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Issue Details: First known date: 1867... 1867 Caste
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Caste Max Afford , Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1938 8737655 1938 single work radio play

An adaptation of T.W. Robertson's play about a young French aristocrat who marries a penniless dancer and is then seemingly killed in battle, leaving behind his widow, his son, and a mother who disapproves of his marriage.

Notes

  • Thomas William Robertson's Caste is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era and was the subject of Australian adaptations.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, 6 April 1867.

  • Performed at the Duke of Edinburgh (aka Haymarket) Theatre, Melbourne, April and May 1868.

  • Performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House ('by special arrangement with the author's legal representative in Sydney'), Sydney, August 1868. (Source: 'Prince of Wales Opera House.' Empire 5222 (15 August 1868): 1.)

  • Performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, September 1868.

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First known date: 1867
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Works about this Work

The Theatres, &c. Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , 1868 single work single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 16 May vol. 4 no. 111 (New Series) 1868; (p. 626)
— Review of Caste Thomas William Robertson , 1867 single work drama

Jaques' review of a performance of Thomas William Robertson's Caste at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre is preceded by a lengthy overview of of the career of British actor Charles Panrucker Viner (whose stage name was Charles Vincent). Panrucker died in Melbourne on 10 May 1868 having been thrown by his horse ten days previously.
The Theatres, &c. Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 25 April vol. 4 no. 108 (New Series) 1868; (p. 530)
— Review of Caste Thomas William Robertson , 1867 single work drama ; The Water Witches Joseph Stirling Coyne , 1842 single work musical theatre ; Pauline; Or, A Night of Peril 1800 single work drama

A review of the April 1868 Duke of Edinburgh (aka Haymarket) Theatre productions of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Joseph Stirling Coyne's The Water Witches and the Theatre Royal production of Pauline; or, A Night of Peril.

With the impending closure at the Theatre Royal of local playwright William Akhurst's Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair; Or, The Giant Horse and the Siege of Troy, Jaques hopes for 'more to come' from Akhurst's hand, and expresses 'a strong objection to gentlemen who, being in the colony and writing plays, are put on one side for authors whose only recommendation is that they live on the north side of the equator. I hold to the opinion that we have the materials, and plenty of the workmen too, suitable for the production of suitable plays in the colony.'
The Theatres, &c. Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 18 April vol. 4 no. 107 (New Series) 1868; (p. 498)
— Review of Caste Thomas William Robertson , 1867 single work drama ; Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair ; Or, The Giant Horse and the Siege of Troy W. M. Akhurst , 1868 single work musical theatre

A review of the April 1868 Duke of Edinburgh Theatre production of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and the Theatre Royal's production of William Akhurst's burlesque Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair.
Notes by Buggins Buggins , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 29 August vol. 19 no. 1325 1868; (p. 9)

Buggins begins his weekly article with a reflection on life in a boarding house before embarking on recollections of his journalistic career in England and in Sydney.

Buggins then proceeds to discuss the new season at the Prince of Wales Opera House under 'the indefatigable lessee, Mr. W. Dind' and the productions (on separate nights) of Thomas William Robertson's Caste, W. T. Moncrieff 's Jewess; or, The Council of Constance and George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation.

Lastly, Buggins records a personal reflection on the death of Archdeacon John McEncroe.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Under the Gaslight, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 September no. 5250 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Augustin Daly's Under the Gaslight and John Maddison Morton's Whitebait at Greenwich on 17 September 1868. The advertisement also notes a performance of Thomas William Robertson's Caste on 17 September 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 25 August no. 5230 1868; (p. 3)
— Review of Caste Thomas William Robertson , 1867 single work drama
The Theatres, &c. Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 18 April vol. 4 no. 107 (New Series) 1868; (p. 498)
— Review of Caste Thomas William Robertson , 1867 single work drama ; Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair ; Or, The Giant Horse and the Siege of Troy W. M. Akhurst , 1868 single work musical theatre

A review of the April 1868 Duke of Edinburgh Theatre production of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and the Theatre Royal's production of William Akhurst's burlesque Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair.
The Theatres, &c. Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 25 April vol. 4 no. 108 (New Series) 1868; (p. 530)
— Review of Caste Thomas William Robertson , 1867 single work drama ; The Water Witches Joseph Stirling Coyne , 1842 single work musical theatre ; Pauline; Or, A Night of Peril 1800 single work drama

A review of the April 1868 Duke of Edinburgh (aka Haymarket) Theatre productions of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Joseph Stirling Coyne's The Water Witches and the Theatre Royal production of Pauline; or, A Night of Peril.

With the impending closure at the Theatre Royal of local playwright William Akhurst's Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair; Or, The Giant Horse and the Siege of Troy, Jaques hopes for 'more to come' from Akhurst's hand, and expresses 'a strong objection to gentlemen who, being in the colony and writing plays, are put on one side for authors whose only recommendation is that they live on the north side of the equator. I hold to the opinion that we have the materials, and plenty of the workmen too, suitable for the production of suitable plays in the colony.'
The Theatres, &c. Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , 1868 single work single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 16 May vol. 4 no. 111 (New Series) 1868; (p. 626)
— Review of Caste Thomas William Robertson , 1867 single work drama

Jaques' review of a performance of Thomas William Robertson's Caste at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre is preceded by a lengthy overview of of the career of British actor Charles Panrucker Viner (whose stage name was Charles Vincent). Panrucker died in Melbourne on 10 May 1868 having been thrown by his horse ten days previously.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Caste, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 15 August no. 5222 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 17 August no. 5223 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 18 August no. 5224 1868; (p. 1) The Freeman's Journal , 15 August vol. 19 no. 1323 1868; (p. 15)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Thomas Morton's A Roland for an Oliver on 15 August 1868.

(Performances on 15 August 1868 mark the beginning of a new season at the Prince of Wales Opera House. Mr Hoskins, associated with the Royal Victoria Theatre immediately prior to this, is now the manager of the Prince of Wales.)
Prince of Wales Opera House 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 August no. 5223 1868; (p. 3)

A short notice commenting on the fact that 'the company recently playing at the Victoria Theatre', has commenced 'a new season at the Prince of Wales Opera House'. The opening productions of the season were Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Thomas Morton's A Roland for an Oliver.
Prince of Wales Opera House 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 18 August no. 5224 1868; (p. 3)

A brief column about the 17 August 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Thomas Morton's A Roland for an Oliver. The writer for the Empire notes that there was 'a poor house' and that 'those who omit witnessing the performance of Caste lose a treat, and – a great social lesson'.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Caste, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 19 August no. 5225 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 20 August no. 5226 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Charles Mathew's Why Did You Die? on 15 August 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Caste, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 22 August no. 5228 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Thomas William Robertson's Caste and Charles Selby's Robert Macaire on 22 August 1868.
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