Set in the inner suburbs of Sydney in the thirty years prior to World War I, the musical is an ironic story of the capitalist rise of a hunchback shoe repairer from a leader of a local Push to an industrial magnate.
[2] The cast included Simon Burke as Jonah Jones, Geraldine Turner as Mrs Yabsley, Lynne Emanuel as Ada Yabsley, Dianne Smith as Pink Partridge, Alan David Lee as Arthur 'Chook' Fowles, Wayne Scott Kermond as 'Waxy' Collins and Michelle Fawdon as Clara Grimes.
Other cast members included Tony Taylor, Peter Carroll and Valerie Bader.
Neil Armfield directed the musical as a promenade production, with a cast including David Field and Nancye Hayes.
The book and lyrics were published by Currency Press in 2010 as part of a collection of John Romeril works.