First produced in England in either 1828 or 1832. The 1828 version was by the English author Richard Brinsley Peake. Allardyce Nicoll describes both the versions he lists in A History of English Drama 1660-1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966) as melodrama. The Royal Victoria Theatre advertisement describes the Haunted Inn as a farce. AustLit has not yet established which version of the play was produced in Sydney in 1838.
Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, August 1838.
Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 16 August 1838 to include the 'Farce of the Haunted Inn' and the 'Drama called Gil Blas'.
Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 16 August 1838 to include the 'Farce of the Haunted Inn' and the 'Drama called Gil Blas'.