The Cabinet (International) assertion single work   musical theatre   opera   humour  
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1802... 1802 The Cabinet
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Notes

  • Dibdin's The Cabinet is included in AustLit because it falls within the parameters of the Colonial Newspapers and Magazines Project.
  • Music: Reeve, Moorhead, Davy, Corri and Braham

    [Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966]

Production Details

  • First produced at Covent Garden, London, 9 February 1802.

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

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Royal Victoria Theatre : Mrs. Clarke's Benefit 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 5 September vol. 4 no. 299 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 4 September vol. 36 no. 4066 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 September vol. 36 no. 4067 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for the benefit performance for Mrs Clarke at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 6 September 1838 to include the 'celebrated Comic Opera of The Cabinet' and 'Giovanni in London'. 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.

Mrs Clarke was the colonial actor, manager and singer Anne Clarke (ca. 1806 - ?). Clarke arrived in Australia (Hobart Town) in August 1834 as Anne Remans. She married Michael Clarke in October 1834.

Source: Parsons, Philip with Chance, Victoria (eds.). Concise Companion to Theatre in Australia (Paddington, New South Wales : Currency Press, 1997)

Royal Victoria Theatre : Mrs. Clarke's Benefit 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 5 September vol. 4 no. 299 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 4 September vol. 36 no. 4066 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 September vol. 36 no. 4067 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for the benefit performance for Mrs Clarke at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 6 September 1838 to include the 'celebrated Comic Opera of The Cabinet' and 'Giovanni in London'. 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.

Mrs Clarke was the colonial actor, manager and singer Anne Clarke (ca. 1806 - ?). Clarke arrived in Australia (Hobart Town) in August 1834 as Anne Remans. She married Michael Clarke in October 1834.

Source: Parsons, Philip with Chance, Victoria (eds.). Concise Companion to Theatre in Australia (Paddington, New South Wales : Currency Press, 1997)

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