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(48) January 2nd-George Wallace Jnr, Eddie Edwards, Dick McCann and Jackie Ellison. throughout January Theatre Royal was on hiatus and an HSV 7 show called Top Of the Town took that timeslot until it recommenced on January 30th (49) January 30th(First episode of 1962 season)- George Wallace Jnr, Eddie Edwards, Jackie Ellison, Dick McCann, Michael St Clair, Lynn Rogers, Sid Clark, The Ciscos and the Variety Four (50) February 6th- George Wallace Jnr, Jackie Ellison, Dick McCann, Eddie Edwards, The Royal FOur, Lyn Rogers, Guz Merzi, Kito, Duo Martelles and the Collegians (51) February 13th(Toowoomba City Hall)- George Wallace Jnr, Eddie Edwards, Dick McCann, Jackie Ellison, The Royal Four, The Kermonds, Jenny Howard and the Harmonichords (52) February 20th-The Kermonds, Jenny Howard and the Harmonichords (53) February 27th- George Wallace Jnr, Jackie Ellison, Eddie Edwards, Dick McCann, Royal Four, Channel 7 Dancers, The Kermonds, Audrella, Johnny Marco and the Dargie Quintet (54) March
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February 7th(episode 1) at 9.30pm- George Wallace Jnr, Jackie Ellison, Eddie Edwards, Gus Merzi, Barry Sandford and Theatre Royal Dancers (2) February 14th- Doc Doyle, Prince Chung Doc, Dante, the Marvettes, Clyde Collins and Jackie Ellison (3) February 21st- George Wallace Jnr, Eddie Edwards, Brian Tait, Jackie Ellison, Eileen Dunne, Michael Azar, Paula Coutts and Marjorie Moon. (4) February 28th- George Wallace Jnr, Johnny Marco, Doug Bailey, Ronnie Elliot, Carole Bell, Brian Tait, Eddie Edwards, Jackie Ellison, Clyde Collins and Theatre Royal Band. (5) March 7th- George Wallace Jnr, eddie Edwards, Brian Tait, Jackie Ellison, Pagan Jones, jack Griffths, Chang, Bill Lyell, James Harris and Shirley Rawlings (6)March 14th George Wallace Jnr, Eddie Edwards, Brian Tait, Jackie Ellison, Jenny Howard, Hal Wayne, Patsy O'Hara, Johnny Marco, Noel Fortune, Clyde Collins, Maurice Dowden band and Theatre Royal ballet. (7) March 21st- George Wallace Jnr, eddie Edwards, Brian Tait, Jackie
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This page is an tribute to the Brisbane variety tv show Theatre Royal which was on BTQ 7 in Brisbane which commenced on February 7th 1961 and would last 7 years until 1968. The host was comedian George Wallace Jnr whose father was George Wallace snr and the other performers on the show were Eddie Edwards, Jackie Ellison, Brian Tait, Patti Allen, Delores Rose, Dick McCann, Rowena Wallace and many others. It was on Tuesday for a year at 9.30pm and from 1962 until the end Fridays at 7.30pm which was filmed live. The show won 8 Logies including 2 for George Wallace Jnr ,1 for Jackie Ellison and 6 for Most Popular Live show for Queensland and the TV series reproduced the stage of the real Theatre Royal which was on Elizabeth Street in Brisbane that closed 1959 with dancing girls, stage props, footlights and the camera shots over the heads of an darken audience to replicate the ambience of an bygone era. Theatre Royal was produced, directed and written by George wallace Jnr with Hal Cro
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