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The Good Ship Walter Raleigh

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The Good Ship Walter Raleigh
MusicPaul Eddey
LyricsPaul Eddey
BookReg Livermore
ProductionsUnion Theatre, Melbourne, 1963

The Good Ship Walter Raleigh is a 1963 Australian musical from Reg Livermore. It was the first musical he wrote and had a production at the Union Theatre.[1] Livermore wrote it while acting in a production of Season in Sasparilla.[2]

The Age called it "entertaining".[3]

Premise

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The pride of Queen Victoria's Navy returns home from a trip to Australia.

References

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  1. ^ "A Rich Mixture". The Australian Jewish Herald. Vol. 36, no. 15. Victoria, Australia. 4 January 1963. p. 4. Retrieved 3 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "News of the day". The Age. 27 December 1962. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Musical should be sillier". The Age. 4 January 1963. p. 5.