This album is part of the Coppin Collection. George Coppin was an actor, theatre manager and politician. He arrived in Australia 1843 and acquired ownership of New Queen's Theatre, Adelaide in 1846, Theatre Royal, Melbourne in 1856 and Haymarket, Melbourne in 1862. He toured Australia, New Zealand and America as a comic actor and engaged noted actors for Australian tours. Member of Victorian Legislative Council 1858-1863, 1889-1895, and Member of Legislative Assembly 1874-1877, 1883-1888. Bland Holt stared for J. C. Williamson's Drury Lane spectacle melodrama 'A Run of Luck' in 1887, then formed his own company of Australian actors to perform it. This album contains photographs of set designs for this play, and was sent to him by Augustin Harri [?].
