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My Wife's Daughter is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era; and/or is the subject of Australian literary comment, adaptation or creative writing.
Production Details
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First produced at the Olympic Theatre, The Strand, London, 14 October 1850. (Source: Nicoll, Allardyce A History of English Drama, 1660-1900. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1952.)
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Performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, November 1868.
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Works about this Work
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Notes by Buggins
1868
single work
prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 21 November vol. 19 no. 1337 1868; (p. 7)Buggins comments on the financial shortages faced by the new New South Wales government and also requests the new government to 'introduce the long needed reform in the police force'.
Buggins then reflects: 'We have had very little novelty in the way of amusements this week'. He notes the Prince of Wales Opera House's production of Edward Fitzball's Christmas Eve; or, A Duel in the Snow, H. J. Byron's burlesque The Lady of Lyons and, in a little more detail, Joseph Stirling Coyne's My Wife's Daughter. Buggins briefly mentions the amusements at the Sydney Mechanic's School of Arts and at the Varieties.
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Prince of Wales Opera House : [My Wife's Daughter]
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 November no. 5300 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of My Wife's Daughter 1850 single work dramaA review of the 16 November 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Joseph Stirling Coyne's My Wife's Daughter. (Edward Fitzball's Christmas Eve and H. J. Byron's The Lady of Lyons were also produced on 16 November, but are barely mentioned in the review.)
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Prince of Wales Opera House : Christmas Eve, &c.
1868
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 16 November no. 5299 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 17 November no. 5300 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 18 November no. 5301 1868; (p. 1)An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Edward Fitzball's Christmas Eve, Joseph Stirling Coyne's My Wife's Daughter and H. J. Byron's The Lady of Lyons on 16, 17 and 18 November 1868.
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Prince of Wales Opera House : [My Wife's Daughter]
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 November no. 5300 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of My Wife's Daughter 1850 single work dramaA review of the 16 November 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Joseph Stirling Coyne's My Wife's Daughter. (Edward Fitzball's Christmas Eve and H. J. Byron's The Lady of Lyons were also produced on 16 November, but are barely mentioned in the review.)
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Prince of Wales Opera House : Christmas Eve, &c.
1868
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 16 November no. 5299 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 17 November no. 5300 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 18 November no. 5301 1868; (p. 1)An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Edward Fitzball's Christmas Eve, Joseph Stirling Coyne's My Wife's Daughter and H. J. Byron's The Lady of Lyons on 16, 17 and 18 November 1868.
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Notes by Buggins
1868
single work
prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 21 November vol. 19 no. 1337 1868; (p. 7)Buggins comments on the financial shortages faced by the new New South Wales government and also requests the new government to 'introduce the long needed reform in the police force'.
Buggins then reflects: 'We have had very little novelty in the way of amusements this week'. He notes the Prince of Wales Opera House's production of Edward Fitzball's Christmas Eve; or, A Duel in the Snow, H. J. Byron's burlesque The Lady of Lyons and, in a little more detail, Joseph Stirling Coyne's My Wife's Daughter. Buggins briefly mentions the amusements at the Sydney Mechanic's School of Arts and at the Varieties.
