Benjamin Tannett

Also known as Benjamin Tennent, Mr Tennent
  • Artist (Painter)
Benjamin Tannett was a noted theatrical scene-painter and actor working in Melbourne and Sydney in the mid nineteenth century. In 1859 Tannett painted 'new and beautiful scenery' for the burlesque at the Royal Victoria Theatre. It was 'acknowledged to be the greatest production that has ever been witnessed in the Colony'.
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(Scenery of the place of public execution in front of the palace)
 
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(Scenery of the council chamber of King Perriwigulus)
 
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(Scenery of the verdant valley & cottage of Sublimus)
 
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(Scenery of the Port of Rantipolis, the capital city of the island of Rumantica)
 
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(Scenery for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Theatre Royal)
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(Scenery for the 1862 Christmas pantomime at the Haymarket Theatre)
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(Mechanical scenery depicting Niagara Falls in motion)
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(Scenery of the Alcove of Eternal Delight in a pantomime at the Royal Victoria)
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(Scenery for The Will and the Way or the Vision of Death)
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(Scenery for The Daughter of the Danube)
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(Scenery for the tragedy Camille at the Royal Victoria)
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(Scenery for the burlesque in Planché's Once upon a Time There Were Two Kings, Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, NSW)
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