Asmodeus, the Little Demon; Or, The Devil's Share (International) assertion single work   drama   humour   - Two acts
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1843... 1843 Asmodeus, the Little Demon; Or, The Devil's Share
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Notes

  • Farce.
  • Thomas Archer's Asmodeus is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Surrey Theatre, Blackfriars Road, London, 12 June 1843. (Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.)

  • Performed at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, Melbourne, May 1868.

Works about this Work

The Theatre, &c. 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 30 May vol. 4 no. 113 (New Series) 1868; (p. 690)

— Review of Not a Bad Judge James Robinson Planche , 1848 single work drama ; The Iron Chest George Colman (The Younger) , 1796 single work drama ; Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair ; Or, The Giant Horse and the Siege of Troy W. M. Akhurst , 1868 single work musical theatre ; Asmodeus, the Little Demon; Or, The Devil's Share Thomas Archer , 1843 single work drama ; The Creole; Or, Love's Letters Shirley Brooks , 1847 single work drama

A review of the performances of James Robinson Planche's Not a Bad Judge, George Colman's The Iron Chest and W. M. Akhurst's The Siege of Troy at the Theatre Royal Melbourne, and of Thomas Archer's Asmodeus and Shirley Brooks's The Creole at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, May 1868

The Theatre, &c. 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 30 May vol. 4 no. 113 (New Series) 1868; (p. 690)

— Review of Not a Bad Judge James Robinson Planche , 1848 single work drama ; The Iron Chest George Colman (The Younger) , 1796 single work drama ; Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair ; Or, The Giant Horse and the Siege of Troy W. M. Akhurst , 1868 single work musical theatre ; Asmodeus, the Little Demon; Or, The Devil's Share Thomas Archer , 1843 single work drama ; The Creole; Or, Love's Letters Shirley Brooks , 1847 single work drama

A review of the performances of James Robinson Planche's Not a Bad Judge, George Colman's The Iron Chest and W. M. Akhurst's The Siege of Troy at the Theatre Royal Melbourne, and of Thomas Archer's Asmodeus and Shirley Brooks's The Creole at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, May 1868

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