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Revusical.
The third Stiffy and Mo production staged by Nat Phillips' Tabloid Musical Comedy Company during its debut season at the Princess Theatre, Sydney.
Australian Variety wrote of the newly formed combination that 'Roy Rene and Nat Phillips shine out well with good comedy, and can always hold the audience; in fact the latter never seems to get enough of them' (26 July 1916, n. pag.).
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1916: Princess Theatre, Sydney, 22-28 July.
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer/Lessee Harry Sadler and Jack Kearns; Proprietor Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
- Troupe Nat Phillips' Tabloid Musical Comedy Revue Co.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips (Stiffy), Roy Rene (Mo), Daisy Merritt, Peter Brooks, Horace Mann, Caddy Franks, Walter Jackson [aka Walter Whyte], Maisie Pollard, and the Panama Six (Rosie Bowie, Bess Blackwell, Iris Foye, Dot O'Dea, Beaty Glow, Linea Burns).
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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
Last amended 22 May 2014 12:04:56
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