This is a rare October 12th, 1946 programme (playbill) from the Australian Premiere of the GUY BOLTON, EDDIE DAVIS, MILTON PASCAL and DAN SHAPIRO musical comedy "FOLLOW THE GIRLS" at the Theatre Royal in Sydney, New South Wales in Australia. (The Original Broadway production opened April 8th, 1944 at the New Century Theatre in New York City, moved to the Forty-Fourth Street Theatre on June 12th, 1944 and finally the Broadhurst Theatre on June 4th, 1945, running for a combined 882 performances. The Australian production opened October 12th, 1946 at the Theatre Royal in Sydney and ran for four months before transferring on February 15th, 1947 to Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne for an additional three months.) ..... The musical starred DON NICOL and LOIS GREEN and featured RONALD FOLKARD, CHARLES CRAWFORD, ORMONDE, DOUGLAS, BEBE DE ROLAND, BOBBY MACK, WILLIAM MORGAN, JOHNNIE STANTON, FRED MURRAY, BILLY KERSHAW, PAT KEATING, WILMA HARRISON, GORDON LISHMAN, RICHARD ASHLEY, CLAUDE FLEMMING, GLORIA LYNCH, BILL ROBINSON, LORNA KING, ARTHUR TAYLOR, KEN KENNIBURCH, KITTY GREENWOOD and PAMELA BROMLEY-SMITH ..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by DAN SHAPIRO, MILTON PASCAL and PHIL CHARIG; Additional Dialogue by FRED THOMPSON, CON WEST and FRANK EYTON; Book by GUY BOLTON and EDDIE DAVIS; Sets designed by HOWARD BAY; Costumes designed by NORMAN HARTNELL, BERKELY SUTCLIFFE, WILLIAM CHAPPELL and EDGAR RITCHARD; Directed and Choreographed by FREDDIE CARPENTER; Produced by J. C. WILLIAMSON THEATRES LTD. ..... The program also includes the credits for a series of "FAREWELL MATINEES" from NOEL COWARD's play "TO-NIGHT AT 8:30" and his musical revue "SET TO MUSIC" beginning December 27th, 1946. The production starred CYRIL RITCHARD and MADGE ELLIOTT (last five scanned images) ..... DETAILS: The 28 page playbill measures 7 1/4" X 9 3/4" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, bios of each of the leading actors and individual photos of most of the cast members. The inside pages are printed on a brown newsprint stock ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light creasing and minor edge wear, this rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.

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