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The collection brings together records of historical performances and their related people, places, organisations, and practices, offering insights into the vibrant and diverse cultural landscapes of Asia’s archipelagic regions.

British Malaya (1826-1941)

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“Piano Recital by Renee Florigny, Victoria Memorial Hall, June 26, 1935”
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Adelphi Hotel (No. 1-2 Coleman Street)
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Annie May Abbott
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Bakar
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Below the Clock Tower, between Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall/Victoria Concert Hall – Empress Place
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Beyrouth Theatre
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Bill Bailey
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Catching an Heiress, Antony and Cleopatra, and Dead Shot – 1844 – San Souci Theatre
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Dr. Jazz
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Emilia Fermino Matto
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Exhibition of Gymnastic, Athletics, and Other Exercises
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Foreign Gymnastic Company
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Gennfifah
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Guangfuju Troupe
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Guangfuju Troupe Fundraising tour to Singapore
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Heiyu Honglian (黑獄紅蓮)
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Hong Kong Ba Yi Office (香港八邑公所)
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John Bull or The Englishman’s Fireside, and “Raising the Wind”
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Kusu Island
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Kusu Island Pilgrimage
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Lai Chun Yuen (梨春园)
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Lin Hangwei (林航葦)
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London Hotel –  Corner of High Street and the Esplanade
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Luigi Dalle Case
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Macbeth and The Dead Shot
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Malaya-Borneo Exhibition
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Meng Hou Zhong (夢後鐘)
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Merchant of Venice, The Chouch and Crow to roost are gone, and The Valet de Sham – 1844 – Sans Souci Theatre
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Miss Alang
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Mrs Deacle
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Nahar Opera
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Pok Hing Theatre (普慶戲院)
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Prince Sabar
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Seti Zubeidah Part 4 – 1923 – Theatre Royal
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Singapore Anti-Opium Society (振武善社)
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Singapore Town Hall
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Su Wu Mu Yang and Liu Xi Fang Zi (《蘇武牧羊》、《劉錫放子》) – 1920 – Guangfuju Troupe
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Sun Yat-sen
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Teutonia Club
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The Angel of The Attic, A Sketch, and Hunting a Turtle – 1844 –  Sans Souci Theatre
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The Bath Road, Bachelor’s Buttons, and Bombastes Furioso – 1844 – Sans Souci Theatre
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The Marcus Show Tour of 1934
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The Sentinel and Catching an Heiress – 1844
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The Venice Preserved – 1844 – Theatre Royal
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Theatre Royal
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Twelve Precisely, The Valet De Sham, and The Dead Shot – 1844 – San Souci Theatre
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Venice Preserved and The Sentinel – 1844 – Theatre Royal
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Wangyun Xian Diaochan and Fengyiting Su Ku (《王允獻貂蟬》、《鳳儀亭訴苦》)  – 1920 – Guangfuju Troupe
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Xi Peng Ji Zhang and Ping Gui Bie Yao (《西蓬擊掌》、《平貴別窯》) – 1920 – Guangfuju Troupe
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Xiongfei jiangjun zhan si liuhua ta (熊飛將軍戰死榴花塔)
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Yan Zhen Teahouse (筵珍茶居酒楼)
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Zainelabidin
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Zhen Tian Sheng 1909 Nanyang Tour
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Zhen Tian Sheng Troupe (中國振天聲社)
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Straits Settlements (Up to 1946)

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“Queen’s Theatre” at H. M. sloop-of-War Cruizer
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2nd Battalion Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
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Ahmad C.B.
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Alveira Hollis
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Bintang Timor Opera
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Bolero Opera
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Conny Gregorio
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Dick Adamson
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Elcia May’s Opera Bouffe Company
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Entertainment by the Men of H. M. S. “Champion.”
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Gen Xiang (艮香)
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Kung Chiu Hsia (龚秋霞)
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La Mascotte Opera Troupe
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Lam Seng Troupe
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Le Petite Cabaret Intime
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Lewis’s Australian Hippodrome
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M. Alavandar
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Martini’s Peaches
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Mata Hari Kronchong Party
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May Blossom Revue
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Melbourne Comedy Company
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Miss Anita and Henry
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Miss Kartini
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Miss Molly and the Flashes
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Miss Sada And Her Troupe
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Mr. Hussein
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Mr. M.B. Leavitt’s Elite Anglo-American Troubadours
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Nada Moret
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Olesio
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Pardo’s Cirque Varietie
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Paul Strauss
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Peter Jackson – The Fighting Kangaroo
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Renee Florigny
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The Ada Delroy Company
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The Blue Rhythm Hawaiian Entertainers
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The Fletcher-Harvey Troupe
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The Masuda Troupe
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Malaysia, without Singapore (1965 onwards)

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Abbe Abdullah
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Afida Es
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Azlan Bakar
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Jimmy Ho
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Rose Yatimah
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Suleiman Bakar
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Independent Singapore (1965 onwards)

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Adelphi Hotel (No. 1-2 Coleman Street)
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Bai Ling
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Captain A. Abdullah
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Chen Zhong
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Conference Hall and Trade Union House
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Donald Moore
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Donald Moore Concerts
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Doris Ang
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Former National Stadium
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Irene Yap
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Jimmy Ho
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Theatre Royal
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Japanese Occupation of Malaya (1941-1945)

