The Loan of a Lover (International) assertion single work   musical theatre   - One act
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1834... 1834 The Loan of a Lover
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Notes

  • Vaudeville.
  • James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era; and/or is the subject of Australian literary comment, adaptation or creative writing.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Olympic Theatre, London, 29 September 1834. (Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.)

  • Performed at the Theatre Royal, Ballarat, November 1867; at the Royal Victorian Theatre, Sydney, August 1868; and at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, December 1868.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Prince of Wales Opera House : [Loan of a Lover] 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 December no. 5318 1868; (p. 2)

The Empire comments briefly on the 7 December 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of James Robinson's Planche's Loan of a Lover and Richard Butler's The Irish Tutor; or, New Lights. (The latter was not mentioned in advertisements for the 7 December programme.)

Prince of Wales Opera House : The Loan of a Lover 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 7 December no. 5317 1868; (p. 2)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover on 7 December 1868. The performance was included in a three-night programme presented by Foley's Juvenile Troupe.

Amateur Entertainment at Victoria House 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 30 September no. 5261 1868; (p. 2)

The Empire reports on a 'fashionable amateur performance' given by the employees of Farmer, Painter and Pope (drapers of Pitt Street) on 28 September 1868. The evening began with James Robinson Planché's The Loan of a Lover and this was followed by 'a new adaptation of the Oriental burlesque of "Blue Beard"'. The latter was 'introduced by a sprightly prologue, specially written for the occasion by Mr. Frank Hutchinson'.

Royal Victoria Theatre : Sink or Swim, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 10 August no. 5217 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 11 August no. 5218 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre's 'complimentary benefit to Mr. W. Lloyd, for seven years stage manager to Lyster's Royal Italian and English Opera Company', 11 August 1868. The benefit includes productions of Thomas Morton's Sink or Swim and James Robinson Planche's The Loan and the Lover, together with a 'grand concert'.

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Loan of a Lover, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 10 August no. 5217 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover and [Charles Webb's] Belphegor, the Mountebank; or, Woman's Constancy on 10 August 1868.

[Untitled] 1867 single work review
— Appears in: The Ballarat Courier , Thursday, 7 November no. 130 1867; (p. 2)

— Review of London Assurance Dion Boucicault , 1841 single work drama ; The Loan of a Lover James Robinson Planche , 1834 single work musical theatre

A generally favourable review of the repeat performances of London Assurance and the Loan of a Lover. Unfortunately, once again, attendance was poor.

[Untitled] 1867 single work review
— Appears in: The Ballarat Courier , Wednesday, 6 November no. 129 1867; (p. 2)

— Review of London Assurance Dion Boucicault , 1841 single work drama ; The Loan of a Lover James Robinson Planche , 1834 single work musical theatre

A favourable review of Miss Kate Denin in the comedy London Assurance and Miss Tilly Earle in the farce The Loan of a Lover.

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Loan of a Lover, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 10 August no. 5217 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover and [Charles Webb's] Belphegor, the Mountebank; or, Woman's Constancy on 10 August 1868.

Royal Victoria Theatre : Sink or Swim, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 10 August no. 5217 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 11 August no. 5218 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre's 'complimentary benefit to Mr. W. Lloyd, for seven years stage manager to Lyster's Royal Italian and English Opera Company', 11 August 1868. The benefit includes productions of Thomas Morton's Sink or Swim and James Robinson Planche's The Loan and the Lover, together with a 'grand concert'.

Amateur Entertainment at Victoria House 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 30 September no. 5261 1868; (p. 2)

The Empire reports on a 'fashionable amateur performance' given by the employees of Farmer, Painter and Pope (drapers of Pitt Street) on 28 September 1868. The evening began with James Robinson Planché's The Loan of a Lover and this was followed by 'a new adaptation of the Oriental burlesque of "Blue Beard"'. The latter was 'introduced by a sprightly prologue, specially written for the occasion by Mr. Frank Hutchinson'.

Prince of Wales Opera House : The Loan of a Lover 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 7 December no. 5317 1868; (p. 2)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover on 7 December 1868. The performance was included in a three-night programme presented by Foley's Juvenile Troupe.

Prince of Wales Opera House : [Loan of a Lover] 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 December no. 5318 1868; (p. 2)

The Empire comments briefly on the 7 December 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of James Robinson's Planche's Loan of a Lover and Richard Butler's The Irish Tutor; or, New Lights. (The latter was not mentioned in advertisements for the 7 December programme.)

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