Australian War Memorial, Research Centre "ww2ctp.xml" Guide to the Concert and Theatre Programs Collection, Second World War, 1939-1945 Collection number: Souvenirs 3Research Centre Published & Digitised collectionsCanberra, ACT 2003 Research Centre, Australian War Memorial. All rights reserved. Processed by: E.Holcombe, 2001Encoded by: E.Holcombe, M.Hunt Date completed: 2003 Finding aid written in: EN Descriptive summary Guide to the Concert and Theatre Programs Collection, Second World War. 1939-1945. Souvenirs 3. The Concert and Theatre Programs collection contains hand-drawn and commercially printed programs produced to complement or advertise concerts, plays, musical evenings, recitals, pantomimes and revues. These events were arranged to entertain troops, as well as to raise money, or to mark an occasion like Christmas or New Year. Most programs list the names of cast members. Some contain nominal rolls. The professionally produced programs contain advertising and editorial material. The earliest items are from 1939; the latest is dated 1995, but refers to a theatre production with a war theme. The programs were produced in many different countries, including England, Australia, Asia, Middle East and South West Pacific. Items for this collection have been collected since 1939 and come from a variety of sources. 2 Boxes. Published and Digitised Collections, Research Centre, Australian War Memorial.

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Theatre programs

Programs or play bills have long been produced to advertise productions and to serve as a reference for the audience during the show. As a class of document, they have survived in great numbers, as people are naturally inclined to collect mementoes of pleasurable occasions.

Theatre programs in the Second World War

Programs in this collection include both amateur and professional productions, and give an indication of the shows and concerts a soldier may have attended for entertainment whilst on leave or at the front, in a prisoner of war camp or travelling on a troopship. They document the history of the performing arts, especially theatre, dance, opera, musical theatre, comedy and popular entertainments such as cinema, radio broadcasts, pantomime, ventriloquism, puppetry, juggling, female impersonation, acrobatics and music in the Second World War.

Entertainment in the armed forces in the Second World War

Almost immediately after the outbreak of the Second World War the Australian Army Amenities Service hastily mobilised travelling Cinema Units to screen popular 'flicks' of the day to Australian troops wherever they were stationed. Soon after in November 1939, the first Concert Party, the 6th Division Concert Party was formed. Other Divisional and Unit Concert Parties soon followed providing entertainment for the troops under the control and guidance of the Australian Armies Amenities Service. It was almost the end of the war, 1945, before the official order came through designating them as the 1st Australian Entertainment Unit. By the end of the war over twenty Concert Parties of the 1st Australian Entertainment Unit had toured in Australia, Europe, the Middle East and New Guinea giving more than 12,000 performances to Australian and Allied Forces, relieving the tedium of hours off duty. Amongst the Australian talent which featured in their shows were George Wallace, Michael Pate, Gladys Moncrieff, Bebe Scott, Jenny Howard, and Colin Croft. Perhaps one of the most famous Second World War Concert Parties was the Changi Prisoner of War, 8th Division Concert Party, which was formed only two days after the POW's arrived at Selarang barracks. The first show was a simple variety show in which anyone who wanted could get up and perform. Soon after, the Japanese gave permission for a permanent Concert Party of 30 men to be set up. These men spent three years of their captivity putting on shows for their fellow POW's. There was a new show every two weeks, and over the years they included variety shows, musical dramas, pantomime and serious drama. On top of that, a 30-piece orchestra could be heard every Sunday evening. For three years it was the only entertainment on Singapore Island. Numerous other groups and organisations also provided organised entertainment for the troops during the Second World War including: 1 Mobile Entertainment Party, RAAF; Australian Army Education Service; and the British Entertainers National Service Association (ENSA).

