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Source: Courier Mail 26 December 1933, p.2
Flying Colours single work   musical theatre   revue/revusical   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1933... 1933 Flying Colours
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Revue.

Comprising a mix of sketches, scenas, songs, comedy routines, and ballets sourced from international revues, and from local writers (including members of the company), Flying Colours was possibly one of the first productions produced in Australia by Connors and Paul following their world tour.

'Dick Turpin's Ride to Walk' (Stan Foley), 'Poet and Peasant Overture' and 'Telephone Doll' (Sunkissed Ballet), 'Who Started It,' 'S.P. Bookmakers' and 'The Man Who Murdered the King's English' (Syd Beck), 'Laugh Clown Laugh' (Russell Callow), 'Lily of Laguna' (Connors and Paul), 'River Stay Away from my Door' (Lulla Fanning), and 'Oh Baby' (Connors and Beck).

Production Details

  • 1933: Theatre Royal, Brisbane; 26 December 1933 - 4 January 1934.

    • Director Mike Connors; Producer Con-Paul Theatres; Choreographer Queenie Paul.
    • Cast incl. Mike Connors, Queenie Paul, Stan "Stud" Foley, Nick Morton, Russell Callow, Lulla Fanning, Tom Collins, Ronnie Hay, Doris Whimp, Vi Jagelman, the Ritchie Bros (Archie and Les), Edna Hardy, Alec Raine, the Lorraines (Adahio dancers); and the Sunkist Ballet.

    1934: National Theatre, Launceston; 6-12 April.

    • Director Mike Connors; Producer Con-Paul Theatres; Choreographer Queenie Paul.
    • Cast incl. Mike Connors, Queenie Paul, Stan "Stud" Foley, Syd Beck, Russell Callow, Lulla Fanning, the Ritchie Bros, Tom Collins, Merna Stewart; and the Sunkist Ballet.

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First known date: 1933
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Works about this Work

Still More Fun: 'Flying Colours' - Next Connors-Paul Revue 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Examiner , 6 April 1934; (p. 8)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre
New Show Pleases: Revue at National - Connors-Paul Success 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Examiner , 9 April 1934; (p. 8)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre
'Flying Colours' 1933 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 27 December no. 104 1933; (p. 15)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre
'Flying Colours' 1933 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 27 December no. 104 1933; (p. 15)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre
New Show Pleases: Revue at National - Connors-Paul Success 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Examiner , 9 April 1934; (p. 8)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre
Still More Fun: 'Flying Colours' - Next Connors-Paul Revue 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Examiner , 6 April 1934; (p. 8)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre
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Note:
This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre (ca. 1850-1930). See also the Australian Variety Theatre Archive
Last amended 22 Sep 2014 09:59:15
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