The Bushrangers

There have been a number of Austrailian plays by this name.

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

The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama By John Gassner, Edward Quinn. Courier Corporation, 2002Reprint of the 1969 edition. https://books.google.co.za/books?id=oPOQf26l-PEC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=the+bushrangers+melodrama&source=bl&ots=Q5C5MMVVL2&sig=Fe4nrrLWhe5OFmLCYkvZJTAsAYE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0y_Ctq5jbAhUFIsAKHSQyCeg4ChDoAQgwMAM#v=onepage&q=the%20bushrangers%20melodrama&f=false