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y separately published work icon A Pretty Kettle of Fish single work   musical theatre   revue/revusical   humour  
Alternative title: The Dooleys
... A Pretty Kettle of Fish
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Revusical.

The storyline revolves largely around the characters Stiffy, Mo, Pat, Honora, and Mrs Dooley.

Notes

  • The Nat Phillips Collection holding includes twelve pages from a farce titled The Dooleys, which was published in a 1921 issue of the USA-based theatrical magazine Madison's Budget. The close similarities between Mrs Dooley and A Pretty Kettle of Fish indicates that Phillips adapted the earlier work into a Stiffy and Mo revusical.

  • No production of this work in Australia has yet been located.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Extent: 10+ ppp.
      Description: Typescript
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:

      • The holding comprises the following manuscripts:

        • MS 1: Complete text (10 pp).
        • MS 2: Extract from Madison's Budget No 18 (1921), containing the original Mrs Dooley farce (pp 55-58, 61-68 only).
        • MS 3: Lyrics to Act 1 'Opening Chorus' and Act 2 'Opening Chorus' (2 pp).
        • Side scripts: Individual parts for the following characters are - Honora (2 x 2 pp) ; Mrs Dooley (1 x 2 pp / 3 pp large / 9 pp small) ; Pat (2 x 1 pp) ; Mo (2 x 10 pp) ; Stiffy (2 x 9 pp) ; Mary (2 x 7 pp).

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: UQFL9 / Box 2 (P.2)
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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
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