The Epsom Downs on a Derby Day (International) assertion single work   drama   - One act
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1818... 1818 The Epsom Downs on a Derby Day
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Notes

  • Sketch.
  • Epsom Downs on a Derby Day is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Royal Coburg Theatre, London, 1 June 1818.

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

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First known date: 1818
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Works about this Work

Prince of Wales Opera House : The Derby Day, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 5 September no. 5240 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 7 September no. 5241 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 8 September no. 5242 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 9 September no. 5243 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 10 September no. 5244 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 11 September no. 5245 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Robert Whitworth's The Derby Day, John Maddison Morton's Your Life's in Danger and of the sketch The Epsom Downs on a Derby Day on 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 September 1868.

The version of the advertisement published on 5 September 1868 includes the information that the winning jockey of the Australian Derby will be presented with 'a handsome mounted riding whip' during the evening's performance.
Prince of Wales Opera House : The Derby Day, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 5 September no. 5240 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 7 September no. 5241 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 8 September no. 5242 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 9 September no. 5243 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 10 September no. 5244 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 11 September no. 5245 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Robert Whitworth's The Derby Day, John Maddison Morton's Your Life's in Danger and of the sketch The Epsom Downs on a Derby Day on 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 September 1868.

The version of the advertisement published on 5 September 1868 includes the information that the winning jockey of the Australian Derby will be presented with 'a handsome mounted riding whip' during the evening's performance.
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