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Revusical.
The fourth Stiffy and Mo revusical to be staged during the Nat Phillips' Tabloid Musical Comedy Company's debut season at the Princess Theatre, Sydney. An Australian Variety critic wrote that 'The dressing of the show each week is excellent, and taken on the whole Nat Phillips has presented the best "musical revues" seen on this circuit' (9 August 1916, n. pag).
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1916: Princess Theatre, Sydney, 5-11 August.
- 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).
1917: Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 3-9 November.
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
- Troupe Stiffy and Mo Revue Company.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips, Roy Rene, Daisy Merritt, Belle Pollard, Peter Brooks, Horace Mann, Dan M. Dunbar, Caddie Franks, Nellie Kolle.
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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 29 May 2014 11:51:16
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