Revusical.
The songs, dances, and improvised 'business' are loosely tied to a story concerning two Jewish sailors, Ike Cohen (Le Blanc) and Morris Levi (Mack), who are wrecked on the languorous island of Bong. They fall asleep and dream of becoming king and grand secretary respectively, and have, as one review notes, 'a right royal time' (Brisbane Courier 3 December 1917, p.9). For the 1919 Brisbane season, Le Blanc and Mack appeared as a couple of soldiers.
One of the songs incorporated into the 1917 Brisbane season was 'By the Blue Aegean Sea', sung in commemoration of the 'brave men who fell at Gallipoli and in recognition of Heroes Day' (Brisbane Courier 3 December 1917, p.9). The Brisbane Courier notes that in the 1919 production, 'the opening number "Gee! This is a Lonesome Town", seemed to be the key to a very dull proposition, but there was little lonesomeness in the air when things began to develop' (p.9). Other songs incorporated into the storyline included 'Great Big Wonderful Baby' and 'I Want to Go to Tokyo'.
1917: Majestic Theatre, Adelaide, 7-13 April.
1917: Majestic Theatre, Sydney, 2-8 June.
1917: National Theatre, Sydney, 11-17 August.
1917: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 1-7 December (return season: 2-8 March 1918).
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1918: Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 2-8 March.
1919: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 4-10 Jan.
1920: Queensland regional tour, ca June-July.
1921: Lyric Theatre, St Kilda (Melbourne), 22-28 October.
1922: Grand Opera House, Sydney, 28 October - 3 November.