The Bushrangers
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The Bushrangers | |
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Written by | Henry Melville |
Date premiered | 29 May 1834[1] |
Place premiered | Hobart |
Original language | English |
Genre | Melodrama |
The Bushrangers; or Norwood Vale was the first play with an Australian theme to be published and staged in Australia.[2]
It marked the earliest appearance of blackface in an Australian play.[3]
References
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- ↑ E. Flinn, 'Melville, Henry (1799–1873)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 7 September 2013.
- ↑ Blackface minstrel shows at Creative spirits accessed 7 Sept 2013