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Born: Established: 27 Apr 1931 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 4 Mar 2018 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 2 form y separately published work icon Lola Montez Alan Burke , Peter Benjamin , Peter Stannard (composer), ( dir. Alan Burke ) 1962 Australia : ABC Television , 1962 Z1587941 1962 single work film/TV The story is based on the real-life events surrounding the visit to the gold-rush city of Ballarat in 1855 by the legendary and flamboyant dancer/courtesan Lola Montez.
1 3 form y separately published work icon Pardon Miss Westcott Alan Burke , Peter Benjamin , Peter Stannard (composer), ( dir. David Cahill ) 1959 Sydney : Australian Television Network , 1959 Z1518386 1959 single work film/TV musical theatre

In response to the success of Lola Montez, Peter Stannard, Alan Burke, and Peter Benjamin were commissioned by ATN-7 and Shell to write a family-orientated musical for television. That production, Pardon Miss Westcott, was performed and broadcast live around Australia a few weeks before Christmas in 1959. Starring Wendy Blacklock and Michael Cole, it was orchestrated by ATN-7's musical director, Tommy Tycho, along with Julian Lee.

The musical begins in Sydney in 1809, just after Governor Bligh's departure and before Governor Macquarie's arrival, and tells the story of Elizabeth Westcott, a convict transported for serving a pompous magistrate at her father's inn in England his own lamb. She is assigned to work at Government House and quickly rules the roost. When she is granted a ticket of leave, Miss Westcott opens an inn in Pitt Street, with the help of an assortment of saints and sinners. A serving army officer, Richard, who was also on board the convict ship, is captivated by her and eventually overcomes the social gap between them by getting himself into trouble. All ends well.

2 8 y separately published work icon Lola Montez Peter Benjamin , Alan Burke , Peter Stannard (composer), 1958 1958 (Manuscript version)x402075 Z1172778 1958 single work musical theatre

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Set in Ballarat during the gold rush year of 1856, the story concerns the visit to the town Lola Montez (aka Dolores Eliza Gilbert), the famous Irish-born courtesan and mistress of a king. Her notoriety was also in part due to her sensational strip-tease 'The Spider Dance.'

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