The Australian Bunyips; or, Life in the City and the Bush single work   drama   - 4 Acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1857... 1857 The Australian Bunyips; or, Life in the City and the Bush
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Notes

  • This play was never published and the script appears not to have survived. Some information about the play can be gained via the advertisements and reviews which appeared in the Sydney press at the time it was staged. The play was particularly notable in that it involved the participation of a group of Aboriginal actors/dancers (from the Newcastle region, according to a theatre news item which appeared in Bell's Life in Sydney).

Production Details

  • Premiered at Our Lyceum theatre, York Street, Sydney, on Monday evening, 26 January, 1857. It is unclear from the newspaper reports whether the production ran through to the Thursday or Friday of that week. The work appears never to have been staged again.

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First known date: 1857
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Works about this Work

Our Lyceum 1857 single work column
— Appears in: Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer , 31 January 1857; (p. 2)
The Australian Bunyips 'A Looker-On' , 1857 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Empire , 30 January 1857; (p. 3)
Our Lyceum Theatre 1857 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 January 1857; (p. 8)
— Review of The Australian Bunyips; or, Life in the City and the Bush M. Ricard , 1857 single work drama
Our Lyceum Theatre 1857 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 January 1857; (p. 8)
— Review of The Australian Bunyips; or, Life in the City and the Bush M. Ricard , 1857 single work drama
The Australian Bunyips 'A Looker-On' , 1857 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Empire , 30 January 1857; (p. 3)
Our Lyceum 1857 single work column
— Appears in: Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer , 31 January 1857; (p. 2)
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