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Revusical.
Described in the Sydney Morning Herald as depicting the adventures of a financially embarrassed continental innkeeper (25 September 1922, p.5), this revusical may have been written by Arthur Morley and/or Spencer Barry.
The musical numbers known to have been incorporated into the production included 'several old-time songs', such as 'Come into the Garden Maud', 'Sally in Our Alley', and 'Silver Threads Among the Gold.'
Production Details
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1922: Hippodrome, Sydney, 23-29 September.
- Director Spencer Barry; Producer Reginald Wykeham; Music Director Bert Rache.
- Troupe The Arrivals of 1922.
- Cast incl. Arthur Morley, Sadie Gale, Bert Desmond, Mattie Jansen, Will Gilbert, Dora Gilbert, George Whitehead, The Éclair Bros, Nada Conrade, Sadie Tilburn, Harry Hart, Gladys Gordon, Bilee Lockwood, Essie Davis, The Blanchards, May Topping, Eve Williams, Marjorie Morton, Sydney Garti, Harry Wilson, Lily Alroy, Phyllis Craig, Sybil Stevenson, Bob Driscoll, Alf Driscoll, the Arrivals Quartet, and The Eight 'Hip' Hooray Girls.
- Musicians Bert Rache and the Arrivals Orchestra.
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Note:
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
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