Whirlwind, the Bushranger

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Whirlwind, the Bushranger
Written by Edward Irham Cole
Directed byEdward Irham Cole
Date premieredJuly 5, 1907 (1907-07-05) [1]
Place premieredHaymarket Hippodrome, Sydney
Original languageEnglish
Subjectmelodrama

Whirlwind, the Bushranger, or the Roaring Forties is a 1907 Australian play by Edward Irham Cole about the ficitious bushranger. [2] [3]

The play was part of the Australian "bushranging play" boom of the 1900s. [4] Cole wrote several works about bushrangers such as Ned Kelly and Ben Hall. This was about a fictional bushranger and his brother. [5] The play appears to have been less popular than Cole's work based on real bushrangers although it was performed by Cole's company over a number of years. [6] [7]

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The drama abounds in realism, sensationalism, pathos, and humour, and is well mounted." [8]

The play's debut production followed that of another Cole work The Missing Partner . [9]

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References

  1. "THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 21, 674. New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1907. p. 16. Retrieved 4 April 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 21, 669. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 4 April 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 21, 671. New South Wales, Australia. 3 July 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Williams, Margaret (1983). Australia on the popular stage, 1829-1929 : an historical entertainment in six acts. p. 197.
  5. "MUSIC AND DRAMA". The Sunday Sun. No. 223. New South Wales, Australia. 7 July 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 4 April 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "HIPPODROME". Sydney Sportsman . Vol. VII, no. 363. New South Wales, Australia. 10 July 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "BOHEMIAN DRAMATIC CO". The Ballarat Star . Vol. 55, no. 16747. Victoria, Australia. 31 January 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 4 April 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  8. "THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 21, 675. New South Wales, Australia. 8 July 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 4 April 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  9. "THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 21, 671. New South Wales, Australia. 3 July 1907. p. 12. Retrieved 4 April 2024 via National Library of Australia.