"Dodo the Clown (played by John Edmund) perches on the stage, open-mouthed with astonishment, as ballet girls, from left, Kay Smith, Pauline Menzies and Vivien Arnold leap high behind Stan Page (left) and Barry Gordon during a rehearsal of "Dodo and the Bunyip", and Australian Fantasy for children. It will open at the Arrow Theatre, Middle Park, on Saturday night for a seven-day season. "Dodo" became a favorite when he appeared before 20,000 Victorian school children in a series of concerts in the last two months. September 30, 1954.