References:

Pate, Michael, An entertaining war (Dreamweaver Books: Sydney,1986) Tullipan, Ray and De Grey, Slim, Changi souvenir song book [music]: a selection of musical numbers created by Ray Tullipan and Slim de Grey at Changi and presented to the thousands of Allied prisoners of war by the AIF (Eighth Division) Concert Party (Clifford Whitelocke: New South Wales, 1947)

 Series list Series Number Series title and date Ships concerts, 1939-1945 Theatre programs, 1939-1945 Broadcasts, 1939-1945 Cinema, 1939-1945 Concerts, non-theatrical venues, 1939-1945 Performances for and by troops, 1939-1945 Prisoner of war entertainments, 1939 -1945 Scripts, 1939-1945 Concerts held after the war, 1949- Series description SERIES 1: Ships Concerts, 1939 - 1945 This series contains programs for concerts, plays and revues performed at sea by concert parties or troops, or members of the ship's company, or on land by ship's bands or concert parties. The programs vary in size and quality, from one page typed sheets, some with hand done illustrations, to multi-page, professionally printed items. Some contain lists of names, many are autographed. A number of items are not dated. 1/1/1 (13 items) Subseries 1: Ships, name known, 1939-1945 SS Awatea, August 1941.HMAS Cerberus, 18 November 1942.Empress of Russia, 1 January 1941.HMAS Kanimbla, 30 September 1944.MV Manunda, 2/1st Hospital Ship, 25 November 1940, 22 March 1941 (2 items).Queen Mary, May 1940, May-June 1940, 20 October-November 1940, 20 November 1941 (4 items).HMS Speaker, September 7 1945.Stratheden, 1940. 1/2/1 (5 items) Subseries 2: Ships, name unknown, 1939-1945 Program for a performance on one of the convoy of ships that left Massawa on 4 February 1943 to take the 9th Division back to Australia, February 1943, signed by General Morshead and others.High C's on the High Seas, 16 February 1943.The Cornwall Cradle Snatchers present "The Rabbit Revue", 19 March 1943.Farewell concert by the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion AIF Concert Party, at Sea, 1 May 1941 (2 items). SERIES 2: Theatre programs, 1939 - 1945 This series contains programs for plays (tragedy and comedy) variety shows, concerts, operas and operettas performed in theatres which were, in most cases, commercially owned and operated. The performances were not done specifically for troops, but would have been attended by them. 2/1/1 (15 items) Subseries 1: London, 1939-1945 His Majesty's Theatre: "The lilac domino" (play).The Palladium, "Happy and glorious" (variety) (2 items).Princes Theatre: "Madame Butterfly" /"The Sadler's Wells Opera" (opera).Saville Theatre: "Junior Miss" (comedy).Stoll Theatre: "The Lisbon story" (play), "Hi-de-Hi" (variety) (2 items).Strand Theatre: "Arsenic and old lace" (play).Whitehall Theatre: "Peek-a-Boo", "Good night Ladies" (variety) (2 items).Windmill Theatre: "Revudeville", 172, 178 and 179 editions (variety) (4 items)."Recital by Yehudi Menuhin", Grand Theatre, Calgary, 4 November 1943. 2/2/1 (12 items) Subseries 2: Other places in the United Kingdom, 1939-1945 Birmingham Hippodrome: "Clap hands and smile" (variety), "Madhatters of 1944" (variety) (2 items).Birmingham Theatre Royal: "By Jupiter" (play).Palace Variety Theatre, Blackpool (variety).Brighton Hippodrome (variety) (2 items).The Grand Theatre, Brighton: "Victory Spangles" (variety).Feldman's Theatre, Blackpool: "Fun and dames of 1944" (variety).The New Theatre, Cardiff: "Serenade to fun" (variety), "Billy Cotton and his band" (2 items).The Palace, Grimsby: "Victory spangles" (variety).Manchester Hippodrome: "Serenade to fun" (variety). 