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'Written, sneaked and cribbed by Frank Crossley,' and directed by Randall Carlisle, this production of Dick Whiitington was 'produced for the first time on any battlefield' by the Anzac Coves during the Christmas of 1917.
The scenes presented were:
Act 1. Scene 1. Bow Bells;
Scene 2. Eastcheap;
Scene 3. Uncle Tom's Cabin;
Scene 4. Fitzwarren's Shop
Scene 5. On the Road to the Wharf;
Scene 6. A Shipwreck;
Act 2. Scene 1. A Palace in Morroco;
Scene 2. A Police Court;
Scene 3. Guild Hall;
Transformation Scene 'The Birth of a Flower.'
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Production Details
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1917: Western Front, Europe; ca. December 1917 - January 1918.
- Director Randall Carlisle; Scenic Artist Gervais Cooper; Costumes John Hyman, with Fred Reade and Bobby Roberts.
- Troupe: Anzac Coves.
- Cast: Fred Reade (Dick Whittington, a young draper), Les Williams (Alderman Fitzwarren, a worthy tradesman), Harold Shaw (Idle Jack, a loafer), Harry Ross [1] (Ben Bunt, a jolly tar), Hugh Gannon (Dick Daring, a jolly tar), Jack Davey (Henry Oats, a shopwalker), Alec St. Leon ('Enery Twister), James Gibb (the Cat), Bobbie Roberts (Alice, sweet twenty), Frank Crossley (Martha Mixit, a cook); Immortals - James Gibb (The Kaier rat), Von Tirpitz (Jack Davey), Fred Reade (Fairy Queen).
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Note:
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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