| The Bushrangers | |
|---|---|
| Written by | David Burn |
| Date premiered | September 8, 1829 [1] |
| Place premiered | Caledonian Theatre, Ebinburgh |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | bushrangers |
| Genre | melodrama |
| Setting | Tasmania |
The Bushrangers is a 1829 Australian play by David Burn. It was the first Australian written play with a local background. The play was never published in Burns' lifetime (unlike his other plays).[2] However a copy survived in the Mitchell Library and the play was performed in Edinburgh in 1829.[3][4][5]
It is not to be confused with the 1834 play The Bushrangers.
The play was published in book for in 1971. A reviewer said "I think it is unlikely to find many serious producers. It has the one merit of melodrama; it moves along at a spanking pace. Apart from this its interest lies in being a local example of a regrettable period in the history of drama."[6]
Premise
Some convicts in Tasmania escape and one becomes a bushranger.
References
- ↑ "THE STAGE BUSHRANGER: A Hoary Veteran". The Worker. Vol. 18, no. 12. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1909. p. 27. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "THE STAGE BUSHRANGER: A Hoary Veteran". The Worker. Vol. 18, no. 12. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1909. p. 27. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. pp. 6–11.
- ↑ D. H. Borchardt, 'Burn, David (c. 1799–1875)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/burn-david-1854/text2153, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "GREAT TASMANIAN EDITORS OF THE PAST". The Mercury. Vol. CLXXIII, no. 25, 636. Tasmania, Australia. 19 February 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "A dramatic relic". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, no. 12, 943. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 October 1971. p. 15. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- The Bushrangers at AustLit
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