In this series, he took a look at some historical novels of the ghost confrontations published in the newspapers. In this edition, we look at the most famous ghost of Melbourne at the Princess Theater.
In March 1888 at the Princes Theater in Melbourne during the opening night performance of the Faust Opera in Gonod, Friedrich Vidity strengthened his fame for eternity. After singing the last observation of the opera, the trap doors were opened, and it will be removed as it would be its final output. When Federitt reached the bottom, he died with a sudden heart attack. Since then, his ghost has been monitored by actors, crew and sponsors in the many years that followed. It is often seen in the middle of the third or second grade in the theater’s dress circle criticizing the performance of his fellow actors before sliding on the stairs behind the royal box. It is now dedicated to every opening night in the theater to get a seat in The Dress Circle of the Princess Theater to leave empty for the steps residing in the theater. If a Federici ghost appears, it is a sign of good luck.
Federici was regularly presented in the most haunted “Melbourne” articles. One of these articles was published in the Melbourne Bulletin in 1967.
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Frankly, it is surprising that there are not a large number of ghosts in Melbourne. After all, this is a city where a large number of bodies are buried, and one can only assume that there must be many very comfortable lives abroad. Our only normal ghost lives in the Princess Theater. This is a completely great building. It could have been designed by a consortium of artists, which might have included Cruikshank, Tenneil, Ronald Searle and Charles Addams. He is in the best Victoriana style. It contains a lot, jars, stained glass windows, balconies, handrails, small measured iron dome, meditating everywhere, and golden angel completely great with trumpet.
In fact, the architect William Pitt and the model of his theater was on Italy’s famous policy. It was opened on December 18, 1886. “Argus” said on December 20 it was the numbers theater south of the equator. In fact, thanks to her wonderful marble staircase and the beautiful paradise, the new princess was equal in the Great Opera in Paris, the Stadium Stadium in Frankfurt, and the great theater in Bordeaux, which contained the finest approaches and fun in Europe. What’s more, it was our theater
A mechanical ceiling, open for stars, fear, and waterfalls on both sides of the Brussinium; Unnoticed ghosts.
Yes, Federici ghost was the only Melburnian ghost that we were able to stick to, so to speak. Why, Vidity appeared even in July last year. The Australian Bronager reported that she had seen Vidity at the back of the dress circle
During the performance of “Robert and Elizabeth”. “It was during the second verb,” ​​she said. “During the scene of a dialogue I saw
This very beautiful pink light, more than anything else. But it was not like any other light. I am sure that he was the ghost of my hands. ”
So, seeing that Federici is our only permanent ghost game, it is more satisfied to find that the entire story was placed in the Frank Kusak book “Australian ghost stories”.
Now, Federiti Parton was called Frederick Baker, who went here to play Mifestovilis in “Faust”. V. Federici Bit was just an idea to give him an additional style. The opening night was on March 3, 1888. The performance walked very well, already; As the Devil’s agent, Mephistopheles claimed his victim and was descending to the trap door
It collapsed and died. As said “Australian video” at the time, she transformed mephistopheles, while she was with Faust, with fire on the stage and fire, the emulator scene, through his death, into one of the tragic reality. Then the funeral was a very painful relationship. Reverend Judwin, from the Church of England, which showed great feelings, according to “Argus”, collapsed, overwhelmed, and could not revive it for some big time. This happened after the second ended
Prayer and tabot have been reduced in the grave. “Mr. Charles Warner, the well -known actor, had to take reading.”
The “FAUST” was very short in the princess in 1888. Some members of the actors’ team claimed that Federi had taken the call to the first night of the alternative and again on the subsequent nights. However, as Frank Kozak notes, the best stories ratified on Federxi’s ghost have always been in evening clothes. George Moscow, the original producer of the theater, watched him in evening clothes in a late rehearsal. Vidity was sitting in the front row from an empty dress otherwise
circle. “Give me another drink – I still can’t see it!” Miss Betty Beddoz, who worked the largest part of her life in the theater as a wardrobe, watched the ghost in 1917 during the season of the “School of scandal” Alan Wilki. She was preparing for the opening night when she knocked on the door firefighter and said: “Do you want to see a ghost?” She and the firefighter saw a quietly sitting in the second or third row of the dress circle. Cusack writes: “The number was not
Movement can be seen completely and seems to stare directly in the empty stage. He was wearing evening clothes and gave the impression that it was well built with gray hair or wig. The face was in the profile and not very distinctive. Miss Pidoz says that her most vital memories of occurrence are the buttons in the white shirt that looked in half of the light giving a kind of shine. “The firefighter asked her if she was afraid. In a whisper response, she assured him that she was not fascinated, they saw her for some time there was no voice or movement.
Soon after this accident, the essence. Charles Gang, a firefighter, saw the shape in an evening dress standing in the center of the dress circle. He thought he was a theater and found himself closed. Gang called him. The number did not respond, and he started slowly fading and disappearing. In general, according to Cusack, there were approximately 30 scenes ratification of our ghost, and in one of the stages the administration offered if anyone spent a single night in the princess .. There is no record claimed by the reward at all. Heinemann had a book late at night launching the Cusac book there in the theater. They played the last work of “FAUST” for Junoud, and they tried to get everything as it was on March 3, 1888. They had dim lights and even using dry ice to provide ghost further on the stage.
Everything has been done to encourage the appearance of Federation. Miss Betty Pedes, now in the late eighties, was there. Likewise, Mrs. Garnet Carrbl, who watched Vidity in a dark cloak one night during a ballerina. Special cocktails, only invented for
In the evening, it was presented. For example, there was a Mephistopheles cocktail, which was the red devil and consisted of
Vodka cherry, pure Polish spirit, and pineapple juice. Then there was “ghost”. . . Polish soul, almond. Zubrowka bison vodka, lemon juice. However, by 1.30 am, Vidity failed to appear. There is no doubt that it was cocktails. He will not look at a respectable demon that drinks them.
