Samuel Hawker Banks Samuel Hawker Banks i(A15419 works by) (a.k.a. Australia Roscius; S. H. Banks)
Also writes as: A Pupil of the late Prof. John Woolley ; Sahaba
Born: Established: 1828 Devon (County),
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 24 Jan 1881 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 Untitled i "Another star has fallen, but, though gone", Samuel Hawker Banks , 1926 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 20 July vol. 2 no. 34 1926; (p. 35)
1 Untitled i "From where the Indian Ocean proudly rolls", Samuel Hawker Banks , 1877 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 November vol. 16 no. 405 1877; (p. 873)
1 1 y separately published work icon An Ethical, Serio-Comical, and Satirical Essay in Verse, Intituled the Vision of Truth Samuel Hawker Banks , Sydney : E. H. Becke , 1874 Z87395 1874 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Vice and Its Victims in Sydney : the cause and cure (International) assertion A Pupil of the late Prof. John Woolley , Sydney : Edwin H. Becke , 1873 Z798265 1873 single work
1 3 y separately published work icon The Yellow Dwarf and the King of the Hawkins' Hill Gold Mines ; Or, The Desert Fairy of Despair, the Gigantic Bon-Bon and the Princess of Pure Delights Samuel Hawker Banks , W. B. Gill , Sydney : Beard and Holmes , 1872 Z798262 1872 single work musical theatre pantomime fantasy humour

This one-act pantomime, adapted from James Robinson Planché's extravaganza The Yellow Dwarf and the King of the Gold Mines (1854), contained numerous topical references and local allusions (including unruly MLAs, John Long Innes's pending Sharebrokers' Bill, the Sydney scene, and local personalities) and a burlesque of Shakespeare's tragedy Richard III.

Set to operatic and other music, the pantomime begins in the Hawkins' Hill gold mine, where the Yellow Dwarf Gambogie makes a pact with the mine manager to swindle the owner. Each resolves, however, to swindle the other. The Fairy Queen Indulgenta, en route to the Desert of Lyons, crosses paths with the dwarf, who forces her to promise him Princess Allfair (who has refused all suitors). The princess decides, upon meeting the dwarf, that she is now willing to marry Meliodorus, but the two young lovers are kidnapped. Meliodorus is given a magic sword by the Mermaid Syrena, but is nevertheless killed. Princess Allfair suicides, but Syrena is still able to procure a happy ending.

One song known to have been incorporated into the pantomime the duet 'What Will it Go to the Ton?' (sung by S. H. Banks and W. B. Gill).

1 y separately published work icon The Picnic-Party, and the Stranger's Story : A Tale of an Australian Christmas Samuel Hawker Banks , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1867 Z798363 1867 single work poetry
1 Life's Changes i "What changes have we seen, old friend,", Sahaba , 1866 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Monthly Magazine , August vol. 2 no. 12 1866; (p. 463-464)
1 My Mother's Portrait i "Fail not my sight while gazing on that face,", Sahaba , 1866 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Monthly Magazine , January vol. 1 no. 5 1866; (p. 386-387)
1 Christmas in Australia i "On Austral's shores the sun shines clear,", Sahaba , 1865 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Monthly Magazine , December vol. 1 no. 4 1865; (p. 276-277)
1 'Ne Cede Malis' i "Nay, never droop, nor hang thy head,", Sahaba , 1865 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Monthly Magazine , October vol. 1 no. 2 1865; (p. 142) The Australasian Printers' Keepsake : A Selection of Tales, Essays, Sketches, and Verse, Illustrative of the Craft in Australia 1885; (p. 83)
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