THE MERRYMAKERSNB: In 1919 Doris North and Dorothy Nall toured the East with Frederick Shipman's Fantastics, North as pianist and Nall as elocutionist. Personnel incl. Yvonne Androusseau,

THE MERRYMAKERS

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aka The Mosman Merrymakers

(1917-1919) Organised in Mosman, Sydney sometime around May 1917 for the purpose of raising funds for various

patriotic movements, the all-female Merrymakers troupe was led by Doris North under the supervision of Mrs Keeling

(president) and Mrs J. Adams (vice-president). Following its first performance, at the War Chest Fund held Mosman's

Repertory Theatre on 6 June, the revolving Merrymakers line-up appeared at fundraisers in Sydney, regional New

South Wales and southern Queensland. The entertainment combined elements of refined costume comedy (including

pierrot costumes) and revue - notably singing (solos, duos, trios and choruses), dancing, comedy sketches, and

recitations etc. The company's final performance was given at the North Sydney Coliseum on 22 August 1919.

NB: In 1919 Doris North and Dorothy Nall toured the East with Frederick Shipman's Fantastics, North as pianist and

Nall as elocutionist.

Personnel incl. Yvonne Androusseau, Katie Clarke, Olive Clarke, Queenie Clarke, Nora Connelly, Enid Hirst (Mrs

Moors), Eileen Mayor, Dorothy Nall, Doris Napier North (Mrs Ken Donaldson), Eileen Napier North, Kathleen

Napier North, Sadie Napier North, Maida Scott, Bluie Slatter, Gwen Slatter (pianist), Sadie Tilburn, Kathleen

Waddington, Valerie Wetherall, Beatrice Wenban.

Mosman Library (Sydney)

http://mosman1914-1918.net/project/blog/doing-their-share?commented=1

http://mosman1914-1918.net/project/blog/doing-their-share?commented=1

1917

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15723262

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/13214746

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

13 July (1917), 16.





Illawarra Mercury 13 July (1917), 4.









1918




Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate 4 Apr. (1918), 9.




Nepean Times 20 Apr. (19180), 5.



Newsletter 25 May (1918), 4.







Sydney Mail 18 Sept. (1918), 27.





1919



Sunday Times (Syd) 8 June (1919), 13.







Misc

Re: Doris Napier North and Dorothy Nall (1919 tour with Frederick Shipman's Fantastics).

"Music and Drama." Sydney Morning Herald 6 Sept. (1919), 8.


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