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Issue Details: First known date: 1883... 1883 Slocum's Dog
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Advertised in the Argus as 'W. Horace Bent's original sketch' (4 August 1883, p.16).

Notes

  • It is unclear if this farce bears any relationship to the similarly tilted farces Thompson's Dog (Harry Clay's 1910 New South Wales/Queensland tour) and Dr Slocum (Theatre Royal, Brisbane, 1 December 1900).

  • REVIVALS:

    The following revivals of Slocum's Dog do not involve W. Horace Bent unless otherwise noted. Dates indicate the premiere production only, unless otherwise noted.

    • 1886: People's Concerts, Temperance Hall (Melbourne), 28 July.

    • 1886: Alhambra Music Hall, Sydney, 15 March (Producer Frank Smith).

    • 1904: Harry Clay's New South Wales/Queensland tour, ca. March-August (incl. Maitland Town Hall, 16 March).

    • 1905: Gaiety Theatre, Melbourne, 1 April (Producer F. M. Clark).

    • 1907: Harry Clay's New South Wales/Queensland tour, ca. March-August (incl. Ipswich Town Hall, 10 April / Theatre, Charters Towers, 28 May).

    • 1909: Johnny Gardner People's Concerts, Temperance Hall (Melbourne), 27 February / 16 October.

    • 1910: People's Concerts, Temperance Hall (Melbourne), 29 January / 23 April / 15 October.

Production Details

  • 1883: Victoria Hall, Melbourne, 4-10 August. Producer F. E. Hiscocks ; Music Director/Conductor Nicholas La Feuillade (q.v.) ; Troupe Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels and Specialty Union.

    Cast W. Horace Bent (Erasmus Doolittle), George Turner (George Peabody), Charles McCarthy (Billy Graball).

  • This entry has been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian popular theatre being conducted by Dr Clay Djubal.

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