Florodora

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Event Florodora
Venue Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW
First Date 7 December 1912
Last Date 10 January 1913
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Musical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ruby Armfield Actor
C R Bantock Actor
Esme Bennett Actor
Ivy Bickford Actor
Blanche Browne Actor
Irene Caffyn Actor
Jessie Caffyn Actor
Jack Cannot Actor
Bessie Foy Actor
Frank Greene Actor
Nellie Greig Actor
Andrew Higginson Actor
Leslie Holland Actor
Arthur Hunter Actor
Fred Leslie Actor
Nellie Leslie Actor
Arthur Lissant Actor
Jessie Lonnen Actor
Ion Maxwell Actor
Seymour Middleton Actor
Ina Milne Actor
J Neal Actor
Grace Palotta Actor
Vera Pearce Actor
Leah Pritchard Actor
Elsie Stevenson Actor
J Testro Actor
George Goodman Adminstrator: Business Manager
Nellie Leslie Choreographer
Leslie Stuart Composer
Clyde Meynell Director
George Tallis Director
Hugh J Ward Director
James Cassius Williamson Lessee
Owen Hall Librettist
E Boyd Jones Lyricist
Paul Rubens Lyricist
Andrew MacCunn Musical Director
Wybert Stamford Producer
Fred Young Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information An Edwardian musical comedy that became one of the first successful Broadway musicals of the 20th century. The book was written by Jimmy Davis under the pseudonym Owen Hall, the music was by Leslie Stuart with additional songs by Paul Rubens, and the lyrics were by Edward Boyd-Jones and Rubens. The original London production opened in 1899 where it ran for a very successful 455 performances. T
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, NLA, J. C. WIlliamson Scrapbooks of Music and Theatre Programmes, Vol 2, Image no 121, as digitised on Trove
Book Thesis, Heckenberg, Pam "Sydney 's Commerncial Theatres: Repetoire and Audience Taste, January 1912 - December 1945. BA Hons Thesis, School of Drama UNSW, 1980
Event Identifier 157498
Dataset AusStage