“THE AWAKENING OF AUSTRALIA.”
Saturday 2nd July 1921
On Saturday night so many people had to be disappointed because of lack of room in the Melrose Theatre, that it has been decided to repeat tonight the presentation of the remarkable series of historical tableau, “The Awakening of Australia.”
The musical programme has been completely changed, the artists to take part being Miss Violet Peet and Messrs. Frank L. Robertson, Hugh Torrance, A. Lynche, and Rex Montgomery, while Miss Bessie Kerr, the champion national dancer, will also contribute to the entertainment. The principal representations in the tableaux are: “Mercury” (Mr. Jack Dent), “Diane” (Mrs. McLean), “The Pipes of Pan” (Miss Trethowan, “The Cup Bearer of Zeus” (Miss Hilary Rolls), “Pandora” (Miss M. Hocking), and “The Three Graces” (Mesdames Alec McLean, and Cameron, and Miss Gwen Forbes).
To-night’s performance will include all that was best of those previously given with so much success, and will naturally specially feature the full-blooded aborigines in the tableaux, trained by Matron Cameron, of the Moore River Settlement, whose services were arranged for through the kindness of Mr. A. O. Neville. The admission prices have been altered to 7s. to all parts of the house, with an extra shilling for reserving at Nicholson’s up til 5 p.m., and afterwards at the theatre. [1]
[1] The West Australian Monday 4 July 1921 page 7