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Revusical.
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Also known as On the Farm, this was one of a number of locally written revusicals, staged between 1915 and the late 1920s, that were set on either a rural/semi-rural farm or an outback station. Other productions include On the Farm (Paul Stanhope, 1915); On the Land (Arthur Morley, 1916), Fooling the Farmer on the Clay circuit (1917), and Fun on the Farm (Billy Cass, 1926).
It is also not clear whether a relationship exists between any of the above revusicals and a minstrel farce staged in 1897 under the title Fun on a Farm (produced by Harry Rickards at the Melbourne Opera House from 17 July).
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1916: Harry Clay's Sydney suburban and south-west NSW circuit; ca. December.
- Director Art Slavin; Producer Clay's Bridge Theatre Ltd; Stage Manager Ted Gabriel (Bridge Theatre, Newtown).
- Cast incl. Art Slavin, Lily Thompson, Iris Taylor, Will Cass, Ivy Bowmont [aka Ivy Cass].
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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
Last amended 27 May 2014 13:27:16
