The Great Franquin

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Event The Great Franquin
Venue Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC
First Date 12 October 1950
Opening Date October 1950
Last Date 25 October 1950
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description A show containing hypnotism, demonstrations of memory, lightning calculations and comedy.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Hypnotism
One Person Show
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Franquin Hypnotist
Further Information Found in programme for Garnet H. Carroll's 1950 production of Don't Listen, Ladies!. Franquin had great success at the Princess Theatre for over a year. This advertisement illustrates that in October, he had already done 5 months of shows. See Companion to Australian Theatre, Currency, 1988. (Dates from the Wolanski's The Two Mrs. Carrolls programme. This season was actually a return season.)
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Advertisement PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Programme Advertisement Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 15563