Hands Up (Leitch play)

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Hands Up is a 1893 Australian play by George Leitch. [1] [2] The play was specifically devised to be a vehicle for Mrs Keightley, the wife of a gold commissioner at Bathurst, who was robbed by Ben Hall the bushranger. Keightley played herself [3] The Mercury said it was "especially composed and arranged for her, containing many incidents not merely probably but absolutely true." [4]

Reviewing the production, The Mercury called it "this splendid portrayal of life in the old bushranging days." [5]

It is not to be confused with the play Hands Up about Ned Kelly.

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References

  1. "MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 17, 224. New South Wales, Australia. 3 June 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 9 May 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 28.
  3. "Theatre Royal". Tasmanian News . No. 3804. Tasmania, Australia. 18 April 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  4. ""AN AUSTRALIAN HEROINE."". The Mercury . Vol. LXI, no. 7, 219. Tasmania, Australia. 15 April 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 9 May 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "THE MERCURY". The Mercury . Vol. LXI, no. 7, 222. Tasmania, Australia. 19 April 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2024 via National Library of Australia.