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Revusical.
'Propstick', writing in the Theatre magazine, records that 'George Wallace is a comedian with a delightfully quiet style. He gets his laughs without any forcing... Max Martin dances as neatly as ever, and makes a capital policeman in A Fireman's Troubles, a fairly entertaining comedy that forms the second part. Chief honours are annexed by Wallace in a clever Johnny study and by Billy Cass and Joe Rox as two impossible firemen. Emphatically the artistic feature of the production is Lulu Hart's beautiful dancing' (April 1919, p.28).
Production Details
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1919: Eden Gardens, Manly (Sydney), 8-14 March.
- Director Joe Rox; Producer Clay's Bridge Theatre Ltd.
- Troupe Joe Rox Revue Company.
- Cast incl. Ida Merton, Ruby Esdaile, Harry Little, Billy Cass, Ivy Bowmont, Max Martin, George Wallace, Joe Rox.
- Harry Clay's Sydney suburban circuit, incl. Princess Theatre (15-21 March, with a possible second week, 22-28 March).
- The premiere production was mostly likely at the Bridge Theatre, Newtown (1-7 March).
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1919
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review
— Appears in: The Theatre Magazine , April 1919; (p. 28)
— Review of A Fireman's Troubles 1919 single work musical theatre
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Untitled
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Theatre Magazine , April 1919; (p. 28)
— Review of A Fireman's Troubles 1919 single work musical theatre
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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
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