Black Sheep (International) assertion single work   drama   - Three acts
Alternative title: Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 Black Sheep
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Notes

  • Adapted by John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates from Yates's novel Black Sheep.
  • John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Black Sheep is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Olympic Theatre, The Strand, London, 25 April 1868.

  • Performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House, under the title ' Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion', Sydney, October 1868.

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First known date: 1868
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Works about this Work

Notes by Buggins Buggins , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 7 November vol. 19 no. 1335 1868; (p. 10)

Buggins reflects on the change of government in New South Wales before turning his attention to the 'considerable amount of "talk" in literary circles, about the discovery of a new poem, by John Milton.'

Buggins then comments on recent offerings in Sydney theatres: the Prince of Wales Opera House has had a production of John Palgrave Simpson's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep). In his detailed notes on the production, Buggins concludes: 'I don't remember having seen, even in London, a drama better rendered – particularly as regards the characters sustained by Miss Rosa Cooper and Mr. Hoskins'.
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Stewart Routh] 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 5 November no. 5291 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of Black Sheep John Palgrave Simpson , Edmund Hodgson Yates , 1868 single work drama

A brief review of the 4 November 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep). The writer for the Empire is at a loss to explain why attendances in Sydney are poor when the play is attracting great success in London and Melbourne.
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Stewart Routh] 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 3 November no. 5289 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of Black Sheep John Palgrave Simpson , Edmund Hodgson Yates , 1868 single work drama

A review of the 2 November 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep).
Prince of Wales Opera House : Stewart Routh, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 2 November no. 5288 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 3 November no. 5289 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 4 November no. 5290 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 5 November no. 5291 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 6 November no. 5292 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of the 'new sensation drama, received by the last mail', John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep) and Edward Fitzball's Azael; or, The Prodigal of Memphis on 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 November 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Macbeth, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 31 October no. 5287 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for a performance of William Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice, together with Charles Selby's farce The Bonnie Fish Wife, at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 31 October 1868.

Also noted is the 2 November 1868 premiere of the 'sensational new drama' Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (produced in England under the title Black Sheep), written by John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates.
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Stewart Routh] 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 3 November no. 5289 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of Black Sheep John Palgrave Simpson , Edmund Hodgson Yates , 1868 single work drama

A review of the 2 November 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep).
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Stewart Routh] 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 5 November no. 5291 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of Black Sheep John Palgrave Simpson , Edmund Hodgson Yates , 1868 single work drama

A brief review of the 4 November 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep). The writer for the Empire is at a loss to explain why attendances in Sydney are poor when the play is attracting great success in London and Melbourne.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Macbeth, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 31 October no. 5287 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for a performance of William Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice, together with Charles Selby's farce The Bonnie Fish Wife, at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 31 October 1868.

Also noted is the 2 November 1868 premiere of the 'sensational new drama' Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (produced in England under the title Black Sheep), written by John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Stewart Routh, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 2 November no. 5288 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 3 November no. 5289 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 4 November no. 5290 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 5 November no. 5291 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 6 November no. 5292 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of the 'new sensation drama, received by the last mail', John Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Hodgson Yates's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep) and Edward Fitzball's Azael; or, The Prodigal of Memphis on 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 November 1868.
Notes by Buggins Buggins , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 7 November vol. 19 no. 1335 1868; (p. 10)

Buggins reflects on the change of government in New South Wales before turning his attention to the 'considerable amount of "talk" in literary circles, about the discovery of a new poem, by John Milton.'

Buggins then comments on recent offerings in Sydney theatres: the Prince of Wales Opera House has had a production of John Palgrave Simpson's Stewart Routh; or, Woman's Devotion (aka Black Sheep). In his detailed notes on the production, Buggins concludes: 'I don't remember having seen, even in London, a drama better rendered – particularly as regards the characters sustained by Miss Rosa Cooper and Mr. Hoskins'.
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