Theatre_Royal_(Australian_TV_series)

<i>Theatre Royal</i> (Australian TV series)

Theatre Royal (Australian TV series)

Australian vaudeville variety television program


Theatre Royal is a Logie award-winning Australian vaudeville variety television show produced at BTQ-7 in Brisbane from 1961 to 1968.[1]

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George Wallace Jnr was the show's main host and star attraction.[2]

The show reproduced the stage of the defunct Theatre Royal in Brisbane, complete with curtains, footlights, stage props, dancing girls, and camera shots replicating the ambience of a bygone era.[2] In 1962 Gladys Moncrieff made guest appearances on the show.[3] Other people appearing on the show included Brian Cahill, Dick McCann, Gay Kayler and Rowena Wallace. One very popular episode of the show was produced at the RAAF Base Amberley.[4]

The show won six consecutive Logie Awards from 1962 to 1967.[1][5]

See also


References

  1. "1962–1965 Logie Awards". Australian Television Information Archive. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. Evans, Raymond (2002). "George Leonard Wallace (1918–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 16. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. Van Straten, Frank (2007). "Gladys Moncrieff OBE 1892 – 1976". Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. "TV Show At Amberley". RAAF News. Vol. 8, no. 7. Australia. 1 August 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 25 June 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "1966–1969 Logie Awards". Australian Television Information Archive. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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