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The 1883 Melbourne production may have included Nicholas La Feuillade's 'Cora Dean Quadrille' (see Argus 16 June 1883, p.16).
Production Details
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1883: Victoria Hall, Melbourne, 16-22 June. Producer F. E. Hiscocks ; Music Director/Conductor Nicholas La Feuillade (q.v.) ; Troupe Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels and Specialty Union.
Cast: W. Horace Bent (Cupid), E. J. Kennedy (Old Cruncher), George Turner (Lucy Cruncher), Charles McCarthy (Charley Jenkins).
Advertised as the 'first time of W. Horace Bent's negro sketch' (Argus 16 June 1883, p.16).
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This entry has been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian popular theatre being conducted by Dr Clay Djubal.
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