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Revision as of 05:22, 22 May 2018
There have been a number of Austrailian plays by this name.
The indigenous drama dates from 1828 when David Burn (1799-1875) wrote his melodrama The Bushrangers (staged at the Caledonian Theatre, Edinburgh in 1829),
The Bushrangers; or Norwood Vale was the first play with an Australian theme to be published and staged in Australia. It marked the earliest appearance of blackface in an Australian play. Wikipedia
First performance: 29 May 1834
Playwright: Henry Melville
Henry Melville's The Bushrangers: or Norwood Vale, using fictional characters and melodramatic scenes, was produced in Hobart and Launceston in 1834.
“(The Bushrangers is a) milestone in Australian theatre history: the first substantial play written, published and performed in an Australian colony.” – Richard Fotheringham
Mr Norwood has a target on his back after ratting out the bushrangers to the police. Now the outlaws won’t rest until his windpipe is cut. But when Norwood’s beautiful daughter and her English lover get in the way, an unlikely friend comes to their aid.
A milestone of Australian melodrama, The Bushrangers examines honor and trust in the harsh Australian bush and the relationship between white settlers, the aboriginal people and the bushrangers.
Harpur, Charles (1813-1868)
First Published: 1853 as The Bushrangers: A play in five acts
And other poems by W. R. Piddington, Sydney
This play never produced
John Gassner and Edward Quinn. 1969. The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama Reprinted in 2002 by the Courier Corporation[1]
