Hullo Healo
Hullo Healo is a musical comedy by Australian actor and screenwriter Dion Titheradge and composer Kenneth Duffield. The plot revolves around Barnabas Burnaby, hides on a yacht bound for the South Seas, after his company, Healo Limited, has its shares drop and its factory girls go on strike, and is later crowned king after being shipwrecked on the fictional island known as the Island of Bliss.[1]
History
[edit]In May 1924, the musical, originally titled Healo, had its premiere in Adelaide at Theatre Royal, with the cast being made up of friends of Duffield.[2] The musical was produced professionally in Adelaide in 1926, under the name Hullo Healo,[1] before moving to the Palace Theatre in Sydney in 1927.[3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "The A-Z of Australian Musicals - The Adelaide Connection - Theatre Heritage Australia". theatreheritage.org.au. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ "Kenneth Duffield has a hit with musical 'Hullo Healo', first staged by cast from Adelaide's wealthy strata in 1924". Adelaide AZ. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ ""HULLO, HEALO!"". The Daily Telegraph. No. 14, 721. New South Wales, Australia. 14 February 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 23 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ ""HULLO HEALO."". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 803. New South Wales, Australia. 14 February 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 23 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.