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Issue Details: First known date: 1925... 1925 Money and Matrimony
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Revusical.

This 'cowboy musical drama', is described in the Sydney Morning Herald as being set 'in the wilds of the West, [where] Mr Wallace appears as a parson endeavouring to reform cowboys' (2 May 1925, p.10).

Notes

  • The similarities in settings and some characters between Money and Matrimony and Dangerous Dan suggest that the latter may have been adapted from the first sometime during 1925. This is supported, too, by the fact that no further revivals of Money and Matrimony have been located after the 1925 Bijou Theatre season.

Production Details

  • 1925: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, 2-8 May.

    • Director George Wallace; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
    • Troupe George Wallace Revue Company.
    • Cast incl. George Wallace, Marshall Crosby, Jack White, Tom Lincoln, Marie Nyman, Ivy Moore, Sadie Gale, Nellie Dean.

    1925: Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 11-17 July.

    • Director George Wallace; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
    • Troupe George Wallace Revue Company.
    • Cast incl. George Wallace, Marshall Crosby, Sadie Gale, Olga Muir, Tom Lincoln, Jack White, Nellie Dean, sisters Lulu Fanning and Mercia Elliott, George Lloyd, Fred 'Check' Hayes, Ada Scaddan, Alma Stewart.

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First known date: 1925
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Related Works

Dangerous Dan George Wallace , George Wallace Revue Company , Fullers' Theatres , Tivoli Celebrity Vaudeville , 1925 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Possibly adapted from Money and Matrimony (1925), this cowboy musical drama saw George Wallace appear as one of his most popular characters, Dangerous Dan McGrew. The Brisbane Courier records that Dangerous Dan

'has been holding up the peaceful residents in the mountainous country of the west, where the cowboys flourish, and his unlawful aptitudes furnish the material for an hour of fun and frolic. The sheriff is after him and enlists the aid of the company at the Golden West Hotel - a company whose members prove to be not quite so innocent as the surface indications would lead one to believe... In the wild and whirling incidents connected with the pursuit of dangerous Dan, in the mountain roads [the audience is presented] in the intervals with pistol shots and songs such as "Bring a Friend for Me" (Fanning), "Gimme Me Hat and Coat" (Wallace), "Somewhere in the World" (Nyman) and "Roaring Days of '60" (Crosby)' (18 January 1926, p.10).

A 1930 Age review further indicates that 'most of the action takes place at 'Peaceful Pete's Saloon, where revolver shooting, dancing, songs, music and comic situations contribute to a crowded, laughter-provoking show' (3 March 1930, p.10).

Musical numbers known to have been incorporated in the 1928 production are 'Get Out and Get Under the Moon' (Jones and chorus) and 'Dear Little Irish Mother' (Crosby).
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Works about this Work

Bijou - Vaudeville 1925 single work review
— Appears in: The Argus , 13 July no. 24626 1925; (p. 14)
— Review of Money and Matrimony George Wallace , 1925 single work musical theatre
Amusements 1925 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 May no. 27246 1925; (p. 10)
— Review of Money and Matrimony George Wallace , 1925 single work musical theatre A preview of the 1925 Fullers' Theatre (Sydney) premiere of Money and Matrimony.
Amusements 1925 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 May no. 27246 1925; (p. 10)
— Review of Money and Matrimony George Wallace , 1925 single work musical theatre A preview of the 1925 Fullers' Theatre (Sydney) premiere of Money and Matrimony.
Bijou - Vaudeville 1925 single work review
— Appears in: The Argus , 13 July no. 24626 1925; (p. 14)
— Review of Money and Matrimony George Wallace , 1925 single work musical theatre
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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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