2/3/1 (15 items) Subseries 3: Gibraltar, 1939-1945 Garrison Theatre: "Grand Charity Concert" (variety), "Babes in the wood" (play) (2 items).Royal Engineer Hall: "Flare Path" (play).Royal Engineer Theatre: "Love from a stranger" (play), "The wind and the rain" (play), "Winterset" (play) (3 items).Theatre Royal: "Damsel in distress" (comedy), "Alf's button on the rock (burlesque), "George and Margaret" (comedy), "Iolanthe" (operetta), "Merry-go-round" (revue), "Merry-go-round, 2nd ediition" (revue)", The Shining hour" (play) (7 items).North Front Players: "Murder without crime" (play).84 GCC Dramatic Society: "White Cargo" (play). 2/4/1 (4 items) Subseries 3: Other places around the world, 1939-1945 Teatro Alighieri: "Concerto Vocale e Instrumentale" (opera).Teatro Reale: "La Traviata" (opera).Verdi Theatre: "La Boheme" (opera).Royal Opera House, Cairo, April 1945. SERIES 3: Broadcasts, 1939 - 1945 This series contains programs and advertisements for broadcasts made to troops. 3/1/1 (16 items) Subseries 1: Programs, 1939-1945 Australian Army Education Service, 1945 (2 items)."The Victory Show".Broadcasts in English audible in Malaysia (4 items).Typed transcripts of sessions on Radio Baloney by "Smiler," Maurice Kingston, at Merauke between May and October 1944 (9 items). SERIES 4: Cinema, 1939-1945 The items in this series are varied, and include programs, tickets and advertising material. Not all the items have dates on them, though they can be guessed at. The material comes from the middle east, Australia, the South West Pacific area and the United Kingdom. 4/1/1 (24 items) Subseries 1: Cinema programs and other information "We of the AIF: the story of the film".Capitol and Civic Theatres, Canberra, September 1944.Ticket from United Cinemas.Capitol Cinema, United Film Service, Palestine.Garrison Cinema, United Film Service, Palestine.Cinema Rio, Aley.Garden Cinema, Kantara East, 1941 (2 items).Garden Cinema at the Empire, Pacha (2 items).HMAS Arunta, 1945 (5 items).Regent, Brighton, "State Fair", 1945.AAES Talkies, Murray Barracks.Application for special programme of films, Ministry of Information Mobile Film Units.Ministry of Information film shows.Daylight screen made for movies."Medicine and Surgery", Ministry of Information Film Service."Attack: the battle for New Britain" and supporting features advertisement (2 items).Permit to enter coastal defences (Larrakeyah) to attend Picture Entertainment only Series 5: Concerts, non-theatrical venues,1939-1945 This series contains programs for concerts performed in music halls as opposed to commercial theatres. The performances were not done specifically for troops, but would have been attended by them. 5/1/1 (9 items) Subseries 1: Programs Royal Albert Hall: "Harold Holt Sunday Concerts", April 1944, December 1944, February 1945, May 1945, "Grand Concert in aid of Friends of the French Volunteers" (5 items)."Army welfare present Allanova Ballet".Radio City Music Hall: "Program", May 1943."The Barber of Saville", Army Welfare Services.Programme of Anzac Day Farewell Concert, Cheer up Society Inc. 25 April 1946. SERIES 6: Performances for and by troops, 1939 - 1945 This series contains performances put on for the benefit of troops around the world. It includes amateur and professional productions, those done by or presented by groups like the Australian Army Amenities Service and the British Entertainers National Service Association (ENSA), as well as by divisional concert parties, and groups established within individual units. It has been divided up either by the group or organisation which was responsible for the show, or by the place where the show was held. 6/1/1 (15 items and 1 oversize item) Subseries 1: Performed by Australian Army Amenities Service, 1939-1945 "All in Fun", Beit Jirja, 1941 (4 items)."All in Fun", 1942.[2 copies] Nuseirat.Gaza.Beit Jirja.Kilo 89.Kfar Vitkin."Gracie Fields Souvenir Programme", Labuan, Borneo (5 items). Handdrawn and colored poster for "All in Fun", Beit Jirja, 1941 in Oversize. 6/2/1 (4 items) Subseries 2: Performed by American units, 1939-1945 "This is the Army", 1945 (2 items).The Seventh Symphony Concert, Manila, September 1945.1st Cavalry Division Soldier Show presents "M1Madcaps". 