A melodrama in two acts entitled 'The Brigand' in which was a character called Massaroni, the Italian Brigand Chief, was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, on 10 November 1829. This may have been the version produced in Sydney in the 1830s.
Source: The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 146 (November, 1829): 460
Performed at the Theatre Royal, Sydney in September 1835.
Performed at the Royal Victoria, Sydney, August 1838.
A column on the coming benefit performance for the actors Mrs Larra and Eliza Winstanley. The author (William Kerr?) discusses the merits of both actors writing that he does not 'know no two performers on the stage who have stronger claims on the liberality of the public ... Mrs Larra, independent altogether of her claims as an actress, which are second to none on the stage, has a strong hold on the affections of the people from her long residence in the Colony ... Miss Winstanley is without exception, the most rising actress on the stage. She made her debut in theatrical life in Sydney ...'.
Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 22 December 1838 of the 'Melo-Drama, entitled The Brigand' and the 'Nautical Drama, called Bound 'Prentice to a Waterman'.
Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 29 December 1838 of the 'Drama of Clari' and the 'favorite Melo-Drama called The Brigand'.
An advertisement for a joint benefit performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, for Mrs Larra and Eliza Winstanley on 30 August 1838 to include a 'new Domestic Drama, called The Victim of St Vincent' and 'Massaroni'.
An advertisement for a joint benefit performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, for Mrs Larra and Eliza Winstanley on 30 August 1838 to include a 'new Domestic Drama, called The Victim of St Vincent' and 'Massaroni'.
A column on the coming benefit performance for the actors Mrs Larra and Eliza Winstanley. The author (William Kerr?) discusses the merits of both actors writing that he does not 'know no two performers on the stage who have stronger claims on the liberality of the public ... Mrs Larra, independent altogether of her claims as an actress, which are second to none on the stage, has a strong hold on the affections of the people from her long residence in the Colony ... Miss Winstanley is without exception, the most rising actress on the stage. She made her debut in theatrical life in Sydney ...'.
Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 22 December 1838 of the 'Melo-Drama, entitled The Brigand' and the 'Nautical Drama, called Bound 'Prentice to a Waterman'.
Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 29 December 1838 of the 'Drama of Clari' and the 'favorite Melo-Drama called The Brigand'.