The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi single work   drama   - Three acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi
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Production Details

  • First produced at the Princess's Theatre, Melbourne, 14 March 1868.

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First known date: 1868
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The Theatres 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Argus , 16 March 1868; (p. 5)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen Dion Boucicault , 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi W. B. Gill , 1868 single work drama
The Theatres, &c. Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 21 March vol. 4 no. 103 (New Series) 1868; (p. 370)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen Dion Boucicault , 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi W. B. Gill , 1868 single work drama ; Acis and Galatea ; Or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte F. C. Burnand , 1863 single work musical theatre

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.
The Theatres, &c. Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 21 March vol. 4 no. 103 (New Series) 1868; (p. 370)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen Dion Boucicault , 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi W. B. Gill , 1868 single work drama ; Acis and Galatea ; Or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte F. C. Burnand , 1863 single work musical theatre

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.
The Theatres 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Argus , 16 March 1868; (p. 5)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen Dion Boucicault , 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi W. B. Gill , 1868 single work drama
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