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Notes
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Douglas William Jerrold's burlesque Dolly and the Rat is included in AustLit because it falls within the parameters of the Colonial Newspapers and Magazines Project.
Production Details
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First produced at the Olympic Theatre, London, 6 January 1823.
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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Last Night of the Season : J. Meredith's Benefit
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 26 September vol. 4 no. 305 (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 22 September vol. 4 no. 304 1838; (p. 2)An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 27 September 1838 for the benefit of J. Meredith of the 'admired Drama of The Miller's Maid taken from Bloomfield's celebrated Poem so called', the 'laughable Farce, called Kill or Cure' and the 'Comic Extravaganza being a parody on the Maid and Magpie, entitled Dolly and the Rat'.
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Last Night of the Season : J. Meredith's Benefit
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 26 September vol. 4 no. 305 (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 22 September vol. 4 no. 304 1838; (p. 2)An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 27 September 1838 for the benefit of J. Meredith of the 'admired Drama of The Miller's Maid taken from Bloomfield's celebrated Poem so called', the 'laughable Farce, called Kill or Cure' and the 'Comic Extravaganza being a parody on the Maid and Magpie, entitled Dolly and the Rat'.
