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A review of the March 1868 production of Dion Boucicault's Collen Bawn at the Theatre Royal and W. B. Gill's Red Island at the Princess's Theatre. Francis Cowley Burnand's Acis and Galatea is also mentioned; it was being produced simultaneously at the Theatre Royal and at the Princess's Theatre.
Jaques also notes other theatrical happenings in Melbourne and records news of the death of English actor Charles Kean who had performed on the Melbourne stage in 1863.
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Epigraph: Give me leave/ To speak my mind. – Shakespeare
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Review of:
- Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work drama
- The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi 1868 single work drama
- Acis and Galatea ; Or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte 1863 single work musical theatre
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