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Top L to R: George Landen Dann,  Babette Stephens,  Barbara Sisley. Bottom L to R Noel Chandler,  Ailsa Krimmer, Jean Jarrott.

Top L to R: George Landen Dann, Babette Stephens, Barbara Sisley. Bottom L to R Noel Chandler, Ailsa Krimmer, Jean Jarrott.
Courtesy Fryer Library, University of Queensland.


#Gallery

Top L to R: Clare Clarke, Daphne Roemermann, Clem Christesen. Bottom L to R: Gwen McMinn, Audrey Court, Dorothy Weller.

Top L to R: Clare Clarke, Daphne Roemermann, Clem Christesen. Bottom L to R: Gwen McMinn, Audrey Court, Dorothy Weller.
Courtesy Fryer Library, University of Queensland.


Courtesy Gary O'Neil


George and Margaret Review - The Courier Mail 5 September 1940.

George and Margaret Review - The Courier Mail 5 September 1940.


Prominent director and actress Daphne Roemermann (in costume).

Prominent director and actress Daphne Roemermann (in costume).


Jean Jarrott, Alex Foster (top) and cast (below) in A Man About the House directed by Alex Foster, Albert Hall 1949.

Jean Jarrott, Alex Foster (top) and cast (below) in A Man About the House directed by Alex Foster, Albert Hall 1949.
Courtesy Jean Jarrott.


See How They Run directed by Alex Foster, designed by Joy Palmer and Gerry Greet Albert Hall 1949. Left to right, female cast members are Gwen Wheeler, Rosemary Stevenson and Jean Jarrott. Alex Foster is in military uniform.

See How They Run directed by Alex Foster, designed by Joy Palmer and Gerry Greet Albert Hall 1949. Left to right, female cast members are Gwen Wheeler, Rosemary Stevenson and Jean Jarrott. Alex Foster is in military uniform.
Courtesy Fryer Library, UQ


When We Are Married by J.B.Priestley directed by Alex Foster, designed by Joy Palmer, Albert Hall 1948.

When We Are Married by J.B.Priestley directed by Alex Foster, designed by Joy Palmer, Albert Hall 1948.
Courtesy Fryer Library, University of Queensland.


On Borrowed Time directed by Daphne Roemermann, designed by Joy Palmer, Albert Hall 1948.

On Borrowed Time directed by Daphne Roemermann, designed by Joy Palmer, Albert Hall 1948.
Courtesy Fryer Library, University of Queensland.


The Petrified Forest directed by Dion Wheeler, designed by Joy Palmer, Albert Hall 1947.

The Petrified Forest directed by Dion Wheeler, designed by Joy Palmer, Albert Hall 1947.
Courtesy Fryer Library, University of Queensland.


Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier directed by Barbara Sisley, designed by Joy Palmer, Albert Hall 1943.

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier directed by Barbara Sisley, designed by Joy Palmer, Albert Hall 1943.
Courtesy Fryer Library, University of Queensland.


Top L to R: George Landen Dann,  Babette Stephens,  Barbara Sisley. Bottom L to R Noel Chandler,  Ailsa Krimmer, Jean Jarrott.

Top L to R: George Landen Dann, Babette Stephens, Barbara Sisley. Bottom L to R Noel Chandler, Ailsa Krimmer, Jean Jarrott.
Courtesy Fryer Library, University of Queensland.


A tribute to the late Barbara Sisley written by her close friend and colleague George Landen Dann, 1946.

A tribute to the late Barbara Sisley written by her close friend and colleague George Landen Dann, 1946.
Courtesy Gary O'Neil


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