Our Boys

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Event Our Boys
Venue Theatre Royal, Victoria Street, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 20 May 1878
Last Date 21 May 1878
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Roaring fun! Fizzing wit! Come and see Our Girls on the watch for Our Boys!.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Charles Burford Actor Sir Geoffrey Champneys
Harry Emmett Actor Kempster, a valet
Annie Firmin Actor Mary Melrose
Walter Hill Actor Violet Melrose
John Jack Actor Perkyn Middlewick
Lilly May Actor Belinda
J O'Brien Actor Talbot Champneys
Jessie Raymond Actor Clarissa Champneys
John Steele Actor Charley Middlewick
J Tyrell Actor Poddles
Henry Byron Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Further Information Followed by the musical extravaganza/burletta A Prima Donna For an Hour, with Miss Firmin as the Prima Donna (with ballad, operatic selections, German song 'Toudervach' and the great Tyrolean Warble) and John Jack as Herr (wrong but never right). Repeated on 28 May. After the performance, Miss Firmin will sing, in native costume, a Native Hawaiian song, composed by a Native member of the Hawaiian Parliament, and originally sung by Miss Firmin at the Royal Hawaiian Theatre, under the patronage of the Hawaiian Caledonian Club of Honolulu. (ad).
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 197238