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Bert Le Blanc Bert Le Blanc i(A97183 works by) (birth name: Bertram Leon Cohen)
Born: Established: 1884 California,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Aug 1974 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: Mar 1913
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1 A Trip to Morrocco George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 In Mexico George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Hotel Topsy Turvey George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Variety Isle George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Oh Boy George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 My Boy Johnny George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 The Suffragettes George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Ku-Klux-Klan George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical

Revusical.

Set in America, where George H. Ward's alter ego, 'Little Hermie', is the world's greatest detective.
1 Cohen's Vacation George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Keeping Fit George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 The Lure of the Ring George H. Ward , Bert Le Blanc , Snapshot Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , 1927 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Step Lively Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , Clay's Bridge Theatre Ltd , 1924 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Holcum-Jazzbo Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , George Marlow , 1922 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Keep Laughing Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , George Marlow , 1922 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.

'The curtain was raised upon an oriental court scene with dancing girls waving palms and moving with sinuous grace for the amusement of the Rajah (Mark Erickson),' writes the Sydney Morning Herald critic:

Bert Le Blanc [Ike Cohen] and Jake Mack [Morris Levi] as the itinerant Jews who land in the precincts of the Rajah's court, and are held captive, succeeded in convulsing everybody with their clownish antics and irrelevant answers to the dignified questions of the Rajah. Evelyn Dudley as Balla, the Rajah's daughter, incurs her father's anger and is to be wed to one of the buffoons and the other is to be roasted alive. When asked the reason the Rajah replies 'Because it gives me pleasure,' and this expression is subsequently used by the victim in other situations with comic effect. Cyrene, the strange white girl (Winnie Knight) easily wins the love of the Rajah but when Levi claims her as his long-lost daughter there is a ludicrous scene as his majesty on bended knee craves the favour of the father's consent (20 November 1922, p.7).
1 1 Wy Wurrie? Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , George Marlow , 1922 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.

Billed in Sydney Morning Herald advertisements as 'a score of merry men and maids and the niftiest little pony ballet that ever kicked across the footlights' (7 October 1922, p.2), the 1922 Grand Opera House 'musical comedy concotion', is described by the same paper's theatre as a series of incidents 'strung together in such a way as to produce very humorous character sketches and a great deal of clever and dexterous miming. The author's knack of adaptation in rhyme gave piquancy to the vocal pieces [and] several attractive ballet's were introduced' (9 October 1922, p.10).
1 Razzle Dazzle Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , Clay's Bridge Theatre Ltd , 1922 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Can You Beat It? Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , George Marlow , 1922 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 High Life on Deck Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , William Anderson , 1921 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.
1 Dr Dippy's Asylum Dippy Dippy Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , Fullers' Theatres , 1918 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Little is known about Dr Dippy's Asylum in terms of its characters and plot line. One of the feature songs for the 1919 Fuller's Theatre season was 'I Love the Jukelele' [sic], a duet performed by Bert Le Blanc and Jake Mack (Sydney Morning Herald 24 March 1919, n. pag.).
1 Get the Habit Bert Le Blanc , Bert Le Blanc's Travesty Stars , Fullers' Theatres , 1918 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Revusical.

Little is known about this sequel to Le Blanc's Do it Now revusical. The Brisbane Courier records that Get the Habit was produced for the first time in Australia during the 1918 Empire Theatre season. No other revivals have been located to this date and the only insight provided in reviews during the week of 23-29 November is the following: 'Its action will disclose what a crazy Russian Nihilist did with certain missing stock certificates' (23 November 1918, p.12).
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