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Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive
Elite Vaudeville Company Elite Vaudeville Company i(A109159 works by) (Organisation) assertion (a.k.a. Elite Burlesque, Comedy and Specialty Co.; Elite Burlesque, Minstrel and Variety Co.)
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1 The Trip to Manly and the Soapboilers' Picnic The Soapboilers' Picnic; A Trip to HumpyBong ; Or, Fun on the Garnet W. Horace Bent , Elite Vaudeville Company , Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels , Delohery, Bovis and Deane , Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels , F. E. Hiscocks , Delohery, Bovis and Deane , 1884 single work musical theatre burlesque humour

Also referred to as Fun on the Brighton; Or, A Trip to Manly during its 1884 Sydney season, Bent's 'local absurdity' capitalised on John F. Sheridan's Fun on the Bristol, which was then playing at the Gaiety Theatre.

The musical element included several songs and dances incorporated into the picnic scenes.
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