Australia. The Little Drummer Boy. Maitland Daily Mercury. 4. 4 August 1906.
- 5.National Library of Australia. THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS. The Singleton Argus. 3. 5 November 1908.
- 6.National Library of Australia. THE BRAND OF CAIN. The Brisbane Courier. 16. 2 January 1909.
- 7.National Library of Australia. THE STRUTTER'S PAGE. The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People. 3. 16 July 1910.
- 8.National Library of Australia. Woolcott's Moving Theatre Company. Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate. 2. 30 August 1910.
- 9.National Library of Australia. AMUSEMENTS. The Tamworth Daily Observer. 2. 6 June 1911.
- 10.National Library of Australia. A FOOL THERE WAS. The Sydney Morning Herald. 4. 5 February 1912.
- 11.National Library of Australia. Advertising. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2. 1 February 1912.
- 12.National Library of Australia. THE SCAMPS OF LONDON. The Northern Star. 5. 3 October 1912.
- 13.National Library of Australia. A SAILOR'S SWEETHEART. The Northern Star. 4. 1 November 1912.
- 14.National Library of Australia. DRAMATIC NOTES. The Australasian. 28. 15 July 1916.
- 15.National Library of Australia. Advertising. The Northern Star. 8. 1 October 1912.
- 16.National Library of Australia. THEATRE ROYAL. Punch. 40. 20 July 1916.
- 17.National Library of Australia. THEATRE ROYAL. Punch. 36. 3 August 1916.
- 18.National Library of Australia. CAMPERDOWN CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY SATURDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 1919. The Camperdown Chronicle. 2. 29 November 1919.
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