Red Riding Hood of Treasure Island single work   musical theatre   pantomime   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 1919... 1919 Red Riding Hood of Treasure Island
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One of two pantomimes produced in Sydney by the Fullers over the summer of 1919/1920 (the other being Cinderella), Red Riding Hood was written and directed by Frank Neil.

The scenic settings were:

Scene 1. The Witches Cave;

Scene 2. The Village of Spring;

Scene 3. The Sunset Girls;

Scene 4. Jack and Zenda;

Scene 5. Port of Penzance;

Scene 6. Shell Grotto;

Scene 7. Ship on Fire

Scene 8. The Nine Demons;

Scene 9. The Majestic Motor Car;

Scene 10. The Electric Fountain;

Scene 11. The Palace of Stars;

Scene 12. Lovely Rose Land.

Production Details

  • 1919: Majestic Theatre, Sydney; 20 December 1919 - 5 February 1920.

    • Director Frank Neil; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd; Music Director/Conductor Val Royal; Scenic Art ; Choreography Chrissie Royal.
    • Cast incl. Nellie Kolle (Boy Blue), Rita Starr (Red Riding Hood), Jim Gerald (Dame Dimples), Essie Jennings (Queen Snowdrop), Will Gilbert (Lord Helpus), Frank Neil (Will Dimples), William Liddle, Stella Starr, Vera Starr, Betterton Glover, Lily Skinner.

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First known date: 1919
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Little Red Riding Hood Frank Neil , Frank Neil , 1928 single work musical theatre pantomime fantasy

'The exigencies of modern revue have so transformed the immortal characters of the nursery that they are almost unrecognisable. The story of Little Red Riding Hood has undergone this treatment. Therefore, at the Empire Theatre it is produced not so much in the spirit of pantomime as in that of revue. Red Riding Hood, witnessing this version of her adventures would have been bewildered. The little girl with the scarlet cloak and hood would never have recognised herself. After leaving the enchanted wood, according to Mr Frank Neil's players, Red Riding Hood, for no ostensible reason, was wisked off to sea. After being shipwrecked, an experience which gave the dame still another opportunity to change her gown, the dainty little heroine next appeared on a treasure island, where Hawaiian maids and ukuleles abounded, in search of a golden key. And then strangest of all, Mr Neil married her to Boy Blue' (Sydney Morning Herald 27 December 1928, p.3).
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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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