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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 1919
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'When the influenza pandemic swept across Australia in 1919, the performing arts industry scrambled to survive. Through restrictions, quarantines and closures, one glittering pantomime kept wowing audiences with a cast of 350, thousands of costumes, state-of-the-art theatrical effects, and world-class international acts – including American singing star May de Sousa, in what turned out to be the last performance of her career.'

Source: Production blurb.

Production Details

  • Writer, researcher, and narrator: Kate Rice.

    Additional voice acting: Angourie Rice, Jimmy Eaton and Maddy Tyers.

    Producer and editor: Jimmy Eaton.

    'I’m sorry I made you cry' by N.J. Clesi; performed by Linda O’Brien on piano and Angourie Rice on vocals and ukulele.

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