Event | 
					 Chu Chin Chow 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				His Majesty's Theatre , Haymarket, London, England | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					31 August 1916 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					31 August 1921 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					22 July 1921 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					A musical tale of the East.
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				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Music Theatre
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Musical
						
							
						 
						
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					| Contributors | 
					
					
						
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					        | Resources | 
					        
					        	
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				       Article:  John Thomson, Will "The Freak" follow Chu Chin Chow onto the musical Stages of Australia?, National Library of Australia News, July 2004
 
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				       Article:  The Athenaeum, September 1916, 445
 
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				       Article:  The Era, 22 May 1917, 11
 
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				       Article:  The Era, 25 April 1917, 0
 
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				       Article:  The Era, 26 February 1919, 13
 
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				       Article:  The Era, 5 September 1917, 0
 
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				       Article:  The Era, 6 September 1916, 0
 
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				       Article:  The Sketch, 12 September 1917, xii
 
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				       Article:  The Sketch, 27 November 1918, 266
 
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				       Article:  The Sketch, 27 September 1916, 3
 
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				       Article:  The Sketch, 31 January 1917, 0
 
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				       Article:  The Sketch, 7 February 1917, 2
 
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				       Article:  The Stage, 25 May 1918, 12
 
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				       Article:  The Stage, 6 September 1917, 13
 
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				       Article:  The Times, 1 September 1920, 8
 
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				       Article:  The Times, 17 October 1919, 10
 
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				       Article:  The Times, 23 July 1921, 8
 
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				       Article:  The World, 21 November 1916, 867
 
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				       Article:  The World, 4 September 1917, 231
 
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				       Artwork:  Percy Anderson, Costume design for Mahbubah, Chu Chin Chow, National Library of Australia, 1916
 
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				       Artwork:  Percy Anderson, Costume design for two green chair carriers, Chu Chin Chow, National Library of Australia, 1916
 
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				       Book:  Veronica Kelly, The Empire Actors: Stars of Australian Costume Drama, 1890s - 1920s, Currency House, 2010, 212pp
 
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				       Review:  The Illustrated London News, 9 September 1916, 316
 
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				       Review:  The Sketch, 6 September 1916, 202
 
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				       Review:  The Stage, 7 September 1916, 18
 
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				       Review:  The Times, 1 September 1916, 9
 
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				       Review:  The World, 5 September 1916, 579
 
				             
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						| Works | 
						
						
							
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						Australia
					
					
				
				
				 England
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						England
				
				
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					| Further Information | 
					
					
					This production ran 2235 performances - the longest running production in London until Salad Days in the 1960s. 
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Source | 
					
					
						
							
								| Source | 
								
								Description | 
								
								
							 
							
								
									| Programme | 
									
									PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia | 
									
									
								 
							
								
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									Theatre Programmes Collection. State Library of Victoria | 
									
									
								 
							
								
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									Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					62095 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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