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Notes
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Fire and Water is included in AustLit because it falls within the parameters of the Colonial Newspapers and Magazines Project.
Production Details
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First produced at the New Theatre Royal English Opera House, London, England, 19 August 1817.
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Performed at the Theatre Royal Sydney, New South Wales, January 1838.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Theatre Royal, Sydney : Therese &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 11 January vol. 36 no. 3065 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 10 January vol. 4 no. 231 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for: Second performance on 11 January 1838 of: Therese, or, The Orphan of Geneva, by Henri Joseph Brahaim Ducange Victor, translated and adapted for the English stage by John Howard Payne. Date: 1821; First performance of: Fire and Water, or, A Critical Hour : An Operetta, by Samuel Beazley. Date: 1817.
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Theatre Royal, Sydney : Victorine &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 16 January vol. 36 no. 3067 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for: Performance for the second time on 16 January 1838 of: ' the Serious Drama, in 3 Acts, called Victorine, or, I'll Sleep On It' and 'the laughable Farcetta, called Fire and Water, or, The Critical Hour', [Samuel Beazley, 1817]
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[Untitled]
1838
single work
column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 13 January vol. 36 no. 3066 1838; (p. 2)This column describes theatrical life in Sydney, New South Wales, in January 1838. Joseph Wyatt is about to open 'the new Theatre on Monday, the 19th February.' Wyatt's Victoria Theatre did not open until March 1838. The column also comments on John Lazar's Theatre Royal season with damning comments on the performance of Fire and Water, or, A Critical Hour : An Operetta. Overuse of the prompter by one of the performers in Fire and Water reminds the author (William Kerr?) of early colonial actresses Eliza Winstanley and Mrs Larra.
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Theatre Royal, Sydney : Therese &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 11 January vol. 36 no. 3065 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 10 January vol. 4 no. 231 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for: Second performance on 11 January 1838 of: Therese, or, The Orphan of Geneva, by Henri Joseph Brahaim Ducange Victor, translated and adapted for the English stage by John Howard Payne. Date: 1821; First performance of: Fire and Water, or, A Critical Hour : An Operetta, by Samuel Beazley. Date: 1817.
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Theatre Royal, Sydney : Victorine &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 16 January vol. 36 no. 3067 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for: Performance for the second time on 16 January 1838 of: ' the Serious Drama, in 3 Acts, called Victorine, or, I'll Sleep On It' and 'the laughable Farcetta, called Fire and Water, or, The Critical Hour', [Samuel Beazley, 1817]
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[Untitled]
1838
single work
column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 13 January vol. 36 no. 3066 1838; (p. 2)This column describes theatrical life in Sydney, New South Wales, in January 1838. Joseph Wyatt is about to open 'the new Theatre on Monday, the 19th February.' Wyatt's Victoria Theatre did not open until March 1838. The column also comments on John Lazar's Theatre Royal season with damning comments on the performance of Fire and Water, or, A Critical Hour : An Operetta. Overuse of the prompter by one of the performers in Fire and Water reminds the author (William Kerr?) of early colonial actresses Eliza Winstanley and Mrs Larra.
