Under The Counter

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Event Under The Counter
Venue His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 15 May 1948
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Musical in three acts directed by Jack Hulbert, premiered Phoenix Theatre London, 22 November 1945 - 5 July 1947. Subject is wartime rationing and how to evade it.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Musical
Subjects Consumers
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Doreen Arden Actor
Aileen Britton Actor
Cicely Courtneidge Actor
Letty Craydon Actor
Ron Folkard Actor
Claude Horton Actor
Lloyd Lamble Actor
William Rees Actor
Valeri Shaievsky Actor
Vaughan Tracey Actor
Thorley Walters Actor
Lois Wiltshire Actor
Doreen Arden Ballet Master/Mistress
Manning Sherwin Composer
J Alan Kenyon Designer
Clifford Pember Designer
Harold Purcell Lyricist
Robert Probst Musical Director
Arthur MacRae Playwright
Gerald Kirby Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Wolanski Collection has two programmes, in 1947 and 1948 files. Both contain complete cast lists and photos. Other information was sourced from advertisements in Whitehall Theatre programmes. This one comes from The Guinea Pig (date?).The 1947 Wolanski programme gives opening date as 27.12.1947.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme J. C. Williamson's Magazine Programme (1948)
Event Identifier 97877