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Source: Whaite family (Australian Variety Theatre Archive)
Fred Whaite Fred Whaite i(A112240 works by) (a.k.a. Frederick Henry Whaite)
Born: Established: 26 Sep 1885 ; Died: Ceased: 19 Oct 1964
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Little Green Wood John Wheeler , Fred Whaite (composer), 1953 Sydney : Southern Music Publishing Company , 1953 Z1458884 1953 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon I'm Cutting Up the Rainbow (To Make a Dress for You) Fred Whaite , Fred Whaite (composer), 1947 Sydney : Nicholson's , 1947 Z1458878 1947 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon The Fighting Ninth Fred Whaite , Fred Whaite (composer), 1942 1942 Z1459285 1942 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon The Rats of Tobruk Fred Whaite , Fred Whaite (composer), 1942 1942 Z1459282 1942 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon When I Come Home to You Fred Whaite , Fred Whaite (composer), 1942 Sydney : Nicholson's , 1942 Z1458881 1942 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon I Listened to My Boy Last Night (From Somewhere) Fred Whaite , Fred Whaite (composer), 1941 Sydney : Nicholson's , 1941 Z1458872 1941 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon A Summer Night in Spain Fred Whaite (composer), 1940-1949 Sydney : A. P. R. A. Music Foundation , 1940-1949 Z1458887 1940-1949 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon Into the Barrel Fred Whaite , Fred Whaite (composer), 1940 Sydney : J. Albert , 1940 Z1458718 1940 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon Carry on, Australia Carry on, New Zealand Frank A. Symes , Fred Whaite (composer), 1940 Sydney : J. Albert , 1940 Z1458662 1940 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon I'm Dreaming Again (Of Castles in Spain) Stan Leigh , Fred Whaite (composer), 1939 Sydney : Boosey and Hawkes , 1939 Z1459278 1939 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon Where the Mountains Go Down to the Sea Stan Leigh , Fred Whaite (composer), 1939 Sydney : Boosey and Hawkes , 1939 Z1458815 1939 single work lyric/song
1 form y separately published work icon The Daughter of the Dragon Muriel Lesley , D. Bowes-Kelly , Fred Whaite (composer), 1938 Sydney : ABC Radio National , (Manuscript version)10213285 10213253 1938 single work radio play musical theatre

Typically described in previews as a 'musical romance of old China,' the characters include Princess Ming Loy (the daughter of the dragon), Ki Yong (her lover), Fu Shen, and Li Lu.

Fred Whaite's musical score is described in the Huon and Derwent Times as providing 'an atmosphere suggestive of the mystic philosophy of the East' ('National Broadcast Features.' 14 April 1938, p.2).
1 y separately published work icon Kathleen, Macushla Machree Liam O'Boscain , Fred Whaite (composer), Sydney : Nicholson's , 1937 Z1467540 1937 single work lyric/song
1 form y separately published work icon Madame XYZ Madame XYZ : Case 103 from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Fred Whaite (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1936 19602760 1936 single work radio play detective humour

'A big figure in the War Office has been so misguided as to enlist the aid of that genial but dumb duo, Clipper and Brown, to assist him in clearing up the mystery of a missing document, a document so tremendously important that on it may depend the peace (or the pieces) of Europe! The hollow-headed sleuths meet the charming female spy with the pronounced foreign accent and go from one breathless adventure to another in an effort to achieve greatness, only to find greatness thrust upon them—from a very unexpected quarter.'

Source: [Radio guide], Wireless Weekly, 27 December 1935, p.43.
1 form y separately published work icon The Nawab's Necklace The Nawab's Necklace; Being Case 102 from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Fred Whaite (composer), 1935 Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1935 Z1813396 1935 single work radio play detective humour
1 form y separately published work icon The Leech ; Or, Detectives Don't Care The Leech : From the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown; The Leech ; Or, Detectives Don't Care, Being the Hundred and Oneth Case of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Fred Whaite (composer), 1935 Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1935 Z1813390 1935 single work radio play detective humour A musical comedy featuring the not too smart detectives Clipper and Brown.
1 form y separately published work icon Sky Larks Edmund Barclay , Helene Barclay , Fred Whaite (composer), Sydney : ABC Radio , 1934 19573236 1934 single work radio play

'[The play] is about Miss Rose Bay and Dare-devil Cuthbert, who go aboard the aeroplane, “The Double Cross,” to lower the record between London and Melbourne'.

Source: 'The Skylarks', Wireless Weekly, 14 September 1934, p.7.
1 form The Willow Pattern Plate John Bedouin , Fred Whaite (composer), 1933 single work radio play musical theatre Adapted from the traditional English story set in ancient China, the narrative concerns the love of a mandarin's daughter for the son of her father's gardener. Although kept away from the world in order that she marry the person of her father's choice, she falls dangerously in love with the gardener's son, and they are subsequently forced to flee the parental wrath.
1 form Princess Waratah Fred Whaite , Fred Whaite (composer), Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1931 single work radio play musical theatre pantomime fantasy

Described in the Sydney Morning Herald as 'an entirely Australian Christmas pantomime' in two acts with 'a local setting' (16 December 1931, p.6).
1 1 form y separately published work icon The Tin Soldier Fred Whaite , Fred Whaite (composer), Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Company , 1931 10444393 1931 single work radio play musical theatre

The second Australian musical comedy to be written especially for radio, The Tin Soldier was also the second-ever locally-written drama to be broadcast by the ABC.

The cast of characters includes: Jurado (a general in the rebel army), Capt. Pedro de Alvira (in commamd of the Federal Army garrison at San Bernardo), Lieut. Francisco Estrada (Federal Army), General Mendoza (Commander in Chief of the Federal Army), Enrique (orderly to General Mendoza), Vasco (innkeeper at Cordoba), Casper (innkeeper at San Bernardo), Benito (a half-caste), Dolores ('La Belle Espagnol') and Julie. The Sunday Times (Perth) records, too, that the 'venture calls for the introduction of a large cast of principals, and a substantial chorus and orchestra' (10 January 1932, p.19).

Among the songs written for the play were 'Tin Soldier' and 'The Rag Doll.'
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