Event | 
					 The Great Franquin 
						
						
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				| 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
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Hypnotism
						
							
						 
						
						
						
							One Person Show
						
							
						 
						
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					| 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.)
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Source | 
					
					
						
							
								| Source | 
								
								Description | 
								
								
							 
							
								
									| Programme Advertisement | 
									
									PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Programme Advertisement | 
									
									Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					15563 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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