Related Research Articles
Alfred Dampier was an English-born actor-manager and playwright, active in Australia.
Alfred Rolfe, real name Alfred Roker, was an Australian stage and film director and actor, best known for being the son-in-law of the celebrated actor-manager Alfred Dampier, with whom he appeared frequently on stage, and for his prolific output as a director during Australia's silent era, including Captain Midnight, the Bush King (1911), Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911) and The Hero of the Dardanelles (1915). Only one of his films as director survives today.
Edmund Holloway was an Australian actor.
Frank Harvey was the nom de plume of John Ainsworth Hilton, born Jean François de Soissons de Latanac, actor and playwright, who was born and died in Manchester, England. His plays were popular in Australia.
Frederick Charles Appleton was an Australian actor, noted as a Shakespearean character actor, a "painstaking studious aspirant for histrionic honours", praised for his "considerable ability and tact". In 1883 he earned an academic degree and became a university lecturer, an unusual conjugation of careers, shared with H. B. Irving.
Jack Beresford Fowler, generally referred to as Beresford Fowler or J. Beresford Fowler, was an Australian actor and stage director, remembered for his little theatre productions in Melbourne.
Under the Southern Cross, also known as Arnold's Luck or Under the Southern Cross is a 1885 stage play by Alfred Dampier. It was written at a time when Australian plays were relatively rare.
The Sword Sung is a 1938 Australian play by Catherine Duncan. The play, a verse drama, helped launch Duncan's career.
Catching the Kellys is a 1879 Australian comic stage play by Joseph Pickersgill about the pursuit for Ned Kelly.
All for Gold, or Fifty Millions of Money is a 1877 Australian stage play by F. R. C. Hopkins written for Alfred Dampier. It was the first play of Australian origin to be licensed for performance in Australia.
Good For Evil is a 1876 Australian play by F. R. C. Hopkins. The play was "suggested" from a novel by Ouida.
Retribution: Or, the Drunkard's Curse is a 1849 Australian play by Francis Belfield about an alchoolic, George. According to Leslie Rees, "Beginning with George’s lively speech in praise of alcohol... he play goes on in lurid scenes to show George’s degradation and death and that of his unfortunate and blameless wife. It is an early example of the anti-alcohol drama that flourished later, particularly in the United States."
Foiled, or Australia Twenty Years Ago is a 1871 Australian stage play by Walter Cooper.
For Love and Life is a 1890 Australian play by Alfred Dampier and Garnet Walch about hypnotism, a topic then very fashionable in London.
Wilful Murder is a 1892 Australian play by Alfred Dampier and Garnet Walch. The play adapted George Meredith's British play Drama of London Life, incorporating elements of the recent Windsor murder by Frederick Bailey Deeming.
Help One Another is a 1892 Australian stage play by Alfred Dampier and Garnet Walch. It was produced starring Dampier. It was adapted from an Irish drama.
Thou Shalt Not Steal is a 1896 Australian stage play by Alfred Dampier. It enabled Lily Dampier to play a dual role.
An English Lass is a 1887 Australian play by Alfred Dampier and C.H. Krieger about Margaret Catchpole, based on a book by Reverend Cobbold. Lily Dampier played Catchpole and Alfred Dampier played Bob the Bosun.
Shamus O'Brien is a 1887 Australian stage play by Alfred Dampier and Percy Kehoe based on a poem about the Irish rebellion of 1798 by Sheridan Le Fanu. It was one of Dampier's most popular plays and was often revived.
The Rebel Chief is a 1849 Australian stage play by Francis Belfield. It was produced at a time when Australian plays were extremely rare.
References
- ↑ "WHIBPERB AT THE WINGS". Sportsman . No. 415. Victoria, Australia. 30 January 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 7 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE A CRITIQUE". The Herald . No. 4066. Victoria, Australia. 18 February 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "ALEXANDRA THEATRE--MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE". The Age . No. 10, 581. Victoria, Australia. 21 January 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 7 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "THE ALEXANDRA THEATRE". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 13, 286. Victoria, Australia. 21 January 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 7 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Other Theatres". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser . Vol. LV, no. 1715. New South Wales, Australia. 20 May 1893. p. 1017. Retrieved 7 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.