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This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1835... 1835 Catching an Heiress
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Notes

  • Charles Selby's play Catching an Heiress is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Queen's Theatre, London, England, 15 July 1835

    Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.

  • Performed at the Theatre Royal Sydney, New South Wales, March 1838

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First known date: 1835
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Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 3 March vol. 4 no. 246 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Melmoth the Wanderer and Walburg the Victim 1823 single work drama ; Catching an Heiress Charles Selby , 1835 single work drama

Review of performances at the Theatre Royal, Sydney on 1 March 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Catching an Heiress &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 16 June vol. 4 no. 276 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 16 June vol. 36 no. 4032 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 16 June 1838 to include the 'popular Farce, called Catching an Heiress', the 'laughable Farce, called The Original' and the 'Melo-Drama, entitled The Death Token'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Catching an Heiress &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 3 April vol. 36 no. 4000 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 3 April 1838 of: 'Catching an Heiress' [Charles Selby, 1835]; 'the laughable interlude, The Middy Ashore' [William Bayle Bernard, 1836]; 'To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled The King’s Command'.
Theatre Royal, Sydney : Melmoth the Wanderer &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 1 March vol. 36 no. 3086 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 28 February vol. 4 no. 245 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for: Performance on 1 March 1838 of: ‘the favorite Melo Drama, in three acts, entitled Melmoth the Wanderer, and Walberg, the Victim’ and of: ‘first time this season, the laughable Farce of Catching an Heiress', [Charles Selby, 1835].
Theatre Royal, Sydney : The Charcoal Burner &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 March vol. 36 no. 3088 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for: Performance on 6 March 1838 of ‘for the second time in this Colony, the Drama in Two Acts, entitled The Charcoal Burner, or, The Dropping Well of Knaresborough’ [George Almar, 1832]; and ‘the Musical Burletta, in One Act, of The Married Bachelor, or, Master and Man', [P. P. O'Callaghan, 1821]; and ‘the favorite Farce, called Catching an Heiress', [Charles Selby, 1835]
Royal Victoria Theatre William Kerr , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 5 April vol. 36 no. 4001 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Catching an Heiress Charles Selby , 1835 single work drama ; The Middy Ashore William Bayle Bernard , 1836 single work musical theatre
Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 3 March vol. 4 no. 246 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Melmoth the Wanderer and Walburg the Victim 1823 single work drama ; Catching an Heiress Charles Selby , 1835 single work drama

Review of performances at the Theatre Royal, Sydney on 1 March 1838.
Theatre Royal, Sydney : The Charcoal Burner &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 March vol. 36 no. 3088 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for: Performance on 6 March 1838 of ‘for the second time in this Colony, the Drama in Two Acts, entitled The Charcoal Burner, or, The Dropping Well of Knaresborough’ [George Almar, 1832]; and ‘the Musical Burletta, in One Act, of The Married Bachelor, or, Master and Man', [P. P. O'Callaghan, 1821]; and ‘the favorite Farce, called Catching an Heiress', [Charles Selby, 1835]
Theatre Royal, Sydney : Melmoth the Wanderer &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 1 March vol. 36 no. 3086 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 28 February vol. 4 no. 245 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for: Performance on 1 March 1838 of: ‘the favorite Melo Drama, in three acts, entitled Melmoth the Wanderer, and Walberg, the Victim’ and of: ‘first time this season, the laughable Farce of Catching an Heiress', [Charles Selby, 1835].
Royal Victoria Theatre : Catching an Heiress &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 3 April vol. 36 no. 4000 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 3 April 1838 of: 'Catching an Heiress' [Charles Selby, 1835]; 'the laughable interlude, The Middy Ashore' [William Bayle Bernard, 1836]; 'To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled The King’s Command'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Catching an Heiress &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 16 June vol. 4 no. 276 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 16 June vol. 36 no. 4032 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 16 June 1838 to include the 'popular Farce, called Catching an Heiress', the 'laughable Farce, called The Original' and the 'Melo-Drama, entitled The Death Token'.
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