Jacks in Office, a Dramatic Sketch single work   drama   humour   - One scene.
Issue Details: First known date: 1841... 1841 Jacks in Office, a Dramatic Sketch
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The Dramatis Personæ are 'three emancipists (or convicts or ticket-of-leave men)', each reading a local newspaper while waiting to see the Colonial Secretary. The three men proceed to discuss the merits and weaknesses of the various Sydney papers.

Notes

  • Scene - an anti [sic]-room at the Colonial Secretary's Office.

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