"Coax & Hoax"
or
Safety in Numbers
(Something Sweet and Low in Four Scenes Foisted on the Public by Willi Ragg)
(Resisted By A. Censor.)
Persons Involved:
Jordan Coax |
H. R. Bannister |
George Hoax |
H. Middlebrook |
Mere Morons. Co-Managers of Maison Coax et Hoax. |
Ferdinand de Bathe-Waters |
U. Williams |
A He-Mannequin. The Hero. |
Emma Scourge |
R. B. Phillips |
"Frailty! Thy name is woman!"
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Mrs. Scourge |
Zenocrate Henderson |
Just One of Us. |
Hadrian |
J. Foster |
Brigadier Scrape |
H. C. Read |
Sir Octopus Screw |
A. F. T. Chorlton |
Colonel Pinch |
F. W. O. Jones |
Mr. Napoleon Bleed |
B. E. Jackson |
Army Offal in Advisory Capacity. |
Professor Pobjoy |
E. J. Sutch |
Professor Snagworthy |
R. East |
Professor Blenkinsop |
E. J. Marshall |
Professor van Loon |
J. N. Sellars |
So many Tacks on the Seat of Learning. |
Dr. Dogsbody |
K. Scott |
Dr. Panic |
J. Whitcombe |
The Hardiest Perennials in the Garden of Sleep. |
Specialty Dances—Ballet |
Miss Peggy Price |
Chorus of Male Secretaries |
Period Curiosities |
H. S. Fanning, R. K. Keeting, W. Tuckwell, E. J. Marshall, B. E. Jackson, W. D. H. Smith, G. R. Viggers, H. H. Sivyer, P. P. O'Brien, A. H. O'Keefe, H. Etherington, H. Halstead, E. J. Sutch. |
Chorus of Lady Secretaries |
Hell's Belles |
Mildred Briggs, Barbara Bannister, Helen Bannister, Pat Dennehy, Sybil Williams, Shirley Roberts, Lorna Marshall, Audrey Ostler, Margery Murray, Valda Wilson, Pat Martin, Tim Lambourne, Nessie Syms, Kara Aldridge. |
Press Reporters, Radio-men, Alarums and Excursions, Waitresses, Sights and Smells, and a Noise off.
Opening Chorus set to Original Music by H. Coventry.
Synopsis of Scenes.
Maison Coax et Hoax.
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Scene I.: The vestibule before Mr. Coax's Sanctum. Morning.
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Scene II.: Same—one hour later.
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Scene III.: Cafe Bel Ami—attached to the Maison.
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Scene IV.: Same. A few minutes after.
The stage furniture used in Scenes III. and IV. has been lent by the Stage Society of New Zealand (Director, Mr. Harold Hobday).