"Coax & Hoax" or Safety in Numbers

(Something Sweet and Low in Four Scenes Foisted on the Public by Willi Ragg)

(Resisted By A. Censor.)

Persons Involved:

Jordan Coax	H. R. Bannister
George Hoax	H. Middlebrook
Mere Morons. Co-Managers of Maison Coax et Hoax.
Ferdinand de Bathe-Waters	U. Williams
A He-Mannequin. The Hero.
Emma Scourge	R. B. Phillips
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Mrs. Scourge	Zenocrate Henderson
Just One of Us.
Hadrian	J. Foster
Brigadier Scrape	H. C. Read
Sir Octopus Screw	A. F. T. Chorlton
Colonel Pinch	F. W. O. Jones
Mr. Napoleon Bleed	B. E. Jackson
Army Offal in Advisory Capacity.
Professor Pobjoy	E. J. Sutch
Professor Snagworthy	R. East
Professor Blenkinsop	E. J. Marshall
Professor van Loon	J. N. Sellars
So many Tacks on the Seat of Learning.
Dr. Dogsbody	K. Scott
Dr. Panic	J. Whitcombe
The Hardiest Perennials in the Garden of Sleep.
Specialty Dances—Ballet	Miss Peggy Price
Chorus of Male Secretaries	Period Curiosities
H. S. Fanning, R. K. Keeting, W. Tuckwell, E. J. Marshall, B. E. Jackson, W. D. H. Smith, G. R. Viggers, H. H. Sivyer, P. P. O'Brien, A. H. O'Keefe, H. Etherington, H. Halstead, E. J. Sutch.
Chorus of Lady Secretaries	Hell's Belles
Mildred Briggs, Barbara Bannister, Helen Bannister, Pat Dennehy, Sybil Williams, Shirley Roberts, Lorna Marshall, Audrey Ostler, Margery Murray, Valda Wilson, Pat Martin, Tim Lambourne, Nessie Syms, Kara Aldridge.

Press Reporters, Radio-men, Alarums and Excursions, Waitresses, Sights and Smells, and a Noise off.

Opening Chorus set to Original Music by H. Coventry.

Synopsis of Scenes.

Maison Coax et Hoax.

• Scene I.: The vestibule before Mr. Coax's Sanctum. Morning.
• Scene II.: Same—one hour later.
• Scene III.: Cafe Bel Ami—attached to the Maison.
• Scene IV.: Same. A few minutes after.

The stage furniture used in Scenes III. and IV. has been lent by the Stage Society of New Zealand (Director, Mr. Harold Hobday).