Great article from Melbourne's 'The Age' newspaper from 13 August, about Australia's connection to the legendary partnership of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
'It sounds like the
plot for a musical. In 1923 Dorothy Blanchard, the daughter of a Williamstown
ship's captain, won a beauty pageant and sailed to America, dreaming of being a
movie star. She toured the US as understudy in a stage revue before marrying a
New York businessman and having two children. On a cruise she met budding stage
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, who was unhappily married. They fell madly in
love … ’
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