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Revusical.
In this Stiffy and Mo revusical, Roy Rene plays a judge. Other characters include a variety of defendants (notably a shoplifter, a bigamist, a 'Bolshie', and a sheep stealer).The Adelaide Register further records, in reviewing the 1925 Whirligigs production in Adelaide, that the story deals 'principally with the adventures of a dismissal policeman whom opens a Police Court of his own' (17 August 1925, p12).
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1925: Majestic Theatre, Adelaide; 15-21 August.
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
- Troupe: Nat Phillips' Whirligigs.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips (Constable Oscar), Harry Huley (Constable Percy), Joe Mullaney, Dan M. Dunbar (the detective), Queenie Paul (the murderess), Mike Connors (the Inspector), Leonard Rich (Mr Bean), June Mills, William Innes, Bess Bent (the schoolmistress), Allan Walsh (Mr Jones), Ivy Moore; and the Six Crack-a-Jacks.
1927: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, 27 August - 2 September.
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
- Troupe Stiffy and Mo Revue Company.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips (Stiffy), Roy Rene (Mo), Daisy Merritt, Amy Rochelle, Sadie Gale, Statler Sisters, Jack Kellaway, Harry Ross, Will Kenny, and the Six Radio Girls.
- Musicians Charleston Symphony Band.
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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 3 Feb 2017 13:19:02
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