6/3/1 (22 items) Subseries 3: Held in Australia, 1939-1945 AA Amenities Service, "Aussies on Parade", Ballarat.Allied Works Council, "A Tivoli Show", Melbourne.American Servicemen, "Yankee Doodle Dinkies", March 1943.AWS, "Scenes of the Nativity", [Melbourne]."Bonegilla Belles", Bonegilla.CUSA Concert and Coronation Ceremony, Sydney Town Hall, 24 July 1941.Darwin Revue Company, "Blue Horizon", 30 December [1944].Lord Mayor's Queen Carnival Appeal, Melbourne, 20 March 1941.RSSAILA, "An Armoured Unit Concert Party", Capitol Theatre, Perth, August 1943 [signed by members of the concert party] (2 items).Sportsmens' Council, "An Armoured Unit Concert Party", Capitol Theatre, Perth, 19 March 1944.Sydney Business and Professional Women's Club, Concert Hall, History House, Sydney, 7 March 1942.War Funds Concert, Shore School, July and August 1944.Western Suburbs Hard Court Tennis Association, "I'll leave it to you", Town Hall, Ashfield, 8 July 1941.North Western Area, Headquarters, Concert, 6 September 1944.Song from "Tropic Revue", no date or author."Camp Pie", presented by the Welfare Committee, Headquarters North West Area, 27 April 1944."Souvenir programme", Christmas dinner at the Cheer Up Hut to all service men, Adelaide, 1944."Nothing but the truth", Albert Hall, Canberra, 1 March 1944."Programme of music by the band of H.M.A.S. Australia", 3 February 1935."Bedomme park concert party", 3 Australian Ordnance Vehicle Park, North Ryde, 6 June 1944.Women's Air Training Corps Associates present 'Evening Entertainment of Musical Items and Talkie Features' at the 7HT Theatrette, Elizabeth and Melville streets Thursday, 16th April, 1942."The Tim Alley Players present their black-out Diversion at the Melbourne University Union House theatre in aid of the Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund and the Union Appeal Fund", April 10-12, 1942 6/4/1 (20 items) Subseries 4: Performed by Australian Army units, 1939-1945 "A Christmas play", Army Women's Service, Toorak, 1945."This and That Revue", 106 Australian General Hospital, April 1945."Tobruk varieties of 1941", 9 Australian Division, Petrol Company Workshop, 24 September 1941.Concert, 9 Australian Division, Petrol Company Workshop, Tobruk, 21 August 1941.Concert, 24 Battalion, The Fortress Fairies, Tobruk, 11 October 1941."Olivet to Calvary", LHQ Choir, 4 April 1944."The Big ... Broadcast of 1943", 2/17 Australian Light Anti Aircraft Battery (Airborne) concert party, November 1943.Farewell concert, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion AIF Concert Party, 1 May 1941."Dick Whittington and his cat", 3 Australian Motor Transport Training Depot, 26 December 1943.Enjoyment of music club, 2/7 Australian Field Ambulance, March 1944 (3 items).Enjoyment of music club, 2/7 Australian Field Ambulance, April 1944.Programme of one-act plays, 106 Australian General Hospital, 23 October 1944.Variety programme, 114 Australian General Hospital, Kenmore, Goulburn, 17 June 1942."Lets go places", 2/5 and 2/1 Australian General Hospitals, New Guinea, 3 December 1943.6 Australian Division Concert Party, "Aussies on Parade", 3 September (no year)."Two gents of Soho", 2 Australian Convalescent Depot, France, March 1943."Kriegie Kocktail", Empire Theatre, September 1944."1942 Xmas Spree"."Pacific Revue", 58/59 Battalion AIF, Victoria Park, 10 March 1945.Concert, 4 Anti Tank Regiment AIF, Puckapunyal, Victoria, 14 May 1941. 6/5/1 (3 items) Subseries 5: Performed by British units, 1939-1945 "Come and get it!", Royal Corps of Signals, [1944]."This is the Air Force", RAF Station, Silloth, Concert Party, November 1944."The British Commonwealth of Nations", RAF Station, Heliopolis, 8 October 1945. 