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Podcast: STAGES with Peter Eyers
Episode: STAGES SPOTLIGHT: CONVERSATIONS REVISITED - BUNTY TURNER - Released October 24th, 2019
Description: During our second season, STAGES was delighted to connect with Australia's original Eliza Doolittle, Bunty Turner.
In 1950's Australia the Original Cast Recordings of the West End and Broadway productions of My Fair Lady, became highly sought treasures. Families gathered at homes to 'Get to the Church on time' and 'Dance all Night' dreaming of when the show would arrive in Australian theatres - 'Wouldn't it be Loverley?'
Eager to replicate the productions in London and New York, J.C.Williamsons imported American creatives and secured a principal cast from the UK. 'The Firm' had a policy at the...