George Rignall of Rignold of Abernethy Street Seaforth

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AuthorJohn MorcombeDateApril 2022DescriptionEarly last century, Seaforth was the weekend retreat and later home of Shakespearean actor and theatre manager George Rignold, after whom a street in the suburb is named.
Rignold held the lease for Her Majesty’s Theatre in Sydney when it opened on September 10, 1887 and retained it until 1895.
In November 1892, Rignold and his wife bought a small block of land on the waterfront below Abernethy St, Seaforth, and bought adjoining lots in 1895 and 1905.
Soon after buying the first block of land, Rignold built a timber shack near the water’s edge, to which he, his wife and their friends would retreat on Sundays and Mondays. He called his house BraybrookMenuPlace | Suburbs Q-W | Seaforth (N.S.W.)SubjectsHalls, TheatresTheatrical productionsActorsKeywordsMarie Braybrooke Henderson
George Darrell
Dame Nellie Melba
Dorothy Brunton
Harriet Ireland
Sarah Bernhardt
Bland Holt
J.C. WilliamsonCopyrightThis item may be used freely for research and study purposes, for all other uses contact Northern Beaches Council Library Local Studies. Please acknowledge that the item is courtesy of John Morcombe.