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Richard Brinsley Peake's One Hundred Pound Note is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.
Production Details
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First produced at Covent Garden, London, 7 February 1827.
Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.
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Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, September 1838.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Mr. Peck's Benefit
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 12 September vol. 4 no. 301 1838; (p. 2) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 15 September vol. 36 no. 4071 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 15 September vol. 4 no. 302 1838; (p. 1)Advertisement for benefit performance for Mr Peck on 15 September 1838 to 'the celebrated Operatic Legendary Drama, with the original Music, by Carl Maria Von Webber, in three Acts, entitled Der Freischultz' and the 'Farce, called the 100 Pound Note'. The performance included dance and comic songs 'The Grapes of Blarney', 'The Devil & the Waterman Fireman', and Mordecai's Courtship'. 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.The Der Freischultz production was advertised as 'the first real opera.'
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Mr. Peck's Benefit
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 12 September vol. 4 no. 301 1838; (p. 2) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 15 September vol. 36 no. 4071 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 15 September vol. 4 no. 302 1838; (p. 1)Advertisement for benefit performance for Mr Peck on 15 September 1838 to 'the celebrated Operatic Legendary Drama, with the original Music, by Carl Maria Von Webber, in three Acts, entitled Der Freischultz' and the 'Farce, called the 100 Pound Note'. The performance included dance and comic songs 'The Grapes of Blarney', 'The Devil & the Waterman Fireman', and Mordecai's Courtship'. 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.The Der Freischultz production was advertised as 'the first real opera.'
