The Bushwoman

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The Bushwoman
Written by Jo Smith
Date premieredAugust 28, 1909 (1909-08-28)
Place premieredPalace Theatre, Melbourne
Original languageEnglish
Genremelodrama

The Bushwoman is a 1909 Australian play by Jo Smith. [1] [2] It was a popular early Australian play. [3] [4]

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It was Smith's second play, following The Miner's Trust . [5] [6] The play was presented by William Anderson who also did another play of Smith's The Girl of the Never Never . Smith said Anderson "cast them well and produced them without stint." [7] The play was a success in its original season. [8]

The cast for the 1909 production included Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan. [9] The Bulletin thought the construction of the play was flimsy. [10]

The play ran in 1913 under the title The Bush Girl. [11] [12]

Reception

Reviewing a 1912 production Table Talk said "the author has got away from the stage traditions which surround Australian plays. He has given a picture of lire on a country homestead among Australian farmers and squatters-characteristic, natural and congenial. The plot is not too involved, and the dialogue is crisp and flowing with many passages of quick wit or quiet humor." [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Advertising". The Age . No. 16997. Victoria, Australia. 4 September 1909. p. 18. Retrieved 1 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ ""THE BUSHWOMAN."". Table Talk. No. 1257. Victoria, Australia. 26 August 1909. p. 12. Retrieved 1 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "STAGE GOSSIP". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 23, 773. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1922. p. 11. Retrieved 1 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Richard Fotheringham, “Jo Smith.” Companion to Theatre in Australia. Ed. Philip Parsons and Victoria Chance. Sydney: Currency, 1995. pp 532-533.
  5. ↑ "Jo Smith's Play, "The Bushwoman."". Richmond Guardian . No. 1881. Victoria, Australia. 22 June 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "AT POVERTY POINT.", The Bulletin., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 29 Nov 1917, nla.obj-697110959, retrieved 1 May 2024– via Trove
  7. ↑ "AT POVERTY POINT.", The Bulletin., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 12 Aug 1915, nla.obj-661761480, retrieved 1 May 2024– via Trove
  8. ↑ "THEATRICAL". The Arrow. No. 700. New South Wales, Australia. 4 September 1909. p. 12. Retrieved 1 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 19, 690. Victoria, Australia. 28 August 1909. p. 21. Retrieved 1 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "THE BUSHWOMAN. [FOR THE BULLETIN.]", The Bulletin., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 2 Sep 1909, nla.obj-647428061, retrieved 1 May 2024– via Trove
  11. ↑ "SUNDRY SHOWS.", The Bulletin., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 13 Feb 1913, nla.obj-658513684, retrieved 1 May 2024– via Trove
  12. ↑ "PALACE THEATRE". Table Talk. No. 1438. Victoria, Australia. 13 February 1913. p. 34. Retrieved 1 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ ""THE BUSHWOMAN."". Table Talk. No. 1403. Victoria, Australia. 13 June 1912. p. 29. Retrieved 1 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
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