| Collits' Inn | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Gladys_Moncrieff_with_Claude_Flemming_in_%22Collits%27_Inn%22.jpg) Gladys Moncrieff with Claude Flemming performing Collits' Inn in 1933 at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne | |
| Music | Varney Monk |
| Lyrics | Varney Monk |
| Book | T. Stuart Gurr |
| Productions | 1932 Savoy Theatre Sydney[1] 1933 Princess Theatre Melbourne[2] 1934 New Tivoli Sydney[3] |
Collits' Inn is an Australian musical play with music by Varney Monk. Its first staging was in December 1932 at the Savoy Theatre in Sydney. The 1933 Melbourne production at the Princess Theatre was the first fully professional production, presented by F. W. Thring and starring Gladys Moncrieff, George Wallace, Claude Flemming and Campbell Copelin. Wallace's role was created especially for him.[4] It is generally considered the first commercially successful Australian musical, and it was praised by the Sydney Morning Herald as "an Australian opera".[5]
The text was published by Currency Press in 1990.
- ^ 1932 Savoy Theatre Sydney production at AusStage
- ^ 1933 Melbourne production at AusStage
- ^ 1934 New Tivoli Sydney production at AusStage
- ^ "EFFTEE FILM PRODUCTIONS". Frankston & Somerville Standard. Vic. 17 February 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 8 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 December 1932. p. 15.