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Dion Boucicault's The Willow Copse 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 Adelphi Theatre, London, 26 November 1849. (Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.)
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Performed at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, Melbourne, May 1868.
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The Theatres, &c.
1868
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— Appears in: The Australasian , 6 June vol. 4 no. 114 (New Series) 1868; (p. 722-723)Jaques provides a detailed report on Walter Montgomery's benefit appearances, particularly his recitals, declaring that Montgomery's rendition of Charles Dickens's 'The Bloomsbury Christening' 'offers one of the most wonderful instances I have seen of facial expression, and the rapidity of the change is no less remarkable than the perfect appropriateness'.
Jaques notes Melbourne's recent theatrical offerings (in less detail than his usual reviews), paying some attention to the production of Dion Boucicault's The Willow Copse at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre.
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The Theatres, &c.
1868
single work
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australasian , 6 June vol. 4 no. 114 (New Series) 1868; (p. 722-723)Jaques provides a detailed report on Walter Montgomery's benefit appearances, particularly his recitals, declaring that Montgomery's rendition of Charles Dickens's 'The Bloomsbury Christening' 'offers one of the most wonderful instances I have seen of facial expression, and the rapidity of the change is no less remarkable than the perfect appropriateness'.
Jaques notes Melbourne's recent theatrical offerings (in less detail than his usual reviews), paying some attention to the production of Dion Boucicault's The Willow Copse at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre.
