"POSSUM PADDOCK."
When "Possum Paddock" was announced for production at the '• lieatro i Royal, Sydnity, tlie v/iseacres shook their 1 heada and said, "Oh, just another A us- ' tralian drama."' The "Sydney Morning 1 Herald," reporting; an tho prediction, .' «iid< "The Theatre Itoyal was uproari- i ously rushed—the eager people iiinibling I over one another to get in—and after (he 1 curtain had been drawn up their par- " oxysnis 0/ laughter would have put a f cimus to the blush. 'Possum Paddock' ( threw the audience into convulsions of I mirth; it was a Btrarige, weird fcpcctnele. ( In detail the people were rocking'to and i fro, digging caeli other in tln> ribs, and 1 tdappiiiß each other on tho back. We < hasten to predict 0, long run. It is not i too much to say that Tos.-:um Paddock' < has been beautifully and correctly i staged." From the opening night the { Theatre Royal was packed to suffocation. < The ""house full" sign had to be dis- 1 played at matinee performances. ;
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 157, 29 March 1920, Page 6
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168"POSSUM PADDOCK." Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 157, 29 March 1920, Page 6
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