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The Whirl of the World
a review in 21 scenes by Albert de Courville,
Edgar Wallace, William K. Wells and others,
with music by Frederick Chappelle and others,
London Palladium, 14 March 1924
The Whirl of the World, a review in 21 scenes by Albert de Courville, Edgar Wallace, William K. Wells and others, with music by Frederick Chappelle and others, opened at the London Palladium on 14 March 1924 for a run of 635 performances. The cast included Billy Merson, Walter Williams, Fred Groves, Leslie Sarony, Mark Stone, Tommy Handley, Teddy Knox and Jimmy Nervo; Nellie Wallace, Nora Delaney, Ethel Hook, Vera Wray, Dora Duby and Alice Pollard; the dancers Jean Myrrio and Natacha Nattavo; the Spazzoni Troupe of acrobats; and Beauty Chorus. |
THE WHIRL OF THE WORLD.
'This is one of those big, jolly musical shows to which Mr. de Courville has accustomed us in the past, and the Palladium is just the home for it. In The Whirl of the World we find gorgeous scenes, beautiful costumes, side-splitting sketches, and, most important of all, tuneful numbers succeeding one another in quick succession.
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'One of the best sketches of the revue is "Don Juan Up-to-date." There have been Gaiety burlesques in the past, but nothing quite on these lines. Imagine Nellie Wallace as Juliet, with Billy Merson as one of the three Romeos. Imagine Romeo trying to climb the treacherous ivy to get at his Juliet! Imagine the entire balcony collapsing beneath his weight – and you have some idea of the fun that these accomplished players manage to extract from the situation.
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