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Peopled with a mixture of fairytale and nursery rhyme characters, including Boy Blue, Jack and Jill, and Tommy Tucker, this version of Beauty and the Beast is said to have judiciously combined elements of both the old and new pantomime traditions. The Sydney Morning Herald critic records that 'It is a bright show, with bright music, bright quips, clever dancing, colourful dresses, humour, skillfull acrobatics, clever children, and that inevitable ingredient of pantomime, diverting "animals"' (27 December 1930, p.10).
Although the exact authorship has not been ascertained, Nat Phillips's role as director suggests that he very likely made significant contributions to the story.
Production Details
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1930: Grand Opera House, Sydney, 26 December 1930 - ca. January 1931.
- Producer George Marlowe ; Director Nat Phillips.
- Cast incl. Heather Jones (Beauty), Dorothy Dewar (The Prince), Miss Angelo Parselles (Fairy Lotus), Will Cass (dame), Nat Phillips (Idle Jack), Stella Lamond (Joy, Beauty's sister), Elsie Hocking (Boy Blue), Keith Connelly (Wicked Baron Bounty), Frank Foster (Demon), Frank Hyman (the ape), Clevere Family, Manhatten Trio, Lewola Brothers.
- Musicians Tiny Douglas and his Band.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Beauty and the Beast' : Bright Pantomime at Opera House
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 December no. 29010 1930; (p. 10)
— Review of Beauty and the Beast 1930 single work musical theatre
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'Beauty and the Beast' : Bright Pantomime at Opera House
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 December no. 29010 1930; (p. 10)
— Review of Beauty and the Beast 1930 single work musical theatre
