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A Cup of Tea, a Bex and a Good Lie Down

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There are six programmes for this production in the Wolanski file with no cast differences. The programmes contain brief biographies and photos of the cast. Programmes at the National Library of Australia indicate that this production ran well into 1966 and was performed over 250 times during its
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in Australia at the time. The play popularised the phrase, "A Cup of Tea, a Bex and a Good Lie Down", which "quickly became a common Australian saying".
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called it "good, clean fun" with "some brilliant spots and an enlivening finale."
418: 127:. The play is McKellar's most critically acclaimed and popularly attended work. 247: 120: 387: 333: 304: 275: 124: 112: 361: 89: 368:, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 25 September 1965 157: 228:. National Library of Australia. 29 September 1965. p. 11 111:
and ran for more than 250 performances. The cast included
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Index

Australian
John McKellar
Bex
compound analgesic
Phillip Street Theatre
John Ewart
Gloria Dawn
Ruth Cracknell
Reg Livermore


"Comedy Writer McKellar, 80, Dies"
The Age


"Prompt – Phillip Street Theatre"
National Library of Australia
"Social Roundabout"
The Australian Women's Weekly
"A Cup of Tea, a Bex and a Good Lie Down"
"Gloria Dawns Anew"
The Australian Women's Weekly
"Three children, a husband, and a revue to rehearse"
The Australian Women's Weekly
"A Fun Show for all the Family"
The Australian Women's Weekly
"THEATRE Good, Clean Fun"
Categories
Australian English
1965 plays

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