Revusical.
Described in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1926 as 'a new revue written by Jim Gerald' (19 June 1926, p.10), this one-act musical comedy is set in a hotel where two couples have come on their honeymoons. Jim Gerald (as the naughty husband, Teddy Short) manages to lose his masterful wife (originally played by Essie Jennings) and finds himself caught up with a beautiful actress, Mrs Loveday, who has also mislaid her new husband. The increasingly angry Percy Loveday, meanwhile, has to endure the nagging of Mrs Short, while they search in vain for their missing spouses. The Brisbane Courier's theatre critic writes that 'the threads of the story were kept intact from the beginning to the end, allowing for the introduction of scenic interludes and by-play. A most laughable farce ended the dramatic meeting of the two couples in the lounge of the Hotel Riviera, where hitherto "henpecked" Teddy lays down the law to a meek and respectful wife' (16 May 1927, p.16).
One of the best received songs of the 1933 revival was, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, Reg Hawthorne's rendition of 'When Dixie Stars' (13 February 1933, p.5).
1926: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, 19-25 June.
1926: New Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 16-22 Oct.
1927: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 14-20 May.
1927: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, 10-16 December.
1930: Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, 19-25 April.
1933: Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, 10-16 February (as Honeymoon Troubles).