Garnet H. Carroll (1902-1964), entrepreneur, protege of Benjamin Fuller (1930's) acquired the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, in the 1940's, presenting touring productions including Whitehall Theatrical Productions from Sydney.
From the 1950's onwards commercial plays and musicals were presented in competition with J.C. Williamson. Some productions toured in conjunction with the Australian Elizabethan Trust and Tivoli Circuit. After his death, the Princess Theatre continued to be managed by Garnet H. Carroll Management, directed by the Carroll Family.
Material from the PROMPT collection is available for use through the Petherick Reading Room, Ground Floor. Readers should complete an electronic call slip for the following catalogue record:
Programs held for 1949-1967:
| Aladdin | Princess; Melbourne; 22 December 1951 Princess; Melbourne; 27 December 1954 |
| Aladdin in the Wonderful Lamp | Princess; Melbourne; 1959 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Tivoli; Melbourne; 26 December 1966 Princess; Melbourne; 30 December 1967 |
| Anniversary Waltz | Princess; Melbourne; c. 1958 |
| Auntie Mame | Princess; Melbourne; 19 February 1959 |
| Barefoot in the Park | Princess; Melbourne; 23 June 1964 |
| Bells are Ringing | Princess; Melbourne; 5 April 1958 |
| Black Chiffon | Princess; Melbourne; 28 August 1952 |
| Both Ends Meet | His Majesty's Theatre; Auckland; 16 April 1956 |
| Carousel | Princess; Melbourne; 5 June 1964 Tivoli; Sydney; 22 October 1964 |
| Come Blow Your Horn | Princess; Melbourne; 9 September 1961 Palace; Sydney; 18 October 1961 |
| The Consul | Princess; Melbourne; 20 February 1954 |
| The Corn is Green | Princess; Melbourne; 30 June 1949 |
| Dangerous Corner | Princess; Melbourne; 1947 |
| The Diary of Anne Frank | Princess; Melbourne; 1957 |
| Don't Listen, Ladies! | King's; Melbourne; 21 October 1950 |
| Dr Murray Banks | Princess; Melbourne; 1 September 1965 |
| The Eagle Has Two Heads | Princess; Melbourne; July 1949 |
| Ever Since Paradise | Princess; Melbourne; July 1949 |
| The Fantasticks | Union Theatre Repertory Co.; Melbourne; 30 October 1962 |
| Finian's Rainbow | Princess; Melbourne; 17 December 1964 |
| Fledermaus | Princess; Melbourne; 3 December 1963 |
| Free as Air | Princess; Melbourne; 11 October 1958 |
| Giving the Bride Away | Princess; Melbourne; February 1940 |
| Glass Menagerie | Princess; Melbourne; 1951 Palace; Sydney; 28 March 1961 |
| The Happiest Days of Your Life | Princess; Melbourne; 29 January 1958 |
| High Spirits | Princess; Melbourne; N/D |
| High Temperature | Kings; Melbourne; 1951 |
| Hippo Dancing | Princess; Melbourne; 2 April 1957 |
| Hostile Witness | Princess; Melbourne; 23 May 1967 |
| Ice Parade | Princess; Melbourne; 4 April 1953 |
| In The Marks Manner | Princess; Melbourne; 1968 |
| Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary | Princess; Melbourne; 1950 |
| The Importance of Being Oscar | Princess; Melbourne; 11 May 1964 |
| Jack & Jill | Princess; Melbourne; December 1956? |
| Japan By Night | Princess; Melbourne; N/D |
| Jean Sablon | Princess; Melbourne; November 1954 |
| Katherine Dunham and Her Company | Princess; Melbourne; 1956 |
| The King and I | Princess; Melbourne; 22 December 1962 Tivoli; Sydney; 17 July 1963 |
| Kismet | Princess; Melbourne; 1955 |
| Larger Than Life | Princess; Melbourne; 1952 Theatre Royal; Adelaide; 30 August 1952 Tivoli; Sydney; 4 February 1953 |
| Life With Father | Princess; Melbourne; 19 August 1947 |
| Light up the Sky | Princess; Melbourne; 9 November 1951 |
| Little Foxes | Princess; Melbourne; 1948 |
