Collits' Inn is a Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n musical play. The 1933 Melbourne production at the Princess Theatre

Princess Theatre

The Princess Theatre was a joint venture between the Shubert Brothers , producer Ray Comstock, theatrical agent Elisabeth Marbury and actor-director Holbrook Blinn...

 was presented by F.W. Thring and starred Gladys Moncrieff

Gladys Moncrieff

Gladys Moncrieff OBE was an Australian singer who was so successful in musical theatre and recordings that she became known as 'Australia's Queen of Song' and 'Our Glad'.-Early years:...

, George Wallace

George Wallace (Australian comedian)

George Wallace , was an Australian comedian, vaudevillian and film star. He was one of the most famous and successful Australian comedians on stage and screen in the twentieth century.-History:...

, Claude Flemming

Claude Flemming

Claude Flemming was an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of theatre and film. He acted in productions of Shakespeare for George Rignold's company in Sydney in 1903, and became a music comedy specialist....

 and Campbell Copelin

Campbell Copelin

Campbell Copelin was an English-born actor, who moved to Australia in the 1920s and worked extensively in film, theatre, radio and television. He had a notable association with J.C. Williamson Ltd and frequently collaborated with F.W. Thring and Frank Harvey...

. Thring intended to make a movie out of the play but died in 1936 before he had the chance to shoot little more than sound tests. A six-minute sound test of Gladys Moncrieff

Gladys Moncrieff

Gladys Moncrieff OBE was an Australian singer who was so successful in musical theatre and recordings that she became known as 'Australia's Queen of Song' and 'Our Glad'.-Early years:...

 and Robert Chisolm singing 'While the Stars Are Shining', with a spoken introduction by Frank Harvey

Frank Harvey (Australian screenwriter)

Frank Harvey was an English-born actor, producer and writer best known for his work in Australia.-Biography:...

 survives.

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• Article on Collits' Inn'
• It's Australian and It's Good article on history of the show by John Thompson at National Library of Australia
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