Luke the Labourer; or, The Lost Son (International) assertion single work   drama  
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1826... 1826 Luke the Labourer; or, The Lost Son
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Notes

  • John Baldwin Buckstone's melodrama Luke the Labourer is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, London, 17 October 1826.

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

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 3 November 1838.

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First known date: 1826
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Works about this Work

The Theatre William Kerr , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 November vol. 36 no. 4094 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Charles the Second, or, The Merry Monarch John Howard Payne , 1824 single work drama ; Luke the Labourer; or, The Lost Son John Baldwin Buckstone , 1826 single work drama
Royal Victoria Theatre : Charles the Second &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 3 November vol. 4 no. 316 1838; (p. 2) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 3 November vol. 36 no. 4092 1838; (p. 4)
Royal Victoria Theatre : Luke the Labourer &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 19 December vol. 4 no. 329 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 20 December vol. 36 no. 4112 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 20 December 1838 of the 'favourite Drama, entitled Luke the Labourer', 'the Interlude of The Actress of All Work' and 'for the first time in this colony, a laughable Farce, called The Man with the Carpet Bag'.
The Theatre William Kerr , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 November vol. 36 no. 4094 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Charles the Second, or, The Merry Monarch John Howard Payne , 1824 single work drama ; Luke the Labourer; or, The Lost Son John Baldwin Buckstone , 1826 single work drama
Royal Victoria Theatre : Charles the Second &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 3 November vol. 4 no. 316 1838; (p. 2) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 3 November vol. 36 no. 4092 1838; (p. 4)
Royal Victoria Theatre : Luke the Labourer &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 19 December vol. 4 no. 329 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 20 December vol. 36 no. 4112 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 20 December 1838 of the 'favourite Drama, entitled Luke the Labourer', 'the Interlude of The Actress of All Work' and 'for the first time in this colony, a laughable Farce, called The Man with the Carpet Bag'.
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