Bolossy Kiralfy

Bolossy Kiralfy
Caricature of Bolossy Kiralfy
Born	Balázs Königsbaum (1848-01-00)January , 1848 Pest, Hungary, the Austrian Empire
Died	1932 (aged 83–84) London, England[1][2], the United Kingdom
Occupation(s)	Dancer, Director/Producer

Bolossy Kiralfy (1848–1932), one of The Kiralfy Brothers, was a performer, producer, writer and creator of musical extravaganzas in the late 19th, early 20th centuries. He was a "great international showman" and ushered in the "era of the Spectacle". Bolossy Kiralfy, born January 31, 1847, in Pest—(since 1873 incorporated with Buda and Óbuda into Budapest)—and died March 6, 1932, in London, England. Elise Marie Waldau, was his first wife which he married approximately 1874 and divorced 1899. His second wife, Helen (Nellie) Dawnay was married on November 23, 1899, in London, England.

Productions and engagements

1892 - Engaged by Palisades Amusement and Exhibition Company to serve as the General Manager and Amusement Director of the Eldorado Amusement Park in Weehawken, New Jersey. For this production, he traveled to Europe to engage artists.

Humpty Dumpty

The Olympic opened in 1856 and was soon renamed Laura Keene's New Theatre, after the actress of the era (who starred in Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington the night President Lincoln was shot).

The pantomime musical broadway adaptation of nursery rhyme figure Humpty Dumpty debuted at the Olympic Theatre, (8/31/1871 - 6/11/1872), George L. Fox (clown), named stage manager in 1866, performed.

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Opening Date:	Aug 31, 1871
Closing Date:	Jun 11, 1872	Total Performances:	333

Siege of Troy

Siege of Troy Production : The Siege of Troy from the Trojan War performed.

Further reading

• Bolossy Kiralfy, Creator of Great Musical Spectacles: An Autobiography. Edited by Barbara M. Barker. Theatre and dramatic studies, no. 50. UMI Research Press (1988)