J. J. Miller J. J. Miller i(A40199 works by) (Organisation) assertion
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1 y separately published work icon Australasian Stage Annual : An Annual Devoted to the Interests of the Theatrical and Musical Professions William A. Crawley (editor), 1900 Melbourne : J. J. Miller , 1900 Z1432227 1900 periodical (2 issues)
1 2 y separately published work icon Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Bert Royle , H. T. Harrison (composer), Melbourne : Williamson and Musgrove , 1892 Z861410 1892 single work musical theatre pantomime fantasy

Written, adapted and arranged by Bert Royle with 'music largely derived from Ancient Oriental Sources, and with Modern Music Hall Melodies' composed and arranged by H. T. Harrison, this version of the popular Forty Thieves story begins in Toadstool Swamp where a conclave of Mephistos plan the overthrow of the thieves. The narrative's humorous intent is demonstrated in the scene that follows the grand ballet (set in the Temple of Terpsichore). Ali Baba and his wife arrive on the scene in a tandem dog cart drawn by two eccentric and humorous donkeys. The cart falls to pieces and the occupants are thrown out just as Ali's son turns up in the company of a policeman, Cerulo. This leads to 'all sorts of amusing repartee and funny antics [which keeps] the action briskly moving until the arrival of Hassarac and his band of desperados' (Age 27 December 1892, p.6).

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]
1 y separately published work icon Australia, Advance! : Idylls of the Bush A. McC. Hughes , Melbourne : J. J. Miller , 1886 Z506975 1886 selected work poetry
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