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Farce
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Charles Mathews's Who Killed Cock Robin 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 Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 13 November 1865. (Source: Nicoll, Allardyce A History of English Drama, 1660-1900. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1952.)
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Performed at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, September 1866.
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Performed at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, March 1868.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Theatres, &c.
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 14 March vol. 4 no. 102 (New Series) 1868; (p. 338)
— Review of Acis and Galatea ; Or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte 1863 single work musical theatre ; Who Killed Cock Robin? 1865 single work drama ; The Hidden Hand 1864 single work dramaA review of the March 1868 productions of Tom Taylor's The Hidden Hand at the Theatre Royal and Charles Mathews' Who Killed Cock Robin? at the Princess's Theatre. Francis Cowley Burnand's Acis and Galatea is also reviewed; it was produced simultaneously at the Theatre Royal and at the Princess's Theatre.
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The Theatres, &c.
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 14 March vol. 4 no. 102 (New Series) 1868; (p. 338)
— Review of Acis and Galatea ; Or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte 1863 single work musical theatre ; Who Killed Cock Robin? 1865 single work drama ; The Hidden Hand 1864 single work dramaA review of the March 1868 productions of Tom Taylor's The Hidden Hand at the Theatre Royal and Charles Mathews' Who Killed Cock Robin? at the Princess's Theatre. Francis Cowley Burnand's Acis and Galatea is also reviewed; it was produced simultaneously at the Theatre Royal and at the Princess's Theatre.
