HISTORICAL OPERETTA.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18809, 3 December 1932, Page 17 (Supplement)

HISTORICAL OPERETTA.

AN ORIGINAL PRODUCTION. '• COLLITT'S INN " IN SYDNEY. " Collltt's Inn,” the first Australian historical operetta to be produced in Sydney, which is being rehearsed for the opening performance at the Savoy on December fi, is by far the biggest effort yet magle to stage an Australian production. river fifty people, including the chorus and ballets, are taking part In the play, Rene Maxwell will appear In the leading role as Mary Collitt and Ambrose Bourke as Ensign Lake, Jack Win will play the comedy role

of Dandy Dick. Others in the cast are Robert Gemmel, D. McNlven, Ann Stuart Gurr, Jack Klnson, and lan Frazer Mackenzie. The costumes will be a faithful representation of the fashions 100 years ago in Sydney. The operetta was composed by Mrs Varney Monk, wife of the well-known Svdne'y violinist, Cyril Monk. The libretto is by T. Stuart Gurr, who has already written several successful short plays and who is co-author of the hook, “ White Man, Brown Woman.” , . . . Howard Carr, who has orchestrated the music for “ Collilt’s Inn,’ will conduct a picked orchestra, led by Cyril Monk. The operetta will be presented by Nathalie Rosenwax.