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Revusical.
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Although the authorship of this Arrivals of 1922 revusical has not yet been established, it may have been created by Arthur Morley and/or Spencer Barry. It is also unclear if there is a relationship between it and Jim Gerald's 1923 revusical, also titled Step This Way.
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1922: Hippodrome, Sydney, 14-20 October.
- 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 (q.v.), 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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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
Last amended 27 Jun 2014 13:28:59
