The Girl in the Train

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Event The Girl in the Train
Venue Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event New English Musical Comedy Company season
First Date 19 August 1916
Last Date 31 August 1916
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Operetta
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Sydney Yates Actor
Dorothy Brunton Actor and Singer
Marie Eaton Actor and Singer
Connie Ediss Actor and Singer
Field Fisher Actor and Singer
Alfred Frith Actor and Singer
Robert Greig Actor and Singer
Ronald Macleod Actor and Singer
Fred Maguire Actor and Singer
Paul Plunkett Actor and Singer
Charles H Workman Actor and Singer
Chris Wren Actor and Singer
Daisy Yates Actor and Singer
Adrian Ross Adaptor
Clyde Meynell Administrator
George Tallis Administrator
Hugh J Ward Administrator
Harry George Musgrove Adminstrator, Business Manager
Minnie Hooper Choreographer
Leo Fall Composer
Taylor Darbyshire General Manager
Victor Leon Librettist
Victor Champion Musical Director
Harry Burcher Stage Director
Fred Young Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Austria
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information In the English version, Gonda van der Loo, a young actress travelling on a train in Holland at night, is unable to secure a berth. Karel van Raalte, a young gentleman, generously offers his compartment to her. The two, however, become locked in the compartment. Their cries and knocks are unheard, and they are forced to spend the night together. Van Raalte's wife learns of the incident and jealous
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Thesis Heckenberg
Book Tallis
Programme PROMPT Collection in the National Library of Australia, digitized in Trove. J.C.Williamson Scrapbook 8. Volume 3. page 144
Event Identifier 150922