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Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals (1970)

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The Minstrel Scandals (1966)

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The Minstrel Scandals (1966)

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 =''[[Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1970)=
-In October 1970 an updated version, now called the ''[[Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (sometimes advertised as the ''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'') was devised, designed, directed,  choreographed and lit by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]] and [[Brickhill-Burke]] team. This was once again done for [[ACT]] at the request of the then manager [[Charles Stodel]], who signed the Australian comedian [[Lucky Grills]] for the show.
+In October 1970 an updated version, now called the ''[[Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (sometimes advertised as the ''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'') was devised, designed, directed,  choreographed and lit by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]] and [[Brickhill-Burke]] team. This was once again done for [[ACT]] at the request of the then manager [[Charles Stodel]], who signed the Australian comedian [[Lucky Grills]] for the show.  Staged at the [[Empire]] in October 1970.
-The rest of the cast consisted of [[Bobby Dennis]], [[Ann Emery]], [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Helga Wicks]], [[Barry Wicks]], [[Peggy Palette]], [[Julia Palette]], [[Eddie Ellis]], [[Ronnie Grainge]], [[Aubrey Ellis]] and [[Jeanette Neale]]. The full company also included a chorus consisting of [[The Scandals Lovelies]], a special [[Minstrel Choir]], the [[The Singing Minstrels]] and soloists [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Eddie Ellis]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Aubrey Ellis]].
+The rest of the cast consisted of [[Bobby Dennis]], [[Ann Emery]], [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Helga Wicks]], [[Barry Wicks]], [[Peggy Palette]], [[Julia Palette]], [[Eddie Ellis]], [[Ronnie Grainge]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Jeanette Neale]], [[Jean Dell]], [[Barbara Thomson]] and [[Fredie Uphof]]. The full company also included a chorus consisting of [[The Scandals Lovelies]], a special [[Minstrel Choir]], the [[The Singing Minstrels]] and soloists [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Eddie Ellis]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Aubrey Ellis]].
 Musical Direction and Orchestrations were by [[Boris Cohen]], Decor by [[Roy Cooke]], Costumes designed by [[Joan Brickhill]], Vocal arrangements by [[Boris Cohen]] and [[Frank Lazarus]].  Lighting designed by [[Louis Burke]].

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 Programme for the ''[[Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'', '''ESAT Archive'''
-[[Percy Tucker]], 1979: pp. 219, 270
+[[Percy Tucker]] 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]]: pp. 219, 270
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in Cape Town before playing at the [[Empire Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1966. [[Frank Lazarus]] did the vocal arrangements, [[Boris Cohen]] was the musical director, and performers included [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Eddie Ellis]], [[Lynton Burns]], [[Olive King]], [[Michael Fisher]], [[Stephanie Shiller]], [[Beryl Ellis]], [[Jeanette James]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Charles Stodel]].
-=''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1970)=
+=''[[Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1970)=
-In October 1970 an updated version, now called the ''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' was devised, designed, directed,  choreographed and lit by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]] and [[Brickhill-Burke]] team. This was once again done for [[ACT]] at the request of the then manager [[Charles Stodel]], who signed the Australian comedian [[Lucky Grills]] for the show.
+In October 1970 an updated version, now called the ''[[Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (sometimes advertised as the ''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'') was devised, designed, directed,  choreographed and lit by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]] and [[Brickhill-Burke]] team. This was once again done for [[ACT]] at the request of the then manager [[Charles Stodel]], who signed the Australian comedian [[Lucky Grills]] for the show.
 The rest of the cast consisted of [[Bobby Dennis]], [[Ann Emery]], [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Helga Wicks]], [[Barry Wicks]], [[Peggy Palette]], [[Julia Palette]], [[Eddie Ellis]], [[Ronnie Grainge]], [[Aubrey Ellis]] and [[Jeanette Neale]]. The full company also included a chorus consisting of [[The Scandals Lovelies]], a special [[Minstrel Choir]], the [[The Singing Minstrels]] and soloists [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Eddie Ellis]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Aubrey Ellis]].

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 =''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1966)=
-Opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in Cape Town before playing at the [[Empire Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1966. [[Frank Lazarus]] did the vocal arrangements, [[Boris Cohen]] was the musical director, and performers included [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Edie Ellis]], [[Lynton Burns]], [[Olive King]], [[Michael Fisher]], [[Stephanie Shiller]], [[Beryl Ellis]], [[Jeanette James]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Charles Stodel]].
+Opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in Cape Town before playing at the [[Empire Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1966. [[Frank Lazarus]] did the vocal arrangements, [[Boris Cohen]] was the musical director, and performers included [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Eddie Ellis]], [[Lynton Burns]], [[Olive King]], [[Michael Fisher]], [[Stephanie Shiller]], [[Beryl Ellis]], [[Jeanette James]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Charles Stodel]].
 =''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1970)=

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 =''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1966)=
-Opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in Cape Town before playing at the [[Empire Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1966. [[Frank Lazarus]] did the vocal arrangements, [[Boris Cohen]] was the musical director, and performers included [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Lynton Burns]], [[Olive King]], [[Michael Fisher]], [[Stephanie Shiller]], [[Beryl Ellis]], [[Jeanette James]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Charles Stodel]].
+Opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in Cape Town before playing at the [[Empire Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1966. [[Frank Lazarus]] did the vocal arrangements, [[Boris Cohen]] was the musical director, and performers included [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Edie Ellis]], [[Lynton Burns]], [[Olive King]], [[Michael Fisher]], [[Stephanie Shiller]], [[Beryl Ellis]], [[Jeanette James]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Charles Stodel]].
 =''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1970)=

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-==Sources==
+=Sources=
 Programme for the ''[[Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'', '''ESAT Archive'''
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 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
-== Return to ==
+= Return to =
 Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

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 ''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]'' was the name given to two cabaret style productions devised by [[Louis Burke]] and [[Joan Brickhill]] for [[African Consolidated Theatres]] ([[ACT]]).
-==''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1966)==
+=''[[The Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1966)=
 Opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in Cape Town before playing at the [[Empire Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1966. [[Frank Lazarus]] did the vocal arrangements, [[Boris Cohen]] was the musical director, and performers included [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Lynton Burns]], [[Olive King]], [[Michael Fisher]], [[Stephanie Shiller]], [[Beryl Ellis]], [[Jeanette James]], [[Ronnie Grainge]] and [[Charles Stodel]]. , [[Jean Dell]], [[Barbara Thomson]] and [[Ferdie Uphof]]
-==''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1970)==
+=''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' (1970)=
 In October 1970 an updated version, now called the ''[[All-New, Non-Stop Minstrel Scandals]]'' was devised, designed, directed,  choreographed and lit by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]] and [[Brickhill-Burke]] team. This was once again done for [[ACT]] at the request of the then manager [[Charles Stodel]], who signed the Australian comedian [[Lucky Grills]] for the show.