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Adelphi Hotel (No. 1-2 Coleman Street)
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Chinese Cultural Production Series
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Theatre Royal
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Postwar pre-independent Singapore (1945-1963)

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Adelphi Hotel (No. 1-2 Coleman Street)
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Bill Bailey
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Donald Moore
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Kusu Island
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Kusu Island Pilgrimage
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Neng Yatimah
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Theatre Royal
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British Malaya (1946–1957)

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Ahmad C.B.
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Bai Feng (白鳳)
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Chinese Music, Dance & Drama Society Troupe
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Conny Gregorio
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Dick Abel
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Huang Li Yun (黃麗雲)
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Huang Ying (黃英) – 1950s
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Hwa I-Poh
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Katherine Dunham And Her Dancers
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Kung Chiu Hsia (龚秋霞)
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Miss Kartini
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Poon Sow Keng (潘秀瓊)
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Shirley Abicair
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The Blue Rhythm Hawaiian Entertainers
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Singapore, Post-Independence (1965 onwards)

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Alice Heng
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Bobby & D’Aquarians
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Cherry Blossom Twins
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Elly Kasim
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Gao Xiao Yu (郜小玉)
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Ge Ling (葛玲)
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Grace Hong
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Guan Xin Yi (關新藝)
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Hong Kong Movie Star Arts Troupe
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Huang Shao Mei (黃少梅)
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Huang Su Li (黃淑麗)
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Huang Tee (黃蒂)
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Jenny Hsai
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June Abdullah
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Karliana Garna
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Kelsom Hashim
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Kenneth Gomes
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Kung Chiu Hsia (龚秋霞)
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Les Doriss Girls
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Lily Chao
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Lolita Shek
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Maimun Hussein
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Mary Huang
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Milah Hussain
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National Theatre
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Poon Sow Keng (潘秀瓊)
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Qing Shan (青山)
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Saban & Flamingo 6
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Shan Shan (珊珊)
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Shirley Abicair
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Sid Gomes
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Susie Hyun
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Tetty Kadi
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The Blue Boys
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The Changing Tymes
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The Changs
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The Cheese Board
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The Hollies
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The K Sparks
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The Korean All Stars
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The Korean Cupids
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The Korean Hi-Fi Orchestra
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The Lost Dimensions
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The Mark Louis Revue
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The Midnight Movers
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Oceania and Pacific Islands, pre-Federation Australasia (1835–1899)

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Anna de Ritta
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Lewis’s Australian Hippodrome
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Oceania and Pacific Islands, pre-Federation Australasia (Up to 1899)

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Anna de Ritta
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Independent Singapore (1965-)

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ASEAN All-Star Show
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Malaysia, including Singapore (1963–1965)

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Bakar Hamid
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Bobby & D’Aquarians
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Bobby & Les Fleminaires
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Captain A. Abdullah
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Cherry Blossom Twins
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Donald Moore
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Elly Kasim
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Fatimah Huri
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Guan Xin Yi (關新藝)
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Hong Kong Jades
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Huang Shao Mei (黃少梅)
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Huang Tee (黃蒂)
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Huang Ying (黃鶯) – 1960s
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Irene Yap
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Kenneth Gomes
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Kung Chiu Hsia (龚秋霞)
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Lily Chao
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Poon Sow Keng (潘秀瓊)
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Qing Shan (青山)
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Rose Yatimah
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Shirley Abicair
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Sid Gomes
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South-East Asia Cultural Festival
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The Korean Satellites
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Federation of Malaya (1948-1963)

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Captain A. Abdullah
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Donald Moore
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Martha Graham’s Tour of Asia (1955-1956)
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Ossey Anthony
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Rose Yatimah
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Malayan Union (1946-1948)

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Captain A. Abdullah
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Donald Moore
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Malaysia (1965 onwards)

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D’Five
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De-Typhoons
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Huang Lilian (黃莉蓮)
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Huang Miao Ling (黃妙玲)
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Huang Ying (黃鶯) – 1960s
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Maimun Hussein
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Mike Guchran
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Qing Shan (青山)
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Sanisah Huri
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Tetty Kadi
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Federation of Malaya (1957–1963)

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Dick Abel
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Elly Kasim
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Hidemi Hanayagi
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Huang Tee (黃蒂)
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Kamsani
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Kenneth Gomes
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Kung Chiu Hsia (龚秋霞)
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Poon Sow Keng (潘秀瓊)
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Shirley Abicair
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Sid Gomes
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Indonesia, Post-Independence (1950 onwards)

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Helmi Iskandar
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Kamsani
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Karliana Garna
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Tetty Kadi
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Pearl River Delta, including Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau

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Hong Kong Ba Yi Office (香港八邑公所)
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Sun Yat-sen
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The Marcus Show Tour of 1934
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Taiwan and Japanese East Asia

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Mansudae Art Troupe’s Tour in Japan (1973)
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The Marcus Show Tour of 1934
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Dutch East Indies (Up to 1949)

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Miss Alang
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S. Abdullah
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The Marcus Show Tour of 1934
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French Indochina (1835–1954)

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Mr. Hussein
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American Philippines (1898–1946)

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The Marcus Show Tour of 1934
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