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Revue.
The program indicates the following sketches and musical numbers:
Act 1:
- 1. Overture (orchestra)
- 2. Prologue (Kaye)
- 3. 'Psychosomatic Psymphony' (company and ballet)
- 4. 'This One's for You' (company)
- 5. 'Visionary Vidiot' (Paul)
- 6. 'Cinderella Beat' (Janet, Elizabeth, and Elaine)
- 7. 'Viva Sabata' (Margaret)
- 8. 'Advance Australia Fayre' (John, Sue, Alan, and Dale)
- 9. 'Follow Me' (Ingrid and Frank)
- 10. 'Pie with Sauce' (company)
- 11. 'What Ever Happened?' (Kaye, Julian, Sue, and Elaine)
- 12. 'Schizoid Stratagem' (Johnnie and Paul)
- 13. 'Trilogy' (Kaye and girls)
- 14. 'Little Old Lady' (Julian and Yvonne)
- 15. 'Keep Your Promise, Mr Thomas' (Paul, Johnnie, Elizabeth, Alan, and John)
- 16. 'Cafe Au Fait' (Yvonne, Ingrid, and Peter)
- 17. 'Country Gardens' (Paul)
- 18. 'Bricklaying Blues' (Chris and Frank)
- 19. 'I Wanna be Beat' (Dale and company)
- 20. 'Sing Hey! for Footy' (Ballet, Paul, Johnnie, and Yvonne)
- 21. 'Lady Loverly's Chatter' (Julian and John)
- 22. 'Autumn Litany' (Alan)
- 23. 'Happily Ever Laughter' (Elizabeth, Yvonne, Josephine, Paul, Peter, Chris, Johnnie, and Frank)
- 24. 'El Dorado' (Elaine and Ingrid)
- 25. 'Who's Who' (Josephine, Margaret, Alan, and John)
- 26. 'Whose Zoo' (Paul, Yvonne, Janet, and Ingrid)
- 27. 'Love Isn't What it Used to Be' (Julian)
- 28. 'Shango Aye' (Ballet)
- 29. 'Moonee Ponds Ritual' (Elaine, Johnnie, Yvonne, Julian, Janet, and company)
Act 2:
- 1. 'Take Thou This Rose'
- 2. 'I Must Shout Wonderful'
- 3. 'I Like People Like You'
- 4. 'Les Contes Drolletiques'
- 5. 'Parking Problem'
- 6 'Surf Patrol'
- 7. 'Our Regal Guest'
- 8. 'Don't Monkey with It'
- 9. 'Kiddy Winks'
- 10. 'Proud and Prejudiced' / 'Connoisseur'
- 11. 'Down the Lane'
- 12. 'Ecclesiastical Exclamation'
- 13. 'Opera Elite'
- 14. 'What Did Happen?'
- 15. 'The Unthinkables'
- 16. 'The Ballad of Bethnal Green'
- 17. 'Social Sophomores'
- 18. 'Comment'
- 19. 'Literary Condensations'
- 20. 'Love in a Mist'
- 21. 'The Good Oil'
- 22. 'Without Foundation'
- 23. 'Cha-Cha-Charming' (ballet and company).
Notes
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Most reviews of Paton Place were critical of its excessive length and lack of strong material. As one critic noted, 'There are 52 numbers. Each has something to offer but somewhere, if the audience is to get home that night by public transport, the organisers must do some editing.'
Another reviewer wrote, 'At the end of Act One the show promised to drag on until 1 a.m. A merciful reprieve however was granted by the producer and the show ended at 11pm without curtain calls and to the sound of polite applause.' Both critics did note, however, that the actors partly made up for the production's shortcoming through their polished performances.
[Source: memorabilia supplied by Peter Pinne]
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Although individual writing credits are not given in the programme, the following songs have been established as written by Peter Pinne:
- 'Cafe Au Fait,' 'Who's Who,' 'Down the Lane', and 'Moonee Ponds Ritual' (includes the songs 'Dance, Dance, Dance,' 'Powerhouse Waltz,' 'Exhibition Dancers', and Miss Danceland').
Production Details
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1960: Union Theatre, Melbourne, 11 May -.
- Producer S. R. C. Revue; Director Jon Finlayson; Design/Costumes Brian Corless; Music Director Nehama Patkin; Music Arranger Jon Frederick; Chorus Arthur Turnbull; Stage Manager John Myhill (with Graeme Roberts, Alison Burns); Sound Michael Bowdrey, Ian Thomas; Properties Gillian White.
- Cast Ingrid Burke, Dale Butler, Sue Earl, Elaine Guy, Elizabeth Joseph, Yvonne Kosky, Josephine Macrae, Margaret Paull, Kaye Petrie, Janet Sisley, Peter Blazey, Paul Eddey, Johnnie Joyce, Chris Masterman, Alan Morgan, Frank Morgan, Julian Pringle, Graeme Roberts, John Stocks.
- Ballet Elspeth Coghill, Jocelyn Edwards, Judy Harrison, Marilyn Monk, Dy Nicholls, Betty Rudin, Zane Volkoves, Andre Dubrouri, David Park, Anthony Rose, David Roudner.
- Orchestra Nehama Patkin (piano), Brian Simpson (Hammond organ and Coke bottle), Derek Capewell (banjo, bass guitar, bongos), Mike Martin (drums).
