Emergency Drill

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Event Emergency Drill
Venue Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba, QLD
First Date 18 May 1939
Opening Date 18 May 1939
Last Date 18 May 1939
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description A farce. A noble and penniless English lord of the stage variety (played by the author) visiting America to marry an heiress he invites himself to the home of a plutocrat, mildly threatens blackmail, proposes to the heiress, who is already engaged to Jack Pemberton, who is in a love intrigue with his hostess. The noble lord who never forgets to explain, when projecting some quite dishonourable action that he is an English gentleman, makes his next objective, on his rejection by the heiress, who, confessing herself as having had too much matrimony, agrees to marry on a ten-minutes' acquaintanc
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Farce
Subjects Heterosexual Relationships
Marriage
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Patricia Allen Actor
Clarice Connolly Actor
Syd Davis Actor
Olive Dunlop Actor
Alfred Hodges Actor
Alec Robertson Actor
Edith Tighe Actor
Alfred Hodges Playwright
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 110653