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Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive
Charles L. Sherman Charles L. Sherman i(A104738 works by)
Gender: Male
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American actor, comedian, monologist, pianist, writer.

Comedians Charles L. Sherman and George Ward (the 'banana kings') came to Australia in 1920 as a vaudeville act for Fullers' Theatres. The following year, however, they began touring their own original revusicals around Australasia with Fullers' American Revue Company (later the Ward-Sherman Revue Co). Sherman left the company in 1924 and over the next decade worked as a solo vaudeville act and in companies such as Charles Zoli's Chuckles of 1924, F. Gayle Wyer's Bandbox Revue Co (1928), Lorna-Lance Concert Co (1929) and the Jim Gerald Revue Company (1934).

A gifted musician, Sherman often incorporated the piano into his monologue turns and revusical roles.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

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Fullers' American Revue Company
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