The Queer Subject (International) assertion single work   drama   humour  
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1836... 1836 The Queer Subject
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Notes

  • Joseph Stirling Coyne's drama The Queer Subject is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, London, England, 28 November 1836.

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

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wlaes, April 1838.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Irish Tutor &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 2 June vol. 4 no. 272 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 2 June vol. 36 no. 4026 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 2 June 1838 of the 'Comic Entertainment, called The Irish Tutor', the 'laughable Farce, entitled The Queer Subject' and 'Buckstone's Historical Drama, entitled the Duchess de la Vaubliere'.

Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 14 April vol. 4 no. 258 1838; (p. 2)

— Review of The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare , 1594-1597 single work drama ; The Queer Subject Joseph Stirling Coyne , 1836 single work drama

Review of performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 10 April 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 Merchant of Venice &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 12 April vol. 36 no. 4004 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 11 April vol. 4 no. 257 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 12 April 1838 of: William Shakespeare’s '... admired Play of the Merchant of Venice’; ‘the laughable Interlude called No! ’ [William Henry Murray, 1826]; ‘To conclude with an entirely new and popular Farce, called The Queer Subject’ [Joseph Stirling Coyne, 1836]

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 William Kerr , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 17 April vol. 36 no. 4006 1838; (p. 2)

— Review of The Merchant's Wedding; Or, London Frolics in 1638 James Robinson Planche , 1828 single work drama ; The Queer Subject Joseph Stirling Coyne , 1836 single work drama
Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 14 April vol. 4 no. 258 1838; (p. 2)

— Review of The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare , 1594-1597 single work drama ; The Queer Subject Joseph Stirling Coyne , 1836 single work drama

Review of performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 10 April 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 Irish Tutor &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 2 June vol. 4 no. 272 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 2 June vol. 36 no. 4026 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 2 June 1838 of the 'Comic Entertainment, called The Irish Tutor', the 'laughable Farce, entitled The Queer Subject' and 'Buckstone's Historical Drama, entitled the Duchess de la Vaubliere'.

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Merchant of Venice &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 12 April vol. 36 no. 4004 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 11 April vol. 4 no. 257 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 12 April 1838 of: William Shakespeare’s '... admired Play of the Merchant of Venice’; ‘the laughable Interlude called No! ’ [William Henry Murray, 1826]; ‘To conclude with an entirely new and popular Farce, called The Queer Subject’ [Joseph Stirling Coyne, 1836]

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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