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Companion edition to the main thesis.

Notes

  • Volume 1 (A-C)

    Appendix A : Source Bibliography for Artists' Engagements included in Chapter Three Chronology

    Appendix B : Revusical Scripts from the Nat Phillips Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland. Edited by Clay Djubal. (i) 'What Oh Tonight' by Nat Phillips ; (ii) 'A Sporting Chance' by Nat Phillips ; (iii) 'Yes We Don't' by Nat Phillips ; (iv) 'At the Grand Hotel' by Nat Phillips.

    Appendix C : Annotated Calendar of Australian-Written Music Theatre Works 1842-1935

    Volume 2 (D-I)

    Appendix D : Biographical Database of Selected Australian Variety Practitioners, c1870-1935 (Songwriters, Writers, Librettists, Performers and Producers) : (i) Adson - Duff ; (ii) Edwards - Howson ; (iii) Kearns - Phillips Sisters ; (iv) Rene - York.

    Appendix E : Minstrel Farces Staged in Australia Between c1850 and the 1920s

    Appendix F : Nomenclature and Production/Narrative Issues:

    Appendix G : Index to Nat Phillips Collection (UQFL9) Fryer Library, University of Queensland. Compiled by Clay Djubal 2002-05 (with Bill Deely, 2002).

    Appendix H : Harry Clay and Clay's Vaudeville Artists 1901-1930 (Revised from 1998)

    Appendix I: Miscellaneous (Poems, Song Lyrics, Patter and Comedy Routines).

  • Appendix D contains biographical accounts of more than eighty Australian music theatre practitioners. All entries have since been added to the Austlit database. A number of the biographies have been abridged, however. For more extensive biographical insights into these particular individuals see the general subjects section above.

    The following is a list of all practitioners accorded biographical attention in the thesis appendices. Although some individuals have received historical attention previously (i.e., Alfred Dampier, George Darrell, Alfred Hill, Marcus Clarke etc), this thesis looks more closely at aspects relating to music theatre rather than their other creative pursuits - drama, novels etc:

    Arthur H. ADAMS; Steve ADSON; W. M. AKHURST; Oscar ASCHE; James BAIN; Verna BAIN; Harry BARRINGTON; Ike BECK; W. Horace BENT; Elton BLACK; Grosvneor BUNSTER; Leon CARON; Maurice CHENOWETH; Frank M. ClARK; Marcus CLARKE; Harry CLAY; George CLUTSAM; Charles and Harry COGILL; Walter H. COOPER; Vince COURTNEY; W. J. CURTIS; Alfred DAMPIER; George DARRELL; C. J. DE GARIS; Charles DELAVALE, DELAVALE & GILBERT (with Lily Vockler); Bert DESMOND (with Mattie Jansen); George DREW (with Jim Romaine and Jim Harris); James DUFF; George EDWARDS (with Rosie Parkes); Wally EDWARDS; Billy EMERSON; Harry W. EMMET; Bernard ESPINASSE; Charles FANNING; Maud FANNING (incl. Arthur Elliott); Edward GEOGHEGAN; Jim GERALD; Edward A. GLOVER; Martyn HAGAN (with Lucy Fraser); Nat HANLEY; Francis HART; Fritz HART; Maritz HEUZENROEDER; Alfred HILL, Richard Hengist HORNE; Charles HORSLEY; Bert HOWARD; John HOWSON; Jack 'Porky' KEARNS (with Ida Kearns/Rosslyn/Tauchert and Vera Kearns); Nellie KOLLE; Bert LE BLANC; Stanley McKAY; Johnny MATLOCK; Arthur MORLEY (with Elsie Bates); Nat PHILLIPS (with Daisy Merritt); PHILLIPS SISTERS; Roy RENE ; Sir William ROBINSON; Amy ROCHELLE; Sam ROWLEY; Harry SADLER; George SORLIE; Arthur TAUCHERT; Dan TRACEY; Ted TUTTY; Garnet WALCH; George WALLACE; Will WHITBURN; Frank YORK.

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,: 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Maurice Chenoweth, Clay Djubal , single work biography (p. Appendix D)
When the Baritone was Waiting on the Hungry Harry Clayi"There was bustling, there was hustling, as you've never seen before.", Charlie Vaude , single work poetry
A poem written to commemorate Harry Clay's initiation into the Chasers, a social gathering of theatrical personalities who met weekly for a boating and fishing expedition on Sydney Harbour.
 (p. 1045)
To 'Variety' - 1914i"The 'curtain' is up and our entrance we make,", Arthur Morley , single work poetry (p. 1046)
The City of 'Make-Believe'i"A wee little girlie sat playing", Arthur Morley , single work poetry (p. 1049)
A Week Around the Suburbs with Ike Becki"In doing a week for Ike Beck,", Presto , single work poetry
A poem written about Ike Beck and his troupe of variety performers on one of their tours around the Sydney suburbs. Others mentioned in the work are : Phil Levarto, Cel Delwyn, Arthur Tauchert, 'Fat' Jamo, and Verlie.
 (p. 1050)
Stranded! : Xmas - 1897i"'Tis a long call back - and times were bad,", Arthur Morley , single work poetry (p. 1050)
Slavin's Spasmi"Everybody's got the 'Flu'", Art Slavin , single work poetry humour
A brief and humouous poem written during the time of the Spanish influenza epidemic.
 (p. 1052)
Untitledi"The king of vaudeville", Harry Clay , single work poetry
Essentially an advertising jingle written by Harry Clay to promote his Sydney and New South Wales variety theatre operations.
 (p. 1053)
Alfred Hill, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
Johnny Matlock, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two - Appendix D
Sam Rowley, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendx D
Martyn Hagan, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
Fritz Hart, Clay Djubal , single work biography
Note: Volume Two: Appendix D
George Darrell, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
Alfred Dampier, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
W. J. Curtis, Clay Djubal , single work biography

A detailed overview of W. J. Curtis's theatrical activities as an actor, singer, librettist, and Tivoli director, with some additional insight into his youth and career as a Sydney-based lawyer, barrister, district judge and Knight's Council.

 Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
Marcus Clarke, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
Leon Caron, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
Maud Fanning, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
Charlie Fanning, Clay Djubal , single work biography Section: Volume Two: Appendix D
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    y separately published work icon Australian Variety Theatre Archive : Popular Culture Entertainment: 1850-1930 Clay Djubal , Z1787295 2011 website

    The Australian Variety Theatre Archive (AVTA) is an independent, not-for-profit research website devoted to the period of theatrical activity in Australia that might be considered the 'golden years' of minstrelsy and vaudeville. The motivation for the site has been the need to rectify the exceedingly poor amount of research directed towards this area of Australian history and thus address the many myths, inaccuracies and gaps that are to be found in the present historical record.

    The AVTA's primary objectives are two-fold: To celebrate and advance our knowledge of the Australian variety theatre industry which operated between the mid-1800s and the late-1920s/early-1930s; and to provide an on-going information archive which will serve as the basis for further research by both academics and historians, as well as by the general public.

    Variety entertainment during the period covered by the AVTA crossed many theatrical genres and media forms (including film and radio). The archive is primarily interested, however, in the following genres: burlesque minstrelsy (including minstrels farces) vaudeville revue revusical (one act musical comedies) pantomime. The archive is also looking to provide biographical details on the people involved in variety the performers (individuals and acts), entrepreneurs and managers, troupes, scenic artists, stage managers, front-of-house managers, costume and property-makers, choreographers, writers, composers, songwriters, lyricists directors, music directors, producers and associated industry practitioners (journalists/critics, advance representatives etc).

    The AVTA also publishes Mixed Bag, a monograph series devoted to variety theatre and popular culture entertainment.

    Source: http://ozvta.com/ (Sighted 23/06/2011)

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y separately published work icon 'What Oh Tonight' : The Methodology Factor and Pre-1930s Australian Variety Theatre Clay Djubal , 2005 single work thesis
— Appears in: Australian Variety Theatre Archive : Popular Culture Entertainment: 1850-1930

The poor state of knowledge currently relating to pre-1930s Australian variety theatre is reflected not only in the huge gaps in the history of even the most prominent minstrel and vaudeville companies and practitioners of that era, but also in the large number of erroneous conclusions contained within the published history. Two case studies will be included within this dissertation's broader study of the variety industry between circa 1870 and 1930, demonstrating that that Australian theatre history has failed to properly account for variety theatre production during a period when, as Charles Norman succinctly calls it, 'vaudeville was king.' The purpose of this thesis is therefore to argue first, that the methodological approach taken by historians to date is inadequate for dealing with variety industry activity both on a national scale and at a level of operations below that of the Tivoli circuit. The second purpose is to propose an entirely new methodology - one which allows historians the ability to uncover substantial new evidence about the organisation, personnel, and creative product of that industry.

One case study addresses the absence of any sustained research into the partnership of Nat (Stiffy) Phillips and Roy (Mo) Rene, arguably Australia's most influential and significant comedy duo of the first half of the twentieth century. The thesis demonstrates that much of what currently stands as knowledge about their onstage relationship is wrong, particularly the assumption that Mo was the dominant comic and Stiffy the straight man. The second case study identifies several erroneous conclusions that als exist today as historical fact. The issues examined here relate to the generic form and structure of the 'revues' staged from World War One up until the late 1920s. The research undertaken clearly shows that these productions were not a sequence of songs, dances and sketches carried out under some umbrella theme but were instead narrative-driven one act musical comedies - initially referred to in the industry as 'revusicals.'

At the core of this dissertation's hypothesis is the realisation that historians need to engage with the variety industry on its terms - by responding to the infrastructure and social networks through which it operated - if they are to gain insight into its production and reception as popular culture entertainment. As a result of this new methodological approach it has been possible to track the movements of hundreds of performers as they criss-crossed the county (some over several decades), thereby providing new reserves of data and historical insights previously unattainable to historians. The evidence supporting the dissertation's conclusions is contained not only within the thesis itself, but also as part of several extensive production and biographical databases reproduced in the Appendices section. This evidence also makes available for possibly the first time in more than ninety years, four original Stiffy and Mo scripts written by Nat Phillips, including the first two productions ever staged by the troupe.

y separately published work icon Australian Popular Theatre Richard Fotheringham (lead researcher), Clay Djubal (researcher), St Lucia : AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource , 2006- Z1798366 2006- website bibliography biography This work contains details about live theatre activities offered as popular entertainment, including short and not necessarily story-based stage acts (i.e. sketches, comic performances, vaudeville turns). The AustLit records cover revues, revusicals, pantomimes, musicals, burlesques, extravaganzas and other forms of theatrical entertainment. Biographical information on performers, writers/librettists, composers/songwriters, entrepreneurs, and other industry practitioners is also provided where known.
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