Jerry Mann Jerry Mann i(A117082 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 The Swan Street Revue Peter Pinne , Rae Collinson , Eric Smith , Jerry Mann , Don Battye , 1959 single work musical theatre revue/revusical

Revue.

As with Late Night Revue, staged at the Arts Theatre earlier in the year, The Swan Street Revue was conceived as a late-night production. The programme indicates in this respect that supper was available from 11 pm, with the show beginning at 11.30 pm.

The program indicates the following sketches and musical numbers:


  • 1. 'Opening' (company)
  • 2. 'Swan Street Blues' (Angela and Marion)
  • 3. 'My Fair Lady' (Shirley)
  • 4. 'Luton Girls Choir' (Leslie, Anne, Marion, and Angela)
  • 5. 'Arts Freeway' (Shirley)
  • 6. 'Corn Opera' (company)
  • 7. 'The Spy' (Leslie)
  • 8. 'Crazy White Heap' (Marion, Shirley, Leslie, Angela, and Terry)
  • 9. 'Manhattan' (John, Terry, Mike, and Ron)
  • 10. 'Angela' (Mike)
  • 11. 'Beatrice the Beatnix' (Marion)
  • 12. 'Can-Can;' (Marion)
  • 13. 'The Last Time I Saw Sydney' (Angela and ?)
  • 14. 'I.M.T.' (Ron, Marion, and Leslie)
  • 15. 'Cafe Au Fait' (company)
  • 16. 'Off Centre' (Ron) ; 17. 'Circulation' (company)
  • 18. 'Swan Song' (company)
  • 19. 'Finale' (company).

The production credits section refers to a song by Peter Pinne called 'Outside Foys.' The items listed in the program's running order list does not include this number, however. Similarly, Rae Collinson is credited with a sketch called 'Connections', but this is also missing from running order list.

1 Further Off the Beach Peter Pinne , John-Michael Howson , John Muirhead , Bruce Wishart , Barry Prendergast , Jerry Mann , 1959 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revue.

The items as billed in the program are:

First Wave

1. 'Prologue' (John); 2. 'Off the Beach' (ensemble); 3. 'The Seagull' (John); 4. '1702' (Noel and Judy); 5. 'Linguaphoney' (Mary, Margaret, John, and Noel); 6. 'Boy Next Door' (Judy); 7. 'Football Followers' (John, Noel, and Clark); 8. 'April in Fairbanks' (Margaret); 9. 'Square' (John); 10. 'Star' (Noel); 11. 'House Full' (Paul); 12. 'Ornamental Orientals' (John and Margaret); 13. 'Calypso Calamity' (Noel); 14. 'The Handkerchief' (Judy and Clark); 15. 'Salvation Sob Story' (John); 16. 'Intro' (Noel); 17. 'Fruit Bowl' (ensemble) .

Second Wave

1. 'Me and the Boy Friend' (ensemble); 2. 'The Carol Singer' (Noel); 3. 'Lessons in Love' (Margaret); 4. 'Expresso Opinion' (John, Judy, Margaret, and Noel); 5. 'The Tatooist' (Paul); 6. 'Smile-a-While' (John and Margaret); 7. 'Apres-Moi' (Judy); 8. 'In Modern Dress' (Noel and John); 9. 'TV Anonymous' (Beris); 10. 'Coffee after Ten' (Margaret); 11. 'Cymbolic' (Noel); 12. 'They Also Serve' (Paul, John, and Judy); 13. 'Loved and Lost' (Margaret); 14. 'The Orator' (John); 15. 'Lost in a Forest' (Judy); 16. 'Moomba Mayhem' (ensemble); 17. 'Walkabout Sweetheart' (John); 18. 'Finale' (ensemble).

  • A song titled 'Face You're Wearing' (by Barry Prendergast) is indicated in the programme's 'Lyric and Music Credits' section, but does not appear in the list of songs and sketches.
1 George and the Lion Jerry Mann , 1951 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 2 July 1951; (p. 62-67)
'There are few dragons about nowadays, but an escaped lion can be just as dangerous. There was high tension when George, a modern knight on a motor bike, set out to rid the district of the animal which terrorised it.' (p. 62)
1 Applying for Trouble Jerry Mann , 1945 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 January vol. 80 no. 946 1945; (p. 16, 21)
1 A Mascot is Harmless Jerry Mann , 1944 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 April vol. 79 no. 937 1944; (p. 213-216, 216)
1 The Timid Gremlin : Strange Pixies of the Air Jerry Mann , 1943 single work short story war literature fantasy
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 November vol. 79 no. 932 1943; (p. 638-640)
1 Orderly Dog Jerry Mann , 1943 single work short story war literature
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 October vol. 79 no. 931 1943; (p. 548, 556)
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