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Revusical.
Yankee Doodle is described in 1931 as a 'breezy revuette and a clever satire on army discipline [which] gave Ike Delavale another opportunity as a mirth-provoker when he figured as a member of the most awkward of awkward squads' (Brisbane Courier 14 December 1931, p.12).
Production Details
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1928: Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 11-17 August.
- Director Charles Delavale ; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd ;
- Troupe Ike Delavale's Laughing Comedy Revue Company ;
- Cast incl. Charles Delavale (Ike), Reg Hawthorne, Elvie Stagpoole, Tommy Dale (the Husband), Freda Spry (the Wife), Lulla Fanning (Susie), Mona Thomas, Arline Patterson, Robert Roberts, Charlie Megan, and the Tango Six Ballet.
- Reg Hawthorne, Tommy Dale, and Mona Thomas (all members of Jim Gerald's Revue Company) were temporarily with Delavale while Gerald was travelling overseas.
1931: Theatre Royal, Brisbane, 12-18 December.
- Director Charles Delavale; Music Director Nina Hutton.
- Troupe Ike Delavale's Metropolitan Star Company.
- Cast incl. Charles Delavale, Ron Shand, Elvie Stagpoole, Marie La Varre, Lewola Brothers, Colleen Hope, Reg Desmond, Doris Tindall, Lee Murray, Jeanette and Vince, Alma Patterson, and the Red Hot Peppers ; Musicians Six Royal Syncopators.
- Presented as the second-half entertainment, following on from the first-part revue Odds and Ends.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Theatre Royal
1931
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Courier , 14 December 1931; (p. 12)
— Review of Yankee Doodle 1928 single work musical theatre ; Odds and Ends 1931 single work musical theatre
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Theatre Royal
1931
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Courier , 14 December 1931; (p. 12)
— Review of Yankee Doodle 1928 single work musical theatre ; Odds and Ends 1931 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
Last amended 4 Sep 2014 12:27:15
