Kissing Time

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Event Kissing Time
Venue Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Royal Comic Opera Company season
First Date 14 August 1920
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Comedy
Musical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Maude Amery Actor and Singer
Kitty Burness Actor and Singer
Irene Caffyn Actor and Singer
Rita Edmonds Actor and Singer
Fred England Actor and Singer
Maud Fane Actor and Singer
Lorna Gowland Actor and Singer
Leslie Holland Actor and Singer
Robert Jackson Actor and Singer
Louise Larrson Actor and Singer
Theodore Leonard Actor and Singer
Dolly Massey Actor and Singer
Hazel Meldrum Actor and Singer
Gladys Moncrieff Actor and Singer
James O'Toole Actor and Singer
Nellie Payne Actor and Singer
Leah Pritchard Actor and Singer
Myrtle Reed Actor and Singer
William Sinclair Actor and Singer
Carrie Sleeman Actor and Singer
James Stephens Actor and Singer
Arthur Stigant Actor and Singer
Gladys Thomas Actor and Singer
Violet Yorke Actor and Singer
Clyde Meynell Administrator
E J Tait Administrator
George Tallis Administrator
Hugh J Ward Administrator
Harry Musgrove Adminstrator: Business Manager
Richard Stewart Adminstrator: Business Manager
Charles A Wenman Associate Director
Guy Bolton Book and Lyrics Librettist
P G Wodehouse Book and Lyrics Librettist
Minnie Everett Choreographer
Ivan Caryll Composer
C B Westmacott General Manager
Clifford Grey Lyricist
Victor Champion Musical Director
Jack Haskell Producer
William Coleman Scenic Artist
William R Coleman Scenic Artist
George Upward Scenic Artist
Alfred Andrew Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The plot of the musical was adapted by Bolton and Wodehouse from the 1910 play, Madame et son Filleul ("Madame and her Godson") by Maurice Hennequin, Pierre Véber and Henry de Gorsse.The Girl Behind the Gun opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York 16 September 1918, running until 1 February 1919. It then was rewritten and opened as Kissing Time at the Winter Garden Theatre, Lond
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Tallis
Programme PROMPT Collection, J.C. Williamson scrapbooks of music and theatre programmes, Sydney and Melbourne, 1905-1921, vol 4, p274
Thesis Heckenberg
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 157677