Little Jack Horner single work   musical theatre   pantomime   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 1916 Little Jack Horner
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An adaptation by Harry Taylor of the popular nursery rhyme and pantomime story.

Production Details

  • 1916: Vacant block near Imperial Hotel, Singleton (New South Wales); 27-29 January

    • Producer Edward Jasper; Tour Manager J. R. Howard.
    • Troupe: Jasper's Pantomime Company.
    • Repertoire also included Humpty Dumpty.

    1919: Alhambra Music Hall, Sydney, 21-27 June.

    • Director Harry Taylor; Producer Harry Taylor and Alf Coleman; Music Director Wally Smith.
    • Troupe: Coleman and Taylor Pantomime Company.
    • Cast incl. Bert Desmond, Joe Charles, Maud Shipp, Harry Taylor, Mattie Jansen, Emili Dani, Florence Walker, Dot Holroyd, Elsa Thornton.
    • The second production in Taylor and Coleman's school holiday pantomime season at the Alhambra. The other pantomimes were Bluebeard's Harem and Hello Cinderella.

    1919: Queensland regional tour, ca. August - December.

    • Director Harry Taylor; Producer Harry Taylor and Alf Coleman; Music Director E. J. Golding; Tour Manager Jack Campbell.
    • Troupe: Coleman and Taylor Pantomime Company.
    • Cast incl. Bert Desmond, Joe Charles, Harry Taylor, Emili Dani (Citronella), Mattie Jansen and Maudie Shipp (The Babes), Ilma Burns, Janet Waldren, Julia Reeves, Ivy Marshall, Florence Walker (principal boy), Cora Trevor, Vicky Gresham, Alice White, Francis Smith, Ida Berkley.
    • The tour, which played fifty-one towns in twenty-one weeks, also included the pantomimes Robinson Crusoe and Babes in the Wood.
    • Tour itinerary incl. Theatre Royal, Townsville, 23-27 September.

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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 29 Apr 2014 11:38:33
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