6/6/1 (5 items) Subseries 6: Performed by Entertainers National Service Association (ENSA), 1939-1945 "The merry Widow', ENSA Entertainments, Cairo, [1944]."Boomerangs", ENSA Entertainments, Cairo."Staff Social Dance Cabaret", ENSA, 1945."Symphony Concert", "Songs and Arias Recital", Klagenfurt Symphony Orchestra under direction of ENSA, Klagenfurt, 1945. (2 items) 6/7/1 (9 items) Subseries 7: Held in Malaya and British Borneo, 1939-1945 Brigadier Eastick, Commander of Kuching Force, took the surrender of Major General H. Yamamura or 11 September 1945. Later that day, Kuching Force, including the 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance, landed at Kuching. There were celebrations on 22 and 26 September, and the 6 and 10 of October. This collection incudes programs from both September performances, though does not include anything relating to the march past that was held on 26 September. Likewise, it does not contain any programs from the Chinese led celebrations which ran for 3 days from 10 October, and were attended by Brigadier Eastick and others. "The Diggers Revue', Kuala Lumpur, 24 May 1941 (2 items)."The Diggers Show", AIF Concert Party, Malaya, 1941."A Gala Performance Birthday Celebration of H. H. Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, G.C.M.G., Rajah of Sarawak", Kuching, 26 September 1945 (3 items)."Victory Concert", 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance, Kuching, 22 September 1945."Evening Concert", Civilian General Hospital, Kuching, 6 October 1945."Grand Victory Concert, British Military Camp", Kuching, 1945. 6/8/1 (7 items) Subseries 8: Held in the Middle East, 1939-1945 John Henry Sax and his Melody Masters, Beit Jirja, 25 August [1941].Music for all, Sharia Maarouf, Cairo, 1942.The Palestine Orchestra, Garrison Cinema, Gaza Ridge, Symphony Concert, 28 July 1940.The Palestine Orchestra, Garrison Cinema, Kilo 89, Symphony Concert, 27 July 1941.7 Division Band Contest Programme, Deir Suneid, 9 March 1941.Programme, Tel Aviv Hospitality Committee, 26 December 1941.Ticket: Tel Aviv Hospitality Committee, Christmas party and ball, Mograbi Theatre, 1941. 6/9/1 (2 items) Subseries 9: Performed by New Zealand units, 1939-1945 Band of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Souvenir program, 1945.Concert programme R.A.A.F, A.N.Z.A.F, N.Z.F.D [cover only]. 6/10/1 (12 items) Subseries 10: Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1939-1945 Royal Australian Air Force Variety Recital, Albert Hall, Canberra, 26 July 1944.Fairbairn RAAFians present "It's in the air", Albert Hall, 11 September 1943.RAAF Revels, Ballarat, July 1943.RAAF and WAAF School of Administration 28 Course, Pass Out Concert, 28 January 1943.Programme.RAAF School of Administration Trinity College, Passing Out Concert, Melba Hall, Passing Out Concert, April 1942. Programme. [2 copies]Grand Concert.No. 77 Squadron's Concert Party programme for "Flying High" - Milne Bay.Moresby Microbes present "The Jubilee Concert" R.A.A.F. recreation hut, Konedobu, 28 April 1943.RAAF Entertainments Committee present "Red Hot and Blue", 7 Stores Depot, Toowoomba, Queensland.[Song Sheet] 6/11/1 (Nil items) Subseries 11: Royal Australian Navy (RAN), 1939-1945 6/12/1 (21 items) Subseries 12: South West Pacific Area and New Guinea, 1939-1945 "Army 50/50 show", Allied Forces in New Guinea (2 items).Miss Gracie Fields, Boomerang Theatre, Morotai, 29 and 30 August 1945 (3 items).Miss Gracie Fields in a Victory Revue, Bowl Theatre, Tarakan, 25 August 1945.Programme, [Sunnyside Up].Programs for Music on the Hill, St John's Church, Port Moresby, 1943 and 1944 (9 items)."The Bogey Villains", Bougainville, June 11 1945.The Revue "P'Army Daze". 