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While little is known of this pantomime's storyline, the production, apart from one specialty act, was entirely Australian, according to the Sydney Morning Herald theatre critic (26 Dec. 1922, p.3). The review also records that W. Hamilton Webber's music contained much high-class work, and that the catchy songs promised to extend their vogue beyond the theatre. One of the songs known to have been sung by Amy Rochelle was 'Leave Me with a Smile' (by Earl Burnett and Charles Koehler).
Notes
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The characters included Stiffy and Mo (Nat Phillips Roy Rene) as sailors.
Production Details
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1922: Fullers' Hippodrome, Sydney, 23 Dec. 1922 - ca. Jan. 1923. -
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd; Chorus Chrissie Royal.
- Cast incl. Amy Rochelle (principal boy), Eve Gray (principal girl), Arthur Helmsley (dame), Dot Davis [aka Mrs Roy Rene] (Fairy Queen), Roy Rene (Mo, a sailor from Palestine), Nat Phillips (Stiffy, a sailor from Sydney), David Loffman (Demon Vulture), Rene Vando (second girl), Dan M. Dunbar (The Baron), Dulcie French, W. Manning, Les Klick (The Goose) Les Warton, Bessie Story, Phyliss Culbart, Jack Horner, Mavis Nelson, Everest's Monkey Hippodrome, Mirano Brothers.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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'Mother Goose' : Fullers' Hippodrome Pantomime
1922
single work
review
— Appears in: Green Room , December 1922; (p. 10)
— Review of Mother Goose 1922 single work musical theatre -
'Mother Goose'
1922
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 December no. 26512 1922; (p. 3)
— Review of Mother Goose 1922 single work musical theatre
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'Mother Goose'
1922
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 December no. 26512 1922; (p. 3)
— Review of Mother Goose 1922 single work musical theatre -
'Mother Goose' : Fullers' Hippodrome Pantomime
1922
single work
review
— Appears in: Green Room , December 1922; (p. 10)
— Review of Mother Goose 1922 single work musical theatre
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
Note:
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 2 May 2014 06:42:10
