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Issue Details: First known date: 1819... 1819 The Actress of All Work
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Notes

  • This play is sometimes attributed to William Oxberry's son, William Henry Oxberry.
  • The play is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Olympic Theatre, London, England, 28 January 1819.

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

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

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First known date: 1819
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Works about this Work

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Peregrinations of Pickwick, &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 19 June vol. 36 no. 4033 1838; (p. 3)

An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 19 June 1838 of The Peregrinations of Pickwick, The Actress of All Work, and The Death Token.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Luke the Labourer &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 19 December vol. 4 no. 329 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 20 December vol. 36 no. 4112 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 20 December 1838 of the 'favourite Drama, entitled Luke the Labourer', 'the Interlude of The Actress of All Work' and 'for the first time in this colony, a laughable Farce, called The Man with the Carpet Bag'.
The Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 20 January vol. 4 no. 234 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Victorine, or, I'll Sleep On It 1838 single work drama ; Therese, or, The Orphan of Geneva John Howard Payne , 1821 single work drama ; The Actress of All Work William Oxberry , 1819 single work drama

Review and plot outline of the drama Victorine performed at the Theatre Royal, Sydney on 15 January 1838 and reviews of The Actress of All Work and Therese, both performed at the same theatre on 18 January 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 18 April vol. 4 no. 259 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Queer Subject Joseph Stirling Coyne , 1836 single work drama ; The Actress of All Work William Oxberry , 1819 single work drama ; Mistletoe Bough C. A. Somerset , 1834 single work drama ; Henriette the Forsaken John Baldwin Buckstone , 1832 single work drama

Review of performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 14 and 16 April 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Queer Subject &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 14 April vol. 36 no. 4005 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 14 April vol. 4 no. 258 1838; (p. 1)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 14 April 1838 of: ‘the laughable Entertainment called The Queer Subject’ [Joseph Stirling Coyne, 1836]; ‘the first time this Season, the popular Sketch Called The Actress of all Work’ [William Henry Oxberry, 1819]; ‘To Conclude with the admired Legendary Drama entitled Mistletoe Bough, or Young Lovell’s Bride’ [Charles A. Somerset, 1834].

The advertisement lists a dance to be performed and includes a list of the actors, and the names of the characters they portray, for each play.
The Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 20 January vol. 4 no. 234 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Victorine, or, I'll Sleep On It 1838 single work drama ; Therese, or, The Orphan of Geneva John Howard Payne , 1821 single work drama ; The Actress of All Work William Oxberry , 1819 single work drama

Review and plot outline of the drama Victorine performed at the Theatre Royal, Sydney on 15 January 1838 and reviews of The Actress of All Work and Therese, both performed at the same theatre on 18 January 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 18 April vol. 4 no. 259 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Queer Subject Joseph Stirling Coyne , 1836 single work drama ; The Actress of All Work William Oxberry , 1819 single work drama ; Mistletoe Bough C. A. Somerset , 1834 single work drama ; Henriette the Forsaken John Baldwin Buckstone , 1832 single work drama

Review of performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 14 and 16 April 1838.
Theatre Royal, Sydney : Actress of All Work &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 18 January vol. 36 no. 3068 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 17 January vol. 4 no. 233 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for: Performance on 18 January 1838 of: 'the Dramatic Sketch in one Act, called the Actress of All Work', [William Oxberry,1819] and 'Drama in three Acts, called Therese, or, The Orphan of Geneva', [Henri Joseph Brahaim Ducange Victor, translated and adapted for the English stage by John Howard Payne,1821]
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Peregrinations of Pickwick, &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 19 June vol. 36 no. 4033 1838; (p. 3)

An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 19 June 1838 of The Peregrinations of Pickwick, The Actress of All Work, and The Death Token.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Luke the Labourer &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 19 December vol. 4 no. 329 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 20 December vol. 36 no. 4112 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 20 December 1838 of the 'favourite Drama, entitled Luke the Labourer', 'the Interlude of The Actress of All Work' and 'for the first time in this colony, a laughable Farce, called The Man with the Carpet Bag'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Queer Subject &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 14 April vol. 36 no. 4005 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 14 April vol. 4 no. 258 1838; (p. 1)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 14 April 1838 of: ‘the laughable Entertainment called The Queer Subject’ [Joseph Stirling Coyne, 1836]; ‘the first time this Season, the popular Sketch Called The Actress of all Work’ [William Henry Oxberry, 1819]; ‘To Conclude with the admired Legendary Drama entitled Mistletoe Bough, or Young Lovell’s Bride’ [Charles A. Somerset, 1834].

The advertisement lists a dance to be performed and includes a list of the actors, and the names of the characters they portray, for each play.
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