A comedy sketch about a new commanding officer.
1922: Esplanade, St Kilda (Melbourne), ca. March. Director/Producer Pat Hanna ; Troupe The Famous Diggers ; Cast incl. Pat Hanna.
1925: Queensland regional tour, April-May.* Director G. P. Hanna ; Producer E. J. Carroll (q.v.) ; Troupe Pat Hanna's Famous Diggers ; Cast incl. Pat Hanna.
Queensland regional tour itinerary incl. Gympie, April* / Maryborough, April* / Bundaberg, April - 1 May / Earls Court, Rockhampton, 2-9 May / Mount Morgan, May* / Mackay, 12 May -* / Townsville, May* / Charters Towers, May* / Mackay, June* (return season) / Rockhampton, June* (return season).
1927: Gardens Theatre, Adelaide, ca. December. Producer J. C. Williamson's Ltd (in association with G. P. Hanna) ; Director Pat Hanna ; Troupe Pat Hanna's Famous Diggers ; Cast incl. Pat Hanna (Chic), Joe Valli (Joe ), Chris Kilner (Nugget), Ern Kopke (Dispatch Rider), Norman French (Lieutenant Burgess), Stan Lawson (Sergeant-Major Flint), Iza Crossley (Marie), Jessie Meadows (Zoe), Jock Thomson (Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, the new C.O.).
The program held in the Pat Hanna Collection (VPACRS) indicates that this sketch was produced during the fourth week of the Adelaide season.
NB: An asterisk [*] beside a date indicates that it is either approximate or is yet to be determined.
This entry has been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian popular theatre being conducted by Professor Richard Fotheringham and Dr Clay Djubal.
