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Revue.
Comprising a mix of sketches, scenas, songs, comedy routines, and ballets sourced from international revues, and from local writers (including members of the company), Flying Colours was possibly one of the first productions produced in Australia by Connors and Paul following their world tour.
'Dick Turpin's Ride to Walk' (Stan Foley), 'Poet and Peasant Overture' and 'Telephone Doll' (Sunkissed Ballet), 'Who Started It,' 'S.P. Bookmakers' and 'The Man Who Murdered the King's English' (Syd Beck), 'Laugh Clown Laugh' (Russell Callow), 'Lily of Laguna' (Connors and Paul), 'River Stay Away from my Door' (Lulla Fanning), and 'Oh Baby' (Connors and Beck).
Production Details
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1933: Theatre Royal, Brisbane; 26 December 1933 - 4 January 1934.
- Director Mike Connors; Producer Con-Paul Theatres; Choreographer Queenie Paul.
- Cast incl. Mike Connors, Queenie Paul, Stan "Stud" Foley, Nick Morton, Russell Callow, Lulla Fanning, Tom Collins, Ronnie Hay, Doris Whimp, Vi Jagelman, the Ritchie Bros (Archie and Les), Edna Hardy, Alec Raine, the Lorraines (Adahio dancers); and the Sunkist Ballet.
1934: National Theatre, Launceston; 6-12 April.
- Director Mike Connors; Producer Con-Paul Theatres; Choreographer Queenie Paul.
- Cast incl. Mike Connors, Queenie Paul, Stan "Stud" Foley, Syd Beck, Russell Callow, Lulla Fanning, the Ritchie Bros, Tom Collins, Merna Stewart; and the Sunkist Ballet.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Still More Fun: 'Flying Colours' - Next Connors-Paul Revue
1934
single work
review
— Appears in: The Examiner , 6 April 1934; (p. 8)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre -
New Show Pleases: Revue at National - Connors-Paul Success
1934
single work
review
— Appears in: The Examiner , 9 April 1934; (p. 8)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre -
'Flying Colours'
1933
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 27 December no. 104 1933; (p. 15)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre
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'Flying Colours'
1933
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 27 December no. 104 1933; (p. 15)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre -
New Show Pleases: Revue at National - Connors-Paul Success
1934
single work
review
— Appears in: The Examiner , 9 April 1934; (p. 8)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre -
Still More Fun: 'Flying Colours' - Next Connors-Paul Revue
1934
single work
review
— Appears in: The Examiner , 6 April 1934; (p. 8)
— Review of Flying Colours 1933 single work musical theatre
