First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, 2 October 1851.
Performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, February 1868.
Buggins begins his weekly article with a reflection on life in a boarding house before embarking on recollections of his journalistic career in England and in Sydney.
Buggins then proceeds to discuss the new season at the Prince of Wales Opera House under 'the indefatigable lessee, Mr. W. Dind' and the productions (on separate nights) of Thomas William Robertson's Caste, W. T. Moncrieff 's Jewess; or, The Council of Constance and George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation.
Lastly, Buggins records a personal reflection on the death of Archdeacon John McEncroe.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of George Henry Lewes' The Game of Speculation and Charles Zachary Barnett's Six Degrees of Crime on 13 June 1868; of John Oxenford's East Lynne and Douglas William Jerrold's Mutiny at the Nore on 15 June 1868; and advance notice of the 'active preparation' of H. J. Byron's Pilgrim of Love.
A brief column noting the 27 August 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs. The performance was a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund, but the Empire reports that while 'the performances were good, ... the attendance was bad'.
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs on 27 August 1868. The performance is a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of George Henry Lewes' The Game of Speculation and Charles Zachary Barnett's Six Degrees of Crime on 13 June 1868.
An advertisement for the production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and Richard Sheridan's The Critic at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 18 and 19 February 1868.
The 18 February performance was under the patronage of the officers of H. M. S. Galatea; the 19 February performance was 'by the command of H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh'.
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and John Pratt Wooler's Founded on Facts and A Model Husband on 6 March 1868.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of George Henry Lewes' The Game of Speculation and Charles Zachary Barnett's Six Degrees of Crime on 13 June 1868.
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs on 27 August 1868. The performance is a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund.
A brief column noting the 27 August 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs. The performance was a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund, but the Empire reports that while 'the performances were good, ... the attendance was bad'.