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Adaptation of
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships
1726
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1881...
1881
Gulliver ; Or, Harlequin King Lilliput
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
Oberon and his associates decide to produce a Gulliver pantomime. The story begins when King Hairy comes to Gulliver Snr's chemist shop in search of hair dye, as his hair keeps changing colour. Gulliver Jnr falls for the King's daughter and offers to search out hair dye. Their ship is wrecked on Liliput, where Gulliver Jnr commands an army against the giants of Brobdignag. With Oberon's help the battle is won and all are rewarded.
[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]
[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]
Production Details
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1881: Bijou Theatre (Melb); 24 December 1881 - 27 January 1882
- Director/Lessee G. B. W. Lewis; Manager Mrs G. B. W. Lewis; Music Arranger J. Wright, Mrs G. B. W. Lewis and J. Ure; Scenic Art Harry Grist; Choreography Henry Leopold.
- Troupe incl. Mrs G. B. W. Lewis' pupils.
- Cast incl. Carrie Nelson, Alice Wooldridge, Blanche and Florence Louis, Annie Mau, Mary Weir, Flora Graupner, Mabel Mackay, Dolly Inman, Miss L. Hodge, Miss Kirkness, Miss Avery, Ethel Mackay, Miss Whaley, Miss Davis, D'Arcy Stanfield, Fred Dark, George P. Carey, Harry Daniels, Henry Leopold, D. C. Smith, Mr Whiting; Masters Willie Driscoll, W. Stevenson, Alfred Capper, Middy Harrison, Nutall and Mummery.
- 28 performances.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Christmas Pantomimes: The Bijou Theatre
1882
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Sketcher , 14 January 1882; (p. 7)
— Review of Gulliver ; Or, Harlequin King Lilliput 1881 single work musical theatre -
Christmas at the Theatres : Bijou Theatre
1881
single work
review
— Appears in: The Argus , 24 December 1881; (p. 9)
— Review of Gulliver ; Or, Harlequin King Lilliput 1881 single work musical theatre
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Christmas at the Theatres : Bijou Theatre
1881
single work
review
— Appears in: The Argus , 24 December 1881; (p. 9)
— Review of Gulliver ; Or, Harlequin King Lilliput 1881 single work musical theatre -
The Christmas Pantomimes: The Bijou Theatre
1882
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Sketcher , 14 January 1882; (p. 7)
— Review of Gulliver ; Or, Harlequin King Lilliput 1881 single work musical theatre
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
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
Last amended 24 Mar 2014 06:12:30
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