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Organised in Mosman, Sydney sometime around May 1917 for the purpose of raising funds for various patriotic movements, the all-female Merrymakers troupe was led by Doris North under the supervision of Mrs Keeling (president) and Mrs J. Adams (vice-president). Following its first performance, at the War Chest Fund held Mosman's Repertory Theatre on 6 June, the revolving Merrymakers line-up appeared at fundraisers in Sydney, regional New South Wales and southern Queensland. The entertainment combined elements of refined costume comedy (including pierrot costumes) and revue - notably singing (solos, duos, trios and choruses), dancing, comedy sketches, and recitations etc. The company's final performance was given at the North Sydney Coliseum on 22 August 1919.

Personnel included: Yvonne Androusseau, Katie Clarke, Olive Clarke, Queenie Clarke, Nora Connelly, Enid Hirst (Mrs Moors), Eileen Mayor, Dorothy Nall, Doris Napier North (Mrs Ken Donaldson), Eileen Napier North, Kathleen Napier North, Sadie Napier North, Maida Scott, Bluie Slatter, Gwen Slatter (pianist), Sadie Tilburn, Kathleen Waddington, Valerie Wetherall, Beatrice Wenban.