| The Little Hut | Princess; Melbourne; 30 July 1955 His Majesty's Theatre; Auckland; 31 March 1956 |
| Little Mary Sunshine | Palace; Sydney; 10 February 1962 |
| Lock Up Your Daughters | Princess; Melbourne; 12 April 1961 Palace; Sydney; 8 June 1961 Capitol; Perth; 17 November 1961 |
| Loves Labour Lost | Princess; Melbourne; 1972 |
| The Magic Pudding | Princess; Melbourne; 22 August [19??] |
| Man For All Seasons | Palace; Sydney; 5 June 1962 |
| Many Happy Returns | Princess; Melbourne; N/D |
| The Marriage-Go-Round | Princess; Melbourne; 2 September 1960 |
| The Merchant of Venice | Princess; Melbourne; 22 September 1952 |
| The Merry Widow | Tivoli; Melbourne; 16 July 1960 Grand Opera House; Wellington; 20 February 1963 Tivoli; Sydney; 3 September 1963 |
| Message for Margaret | Kings; Melbourne; 1951 |
| The Most Happy Fella | Princess; Melbourne; 6 June 1961 |
| Mother Courage and Her Children | Princess; Melbourne; 20 June 1973 |
| The Music Man | Princess; Melbourne; 5 March 1960 Tivoli; Sydney; 13 December 1960 |
| Nina | Palace; Sydney; 17 March 1962 Tivoli; Melbourne; 30 April 1962 |
| Not Now Darling | Princess; Melbourne; 196? |
| O Mistress Mine | Princess; Melbourne; 1947 |
| Once Upon a Mattress | Palace; Sydney; 3 August 1962 |
| One Day of the Year | Palace; Sydney; 26 April 1961 |
| Orpheus of the Underworld | Princess; Melbourne; 26 September 1962 Grand Opera House; Wellington; 20 February 1963 Tivoli; Melbourne; 14 May 1963 Her Majesty's Theatre; Brisbane; 16 July 1963 Princess; Melbourne; 22 October 1963 |
| Othello; Princess | Melbourne; 28 April 1949 |
| Peter Pan | Princess; Melbourne; 26 December 1957 |
| Porgy and Bess | Princess; Melbourne; 22 November 1965 |
| Present Laughter | Princess; Melbourne; January 1949 |
| Puss in Boots | Princess; Melbourne; December 1960? |
| The Ralph Richardson 1955 Tour | Princess; Melbourne; 25 July 1955 |
| Relatively Speaking | Princess; Melbourne; 20 July 1968 |
| Robert and Elizabeth | Princess; Melbourne; 21 May 1966 Tivoli; Sydney; 19 November 1966 |
| Robert Morley | Princess; Melbourne; N/D |
| Rusty Bugles | Tatler; Sydney; April 1949 His Majesty's Theatre; Brisbane; 31 July 1952 |
| Saint Joan | Palace; Sydney; 1 May 1962 Tivoli; Melbourne; 5, 27 June 1962 |
| Salad Days | Princess; Melbourne; 1957 Princess; Melbourne; 1958 |
| The Secretary Bird | Princess; Melbourne; 1970 |
| See How They Run! | Kings; Melbourne; 20 April 1951 Princess; Melbourne; 28 June 1951 His Majesty's Theatre; Auckland; 26 February 1952 |
| Separate Tables | Princess; Melbourne; 7 July 1955 |
| The Sleeping Prince | Capitol; Perth; 26 April 1955 |
| The Sound of Music; | Princess; Melbourne; 20 October 1961 Tivoli; Sydney; 28 September 1962 Her Majesty's; Adelaide; 19 June 1963 Elizabethan; Sydney; 28 December 1963 |
| Taming of the Shrew | Princess; Melbourne; 1949 |
| A Taste of Honey | Palace; Sydney; 24 February 1961 |
| Tea and Sympathy | Princess; Melbourne; 1956 |
| Thanks for the Memories | Princess; Melbourne; 3 October 1953 |
| Time out for Ginger | Princess; Melbourne; 16 February 1955 |
| Tunnel of Love | Princess; Melbourne; 30 June 1959 Roxy; Sydney; N/D |
| West Side Story | Princess; Melbourne; 1960 Tivoli; Sydney; 9 February 1961 |
| The White Sheep of the Family | Princess; Melbourne; 1952 |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Princess; Melbourne; 1965 |
| Wildcat | Princess; Melbourne; 19 July 1965 |
| Witness For The Prosecution | Princess; Melbourne; 1957 |
| Write Me A Murder | Palace; Sydney; 1962 |
| Young Wives Tale | Princess; Melbourne; 24 November 1950 |
