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On a Bus single work   musical theatre   revue/revusical   humour  
Alternative title: On a London Bus
Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 1916 On a Bus
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Notes

  • Although described in advertising as a burlesque, this Orange Dandies production is more likely to have been staged in the revusical style.

Production Details

  • 1916: Cremorne Garden Theatre, Brisbane, 28 December 1916 - 3 January 1917.

    • Director Walter George; Producer/Proprietor John N. McCallum (Dandies Qld Ltd) in association with Edward Branscombe; Music Director Edgar Hulland.
    • Troupe: Orange Dandies Costume Comedy Company.
    • Cast incl. Walter George, Georgie Martin, Arthur Riscoe, Harry de Robeck, Miss Pop Batterby, Miss L. Knight, Kitty Morton, Robert Roper, Ernest Parkes, John Stewart.
    • Musician Edgar Hulland (piano).

    1917: Cremorne Garden Theatre, Brisbane, 30 March - 5 April (as A London Bus).

    • Cast and production mostly as for previous Cremorne Theatre season.
    • By 1917, the troupe was being called The Dandies Costume Comedy Company.

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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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