She's Crazy About Me single work   musical theatre   revue/revusical   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1934... 1934 She's Crazy About Me
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'Charming ballet numbers, tuneful melodies, the fun and frolic of Stan Foley, and the droll humour of Nick Morton gave the entertainment plenty of "pep" and swing. Mike Connors and Queenie Paul, as usual, were prominent in specialty numbers, full of sparkle and vivacity, and Mr. Harry Thurston, London's famous character comedian, sang excellent character songs, his study of a broken-down actor reciting his first triumph in the Shakespearean role of Macbeth being particularly good. One of the most amusing of several comedy sketches was that in which Stan Foley gave a realistic im personation of a ventriloquist's doll, Mike Connors being the unfortunate ventriloquist who found his strength well-nigh unequal to the task of balancing tho "doll" on his knee. "Short Stories from Life" provided some amusing sidelights on the lives theatrical people lead after the curtain has rung down on tho show. Songs by Queenie paul, Lulla Fanning, VI Jugleman, Stan Foley, Russell Cal low, and Tom Collins met with the hearty appreciation of the audience, and specialty dances by Doris Whlmp and Ronnie Hay, and the Ritchie Boys were among tho most popular Items on an excellent and well-balanced potpourri of music song, and laughter' (Courier Mail 3 February 1934, p.9).

Production Details

  • 1934: Theatre Royal, Brisbane; 2-8 February

    • Director Mike Connors; Producer Con-Paul Theatres; Choreographer Queenie Paul.
    • Cast incl. Mike Connors, Queenie Paul, Stan "Stud" Foley, Harry Thurston , 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; and the Sunkist Ballet.

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Theatre Royal 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 February no. 137 1934; (p. 9)

— Review of She's Crazy About Me 1934 single work musical theatre
Theatre Royal 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 February no. 137 1934; (p. 9)

— Review of She's Crazy About Me 1934 single work musical theatre

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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
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