Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg (International) assertion single work   drama   - Two acts
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Issue Details: First known date: 1797... 1797 Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg
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Notes

  • Adapted from M. G. Lewis's novel The Monk: A Romance [1795].
  • H. W. Grosette's Raymond and Agnes is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.
  • Advertised in the Sydney Morning Herald, 23 September 1868: 8 under the title Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg; the same production was advertised in the Empire, 19 September 1868: 1 under the title Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Tendenburgh. The former sub-title was used for English productions of the play; the latter seems only to appear in the Empire.
  • Various editions published between 1811 and 1850 of the play by Grosette are listed on OCLC World Cat website.

Production Details

  • First produced at Covent Garden, London, June 1797. (Source: Evans, Bertrand. Gothic Drama from Walpole to Shelley (University of California Press, 1947 ): 241.)

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, September 1838

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

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First known date: ca. 1797
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Notes by Buggins Buggins , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 26 September vol. 19 no. 1329 1868; (p. 9-10)

Buggins comments on a fight between patrons at the Prince of Wales Opera House during the previous week; those involved were members of the crew of the Charybdis and 'wearing her Majesty's uniform'.

Buggins reflects on the sometimes dubious practice of adapting works for the stage and then discusses the previous week's performances at the Prince of Wales Opera House: 'Sarah the Creole is not an interesting play' and both it and Raymond and Agnes are 'played too slowly'. 'Azael, or the Prodigal Son is in preparation' and 'new and very elaborate scenery has been painted for it'.

Buggins also mentions that he has 'paid a visit to the Scandinavian' and 'is bound to acknowledge that the performance was remarkably good, and the audience highly respectable'.
Prince of Wales Opera House : East Lynne, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 25 September no. 5257 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Oxenford's East Lynne and H. W. Grosette's Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg on 25 September 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Oliver Twist, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 21 September no. 5253 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 23 September no. 5255 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Oliver Twist and of H. W. Gosette's Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg (spelled 'Lindenburgh') on 21 and 23 September 1868. (The 23 September advertisement also notes that Edward Fitzball's Azael the Prodigal is in 'active preparation'.)
Prince of Wales Opera House : My Poll and My Partner Joe, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 19 September no. 5252 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Thomas Haines's My Poll and My Partner Joe and H. W. Grosette's Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg (advertised as 'Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Tendenburg') on 19 September 1868. The advertisement also announces a performance of Oliver Twist on 21 September 1868.
The Dog Bruin Royal Victoria Theatre : Greatest Treat of the Season : The Dog Bruin : For This Night Only'. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 8 September vol. 4 no. 300 1838; (p. 2) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 September vol. 36 no. 4068 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 11 September vol. 36 no. 4069 1838; (p. 1)

Advertisement for benefit performances for Mr. [J. H. S.] Lee at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 11 September 1838 to include a 'Drama, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated Novel of the "Talisman," called Richard Coeur De Lion; or, The Crusader and His Dog' and the 'popular and interesting Melo-Drama, called Raymond and Agnes, or the Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg '.

J. H. S. Lee was an Australian actor, actor manager, 'utility man' (an actor who plays many small parts) and comedian. According to Philip Parsons and Victoria Chance he was the 'first to work regularly with performing dogs and one of [the] first to sing blackface minstrel songs'. Parsons and Chance mention that Lee introduced "Jumping Jim Crow" 'a blackface minstrel act' in Hobart in 1843. This was not the first time he performed the work,The advertisement for his September 1838 benefit announces that 'Mr Lee, for the first time, will Jump Jim Crow'. He also seems to have been an exponent of stage fights as the advertisement mentions a fight scene from 'the celebrated Roman Drama of the Horatii and Curatii' as part of the varied entertainment for the benefit. The advertisement includes a description of the scenes and a list of the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play

Source: Parsons, Philip, with Chance, Victoria. Concise Companion to Theatre in Australia (Sydney, Currency Press, 1997): 157
Prince of Wales Opera House : My Poll and My Partner Joe, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 19 September no. 5252 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Thomas Haines's My Poll and My Partner Joe and H. W. Grosette's Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg (advertised as 'Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Tendenburg') on 19 September 1868. The advertisement also announces a performance of Oliver Twist on 21 September 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Oliver Twist, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 21 September no. 5253 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 23 September no. 5255 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Oliver Twist and of H. W. Gosette's Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg (spelled 'Lindenburgh') on 21 and 23 September 1868. (The 23 September advertisement also notes that Edward Fitzball's Azael the Prodigal is in 'active preparation'.)
Prince of Wales Opera House : East Lynne, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 25 September no. 5257 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Oxenford's East Lynne and H. W. Grosette's Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg on 25 September 1868.
The Dog Bruin Royal Victoria Theatre : Greatest Treat of the Season : The Dog Bruin : For This Night Only'. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 8 September vol. 4 no. 300 1838; (p. 2) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 September vol. 36 no. 4068 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 11 September vol. 36 no. 4069 1838; (p. 1)

Advertisement for benefit performances for Mr. [J. H. S.] Lee at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 11 September 1838 to include a 'Drama, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated Novel of the "Talisman," called Richard Coeur De Lion; or, The Crusader and His Dog' and the 'popular and interesting Melo-Drama, called Raymond and Agnes, or the Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg '.

J. H. S. Lee was an Australian actor, actor manager, 'utility man' (an actor who plays many small parts) and comedian. According to Philip Parsons and Victoria Chance he was the 'first to work regularly with performing dogs and one of [the] first to sing blackface minstrel songs'. Parsons and Chance mention that Lee introduced "Jumping Jim Crow" 'a blackface minstrel act' in Hobart in 1843. This was not the first time he performed the work,The advertisement for his September 1838 benefit announces that 'Mr Lee, for the first time, will Jump Jim Crow'. He also seems to have been an exponent of stage fights as the advertisement mentions a fight scene from 'the celebrated Roman Drama of the Horatii and Curatii' as part of the varied entertainment for the benefit. The advertisement includes a description of the scenes and a list of the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play

Source: Parsons, Philip, with Chance, Victoria. Concise Companion to Theatre in Australia (Sydney, Currency Press, 1997): 157
Notes by Buggins Buggins , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 26 September vol. 19 no. 1329 1868; (p. 9-10)

Buggins comments on a fight between patrons at the Prince of Wales Opera House during the previous week; those involved were members of the crew of the Charybdis and 'wearing her Majesty's uniform'.

Buggins reflects on the sometimes dubious practice of adapting works for the stage and then discusses the previous week's performances at the Prince of Wales Opera House: 'Sarah the Creole is not an interesting play' and both it and Raymond and Agnes are 'played too slowly'. 'Azael, or the Prodigal Son is in preparation' and 'new and very elaborate scenery has been painted for it'.

Buggins also mentions that he has 'paid a visit to the Scandinavian' and 'is bound to acknowledge that the performance was remarkably good, and the audience highly respectable'.
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