Captain Stevens (International) assertion single work   drama   humour  
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1832... 1832 Captain Stevens
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Notes

  • Charles Selby's farce Captain Stevens is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the New City Theatre, London, 31 December 1832.

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

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 12 June 1838.

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Works about this Work

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Death Token &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 12 June vol. 36 no. 4030 1838; (p. 3)

An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, on 12 June 1838 of The Death Token, 'the farce called Captain Stevens' and Frederick the Great; or, The Female Sentinel.

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Death Token &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 12 June vol. 36 no. 4030 1838; (p. 3)

An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, on 12 June 1838 of The Death Token, 'the farce called Captain Stevens' and Frederick the Great; or, The Female Sentinel.

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