John Renno

  • Artist (Painter)
John Renno worked as a scene-painter and theatre mechanist at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Princess's and the Surrey Theatre, London. In 1852 he migrated to Australia. His contribution to the production of This Great City (1891) at the Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, was described by the Lorgnette as a 'masterpiece of mechanical effect with which Renno is so notably connected'.
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Name
John Renno
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Scene-painter (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Publican (ANZSIC code: 4520)
  • Theatre mechanist (ANZSIC code: 9001)
Active Period
  • c.1827 - c.1891
Arrival
  • 1852 (Sydney, NSW.)
Residence
  • 1827 - 1852 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London, the Princess's and Surrey Theatre, UK
  • 1891 Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1852 - 1890 Sydney, NSW
  • 1868 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Renno, J. (1887), 'Report of the Royal Commission, Appointed on the 17th day of June, 1886, To Inquire into the Construction of Theatres, Public Halls, and Other Places of Public Amusement and Concourse', Sydney, NSW, (Evidence given 1882-10-06).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.>] [<ExternalResource: Renno, J. (1887), 'Report of the Royal Commission, Appointed on the 17th day of June, 1886, To Inquire into the Construction of Theatres, Public Halls, and Other Places of Public Amusement and Concourse', Sydney, NSW, (Evidence given 1882-10-06).>]