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Music scena.
Notes
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Influenced by the Faustian legend as explored by dramatist Christopher Marlowe and writers Johann Goethe and Thomas Mann. Nineteenth-century composers Hector Berlioz and Charles Gounod each wrote an opera on the legend of Faust, while Franz Liszt was inspired to write a symphony.
Production Details
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1919: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 19-25 July. Director Hugh Huxham ; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd ; Troupe Hugh Huxham's Serenaders.
Cast incl. Hugh Huxham, Edith Huxham, Reg Harrison, Sydney Hollister, Reg Harrison, Fred Heraud, Miss Pop Batterbury, Dan Weldon, Olive Sneddon, Kitty Morton, Pearlie McKenzie.
Huxham's Serenaders had ended their engagement with John N. McCallum (q.v.) on 9 June (after almost forty weeks), and transferred across to the Fullers' Empire Theatre later in the month.
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This entry has been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian-written music theatre being conducted by Dr Clay Djubal.