11th Aust.Div.Concert Party, Sunday 11th April, 1943, New Guinea premiere"A Victory Revue", featuring Miss Gracie Feilds, Tarakan, 25 August 1945. [3 copies]"Broadway Bougainville", Souvenir Programme, 1945, presented by the 7 Aust. Army Troops Coy. RAE AIF and the 7 Aust. Field Coy. RAE AIF.Programme from South Pacific Playground's performance of "Jungle Jitters" at Troppo Terrace. SERIES 7: Prisoner of war and internment camp entertainments, 1939 - 1945 This series contains performances put on by Australian and allied prisoners of war interned in camps across Europe and Asia, particularly German and Japanese camps. The relative permanence of the camps enabled facilities which required systematic organisation, such as educational courses, sports, productions of camp newsletters and entertainments like concert and theatre programs. 7/1/1 (15 items) Subseries 1: Prisoners in Europe, 1939-1945 [Staglag 13C, 2 items] "Programme, Souvenir concert Programme from POW Camp Staglag XIIIC", Hammelburg Om Main, Bavaria, 7th August, 1943 [Stalag 383, 8 items] "Programme, Australian Concert Party", Hohenfels, Bavaria, 26 June 1943. "Souvenir programme, HMS Pinafore", The Ofladium Stalag 383, July 1943 (2 items). "It pays to advertise", The Ofladium Theatre, Stalag 383, November 1943. "Stalag 383, 1943, Christmas Entertainment", Ofladium Theatre, 1943. "Souvenir Programme, Stalag 383, Germany, Christmas 1943" (3 items).[Stalag 20A, 5 items] "to and Fro", date unknown. "Revue in Camera", date unknown. "3 Plays", October 1942. "Someone at the door", June 1943. "French leave: a light comedy, August 1943. [All items illustrated by Gordon Charles "Don" Mould][Stalag 20B, 1 item] "A Concert by the Military Band", October 1942.[Stalag Luft 1, 1 item] "Concert of Light Classical Music", 1945. [Oflag 7B, 1 item] "The music festival", Eichstatt, February 1944.[Dulag, 1 item] "Souvenir POW entertainment committee", Bolzano, Italy, 1941 (oversized item). 7/2 (87 items) Subseries 2: Prisoners of the Japanese, 1939-1945 This collection is in three parts. See listings for 7/2/1, 7/2/2 and 7/2/3. 7/2/1 (13 items) Subseries 2: Prisoners of the Japanese, 1939-1945: Performances in Japanese controlled Prisoner of War camps excluding Changi [Chosen, Korea, 4 items] "New stitches", Xmas day, 1943. "Chosen calling". "Chosen calling again". "The Pro-Optimists present the Curate's Egg", Christmas, 1944.[Pelembang, Sumatra, 1 item] "Camp Choral Society, Two Concerts on the 24th and 31st October", 1942. [Adam Park, Singapore, 4 items] "Khaki on parade: a variety show", August 1942 (2 items). Let's have a party: a review", October 1942. "Pot Pourri of rhythm: a variety show", June 1943.[Nakom Nai, Thailand, 1 item] "Hold that Thaiger!", August 1945 (oversized item).[Unknown, 3 items] "In the bag". "Programme Concert". "Cinderella: a christmas extravaganza", 1942. 7/2/2 (80 items) Subseries 2: Prisoners of the Japanese, 1939-1945: Performances in Changi Prisoner of War camp Programs from Changi for plays, revues and musical evenings, all of which have been hand illustrated in colour. "2nd anniversary show", March 1944. "The 5 moods", June 1943. "The Admiral Dyeton", February 1943. "All at sea", April 1944 (2 items). "All this and heaven too", August 1944. "Androcles and the lion", March 1943. "Arms and the man", May-June 1942. "Audition", March 1943. "Autumn crocus", October 1944. "Badgers green", March 1943. "Big house blues", June 1944 (2 items). "A bill of variety". "Bits and pieces", 1944 (3 items). "Dancing tears: a musical revue", April 1943. "Dick whittington and his cat", Xmas 1943. "Dover road", April 1942. "The dream", August 1942. "Easter parade", Easter 1945. "Everybody swing", August 1943 (2 items). "Fun and games", June 1945. "Fan fare", August 1942. "The fleets in: a naval revue", October 1943. "Gipsy serenade", November 1942. "Good morning Bill", February 1944. "Grin and bear it", Changi 1944. "Hayfever", January 1944. "He came back", June 1943. "I killed the count", April 1943 (2 items). "I'll take you", May 1944. "In the news", August 1943. "Jack and the beanstalk", Xmas 1943. "Journey's end", February 1943. "Jupiter