Oh Auntie single work   musical theatre   revue/revusical   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1925... 1925 Oh Auntie
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Revusical.

Stiffy and 'Erb are two 'soldiers of sort' on leave, who visit the home of Miss Amelia, the aunt of their mate Harry. The visit is complicated by Aunt Amelia's worry over her soldier nephew's supposed mesalliance, the presence of her ward Phoebe, and the arrival of the soldiers' superior, Captain Andrews.

Among the songs incorporated into the Whirligig's 1926 Brisbane season were 'Grey Hair, Grey Eyes' (Mike Connors and Queenie Paul), 'No Foolin'' and 'Row, Row, Rosie' (Elsie Hoskins and chorus), and 'Cobber of Mine' (Dan Weldon).

Production Details

  • 1925: Majestic Theatre, Adelaide; 8-14 August.

    • Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
    • Troupe: Nat Phillips' Whirligigs.
    • Cast incl. Nat Phillips (Oscar), Harry Huley (Percy), Joe Mullaney, Dan M. Dunbar, Queenie Paul, Mike Connors, Leonard Rich, June Mills, William Innes, Shannon Raye, Bess Bent, Allan Walsh, Ivy Moore; and the Six Crack-a-Jacks.

    1926: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 13-19 November.

    • Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd; Music Director Frank Wilson.
    • Troupe Nat Phillips' Whirligigs [aka Stiffy and 'Erb].
    • Cast incl. Nat Phillips (Stiffy), Jack Kellaway ('Erb), Mike Connors, Queenie Paul, Daisy Merritt, Dan M. Dunbar, Dan Weldon, Elsie Hoskins, and the Radio Six.
    • Musicians Charleston Super Six Symphonists, incl. Frank Wilson (trombone/accordion), 'Tiny' Douglas (violin), Art Dewar (banjo), Frank Morton (cornet), and Les Clements (piano).
    • It is possible that this revusical premiered prior to the Whirligigs' 1926-1927 Brisbane season.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

'Oh Auntie' at the Empire 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 15 November 1926; (p. 19)

— Review of Oh Auntie Nat Phillips , 1925 single work musical theatre
'Oh Auntie' at the Empire 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 15 November 1926; (p. 19)

— Review of Oh Auntie Nat Phillips , 1925 single work musical theatre

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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
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