Potash and Perlmutter

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Event Potash and Perlmutter
Venue Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 23 November 1918
Last Date 29 November 1918
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Jewish comedy with characters created by Montague Glass and Charles Klein for a 1913 Broadway play which ran for 441 performances. Boris, a young Russian refugee, finds a place as bookeeper in the firm of Potash and Perlmutter, falls in love with Irma Potash, and is arrested under extradition to be sent back to Russia.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Jews
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Nick Adams Actor
Mattie Browne Actor
Athena Claudius Actor
Roland Conway Actor
David Drayton Actor
George Edwards Actor
Frank Hawthorne Actor
William Lockhart Actor
Jack Manson Actor
Elsie Manzies Actor
Maggie Moore Actor
Len Nugent Actor
Arthur Orbell Actor
Tal Ordell Actor
Rosie Parkes Actor
Edmund Sherras Actor
Bernice Vere Actor
Clare Walters Actor
James Waters Actor
Clyde Meynell Administrator
George Tallis Administrator
Hugh J Ward Administrator
Harry George Musgrove Adminstrator: Business Manager
Charles A Wenman Associate Director
C B Westmacott General Manager
Montague Glass Playwright
Charles Klein Playwright
George Barnum Producer
Leslie Board Scenic Artist
Thomas E Foster Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality United States of America
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Thesis Heckenberg
Book Tallis
Programme PROMPT Collection, J.C. Williamson scrapbooks of music and theatre programmes, Sydney and Melbourne, 1905-1921, vol 4, image 145
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 150872