laughs", March 1945. "Love laughs", July 1943. "The little admiral", August 1943. "Love on the dole", March 1944. "Max revels", May 1943. "Midsummer follies", June 1943. "A murder has been arranged", December 1943. "Music hall", February 1944. "Music through the years", March 1945. "New pins and needles", July-August 1942. "The new world inn", July 1943. "On the spot", April 1944. "Outward bound", October 1943. "Pass the nuts", August 1942. "A programme of variety", July 1943. "A promenade concert", September 1942. "Pygmalion", February 1945. "RASC club night", November 1943. "Road show musical edition", July 1944. "Road show on tour", August 1944. "Roman rackets". "Second Anniversary Show", March 1944. "Shootin' high", February 1944 (2 items). "The show goes on", April 1943. "Speakeasy", September 1944. "Stardust: a musical revue 1900-44", March 1944. "A sunday evening concert", September 1943. "Suspect", May 1944. "Sweet and hot", January 1945. "The time of your life", October 1943. "Tonight at 8.30", February 1945. "Twinkletoes: a christmas panto", 1944 (2 items). "A Variety Show", June 1943. "A Ward Concert", February 1943. "Coo-ees Birthday Show", March 1943. 7/2/3 (5 items) Subseries 2: Prisoners of the Japanese, 1939-1945: Performances in Changi Civilian Internment Camp "Lao_Tse" and "The Red Cockatoo", two poems transcribed. "Excellites in Non-Stop Variety", 1942. "Hey Presto", May 1942. "Bandwagon". "Epigram", transcribed poem. 7/3/1 (28 items) Subseries 3: Internees in Australia, 1939-1945 The subseries contains programs for concerts and plays, as well as pieces of prose, some poems and songs, and a small number of blank forms. Most of the material is written in German with illustrations and comes from the German internment camp at Tatura, Victoria. SERIES 8: Scripts,1939 - 1945 This series contains typescripts of songs, plays and skits. Subserries 1 consists of items that were donated to the producers of concert parties through the courtesy of organisations such as Tivoli Circuit Australia of the Tivoli Theatre in Melbourne. Some copies are incomplete and may consist of opening skits. 8/1/1 (11 items) Subseries 1: Tivoli Circuit Australia, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne. Target for Delight (2 copies)Forward MarchWho goes there? (3 copies)Single Act for CompereO Sole Mio Law and OrderPsychologyFootball Song 8/2/1 (3 items) Subseries 2: Miscellaneous 'Double exposure' or 'It's nice if you can get it''Cinderella'Songsheet: 'Bless 'em all', 'Hardships you bastards', 'Song of the Gremlins'. SERIES 9: Performances held after the war, 1946 - This series contains programs for performances held after the war on troopships and for theatre performances with a war theme. 10/1/1 (15 items) Subseries 1: Programs "Souvenir program", Australian Army Pay Corps, Alexandra Gardens, 15 October 1946.Programs from the SS and HMT "New Australia" in 1954, 1955 and 1957 (2 copies).(4 items)"Oh what a lovely war", Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1963. "Battle of Britain" Premiere, Capitol Theatre, Canberra, 8 December 1969."The One Day of the Year", Canberra, 30 March - 8 April 1995."Troppo Troubadours" concert party, HMAS Kanimbla, 1948."Not about heroes" by Stephen MacDonald, Canberra Theatre Trust, Playhouse, [1984]."The Dam Busters", souvenir programme, Hoyts Double Bay Theatre, 4 May 1956."Tribute to Weary Dunlop Concert", Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 October 1989."Lawrence of Arabia", Program for the Press Preview of the film, 1962."The Daily Cinema", magazine featuring a story about the world premier of the film Lawrence of Arabia, starring Peter O'Toole, 1962."Say it with a Song", souvenir programme from Amberley Players. [2 copies] "It Happened on Fifth Avenue", invitation for Wing Commander Cresswell. 5 May 1948. "Dark Passage" Christmas programme at Amberley. 1948.