It played in Australia with production by Robert Greig in 1920[1] and is generally considered the first Australian musical comedy, as distinct from operetta or light opera.
[2] The convoluted plot involved a budding English playwright Fitzwilliam Ferguson who is sent to Australia by a rich uncle, and who falls in love with his typist, Flo Hastings.
The "mystery" centred on the meaning of the enigmatic title, for which solutions were solicited and a prize offered.
[3] The original production, produced by the Tivoli Circuit, starred Maggie Moore, Rex London, Minnie Love, Billy Rego, Hugh Steyne, Marie Le Varre and Charles H. Workman.
The musical opened 28 August 1920 at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Adelaide, followed by a week in Perth and a fortnight in Melbourne.