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Notes
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Thomas Knight's drama The Honest Thieves is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.
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According to the entry on Thomas Knight in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, the play is a two-act abridgment of The Committee, by Sir Robert Howard.
Joseph Knight, ‘Knight, Thomas (d. 1820)’, rev. Klaus Stierstorfer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15736, accessed 5 Aug 2014]
Production Details
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First produced at Covent Garden, London, England, 9 May 1797.
Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966
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Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, May 1838.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The King and the Deserter &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 22 May vol. 36 no. 2021 1838; (p. 3)An advertisement for the performance of 'the Melo-Drama entitled The King and the Deserter; or, The Banditti of the Black Forest'; 'the laughable Farce, called Honest Thieves'; and 'the Domestic Drama in one Act, entitled The Daughter' at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, on 22 May 1838.
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The Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 19 May vol. 36 no. 4020 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife 1624 single work drama ; The Honest Thieves 1797 single work drama ; Mrs G 1831 single work musical theatre ; The Housekeeper; or, The White Rose 1833 single work drama -
Royal Victoria Theatre : Mrs G &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 May vol. 36 no. 4015 1838; (p. 3)An advertisement for the performance of Mrs G.– of The Golden Pippin; 'the Domestic Drama in one Act, entitled The Daughter'; and 'the laughable Farce in 2 Acts called The Honest Thieves'at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, on 8 May 1838.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Honest Thieves &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 23 June vol. 4 no. 278 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 23 June vol. 36 no. 4035 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 23 June 1838 to include the 'laughable Farce, in two Acts, entitled the Honest Thieves', the 'interlude, in one Act, called Advice Gratis' and the 'Comic Drama, entitled The Perigrinations of Pickwick'.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Honest Thieves &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 14 July vol. 4 no. 284 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 14 July vol. 36 no. 4044 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, to include the 'Farce, in two Acts, entitled the Honest Thieves', the 'laughable interlude called The Man and the Marquis and 'Buckstone's Drama, entitled The Duchess de la Vaubaliere on 14 July 1838.
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The Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 19 May vol. 36 no. 4020 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife 1624 single work drama ; The Honest Thieves 1797 single work drama ; Mrs G 1831 single work musical theatre ; The Housekeeper; or, The White Rose 1833 single work drama -
Royal Victoria Theatre : Mrs G &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 May vol. 36 no. 4015 1838; (p. 3)An advertisement for the performance of Mrs G.– of The Golden Pippin; 'the Domestic Drama in one Act, entitled The Daughter'; and 'the laughable Farce in 2 Acts called The Honest Thieves'at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, on 8 May 1838.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The King and the Deserter &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 22 May vol. 36 no. 2021 1838; (p. 3)An advertisement for the performance of 'the Melo-Drama entitled The King and the Deserter; or, The Banditti of the Black Forest'; 'the laughable Farce, called Honest Thieves'; and 'the Domestic Drama in one Act, entitled The Daughter' at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, on 22 May 1838.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Honest Thieves &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 23 June vol. 4 no. 278 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 23 June vol. 36 no. 4035 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 23 June 1838 to include the 'laughable Farce, in two Acts, entitled the Honest Thieves', the 'interlude, in one Act, called Advice Gratis' and the 'Comic Drama, entitled The Perigrinations of Pickwick'.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Honest Thieves &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 14 July vol. 4 no. 284 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 14 July vol. 36 no. 4044 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, to include the 'Farce, in two Acts, entitled the Honest Thieves', the 'laughable interlude called The Man and the Marquis and 'Buckstone's Drama, entitled The Duchess de la Vaubaliere on 14 July 1838.
