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Gilbert Abbott À Beckett's farce The Man with the Carpet Bag is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.
Production Details
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First produced at the Strand Theatre, London, 1835.
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, for the first time in this colony', 20 December 1838.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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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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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'.
