No Mercy single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 1882... 1882 No Mercy
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Set in Goulburn, New South Wales in 1860, the plot was advertised as being loosely adapted from La Morte Civile by Paolo Giacometti. It concerns Gerald Eyton, who accidentally kills his wife's brother during a quarrell and is transported to Australia. His wife and infant daughter later emigrate to the colony, where she eventually meets the widower Dr James Nestfield. A loving relationship develops and he raises the child, Alice, as his own. Some 14 years after his imprisonment, Eyton escapes from his Western Australian prison and makes his way to New South Wales. It is here that he accidentally discovers his wife and child and their new life.

Production Details

  • 1882: Gaiety Theatre, Sydney; 4 March -
    • Producer/Lessee L. M. Bayless; Director Mrs M. Gladstone Bayless.
    • Cast incl. Alfred Dampier (Gerald Eyton, a convict), W. G. Carey (James Nestfield), Harry Sefton (Joshua Gurney), A. W. Boothman (Fergus O'Donnell), Sam Poole (Charkey, an old Aboriginal), Amie Adere (Alice Raymond, wife of Gerald), Miss Marson Melrose (Annie Gurney, sister of Frank), Lily Dampier (Grace, Gerals and Alice's daughter), Miss M. A. Melville (Mrs Macpherson).


Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

"The Vagabond" as Playwright Eric Irvin , 1981 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 41 no. 1 1981; (p. 106-120)
Gaiety Theatre 1882 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 March 1882; (p. 6)

— Review of No Mercy Vagabond , 1882 single work drama
Gaiety Theatre 1882 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 March 1882; (p. 6)

— Review of No Mercy Vagabond , 1882 single work drama
"The Vagabond" as Playwright Eric Irvin , 1981 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 41 no. 1 1981; (p. 106-120)
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