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Issue Details: First known date: 1934... 1934 Good Catch
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Little is known of the storyline in this musical comedy. In a preview published in the Sydney Morning Herald, the writer notes only that, 'the plot is slender, but the action never flags, and some of the dialogue is excellent. The music score contains many lively numbers' ('Good Catch : Musical Comedy at Savoy' 22 March 1934, p.10).

Production Details

  • 1934: Savoy Theatre, Sydney; 21-22 Mar.; 11 Apr (Mossman Town Hall).

    • Director Nora Cazabon; Music Director/Conductor George English; Producer Royal Prince Alfred Junior Auxiliary; Choreographer Lurline Lovatt (with Dorothy English)
    • Cast incl. John Cazabon, Lindsay Goulding, Kitty Walker, Jean Gellatly, Dorise Humphreys, Dorothy English (Alice Bayswater), Alma Cull, Ida Alexander, Suzette Adams, Edward Druitt, John Walcott, Bruce Williams, Leonard Connolly.
    • Staged under the patronage of the Governor and Lady Game, and the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, with the proceeds going to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
    • Dorothy English was the composer's sister. Nora Cazabon was the librettist's sister.
    • The April revival at the Mosman Town Hall was given as a result of public demand. An advertised revival at the Savoy Theatre (for 4 April) was cancelled due illness within the company.

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First known date: 1934
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Works about this Work

'A Good Catch' : For R.P.A. Hospital – Successful Premiere 1934 single work column
— Appears in: Sun [Sydney] , 22 March 1934;

A brief article about the 1934 Sydney premiere of Good Catch (Savoy Theatre, 21-22 March). It contains no details relating to the actual production.
'A Good Catch' : For R.P.A. Hospital – Successful Premiere 1934 single work column
— Appears in: Sun [Sydney] , 22 March 1934;

A brief article about the 1934 Sydney premiere of Good Catch (Savoy Theatre, 21-22 March). It contains no details relating to the actual production.
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