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Notes
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Allardyce Nicoll in A History of English Drama 1660-1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966) calls this work a melodrama but it seems also to have included music.
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George Colman (The Younger)'s The Mountaineers 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 Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, England 3 August 1793.
Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.
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Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, September 1838.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Victoria Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 11 September vol. 36 no. 4069 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Mountaineers 1793 single work dramaThis review, probably by William Kerr, is of the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, September 1838 performance of the play, The Mountaineers. This review is mainly of the actor Charles Faucit's performance.
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Theatre Royal, Sydney : Grove's Benefit
Royal Victoria Thetre [sic] : Grove's Benefit
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 5 September vol. 4 no. 299 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 September vol. 36 no. 4067 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 September vol. 36 no. 4068 1838; (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 8 September vol. 4 no. 300 1838; (p. 1)Advertisement for the benefit performance for the actor Mr. Grove at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 8 September 1838 to include ' for the first time at this Theatre, Coleman's admired Play of the Mountaineers!' with the character of Octavian played by 'Mr Charles Faucit of well known celebrity on the London Boards, who on this occasion, will appear before the Australian Public for the first time, having just arrived from England ...' ; '... to conclude with for the first time in this Colony, the celebrated Operatic Drama, of Masaniello'. The advertisement includes a description of the scenes and a list of the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play.
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Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 19 September vol. 4 no. 303 1838; (p. 4)
— Review of The Mountaineers 1793 single work drama ; Richard Coeur de Lion; or, The Crusader and His Dog 1838 single work drama ; The Massacre of Jerusalem 1838 single work dramaReview of the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, performances of the plays in September 1838. The piece includes a review of Morris Phillips' dance 'Cat-Choca'.
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The Victoria Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 11 September vol. 36 no. 4069 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Mountaineers 1793 single work dramaThis review, probably by William Kerr, is of the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, September 1838 performance of the play, The Mountaineers. This review is mainly of the actor Charles Faucit's performance.
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Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 19 September vol. 4 no. 303 1838; (p. 4)
— Review of The Mountaineers 1793 single work drama ; Richard Coeur de Lion; or, The Crusader and His Dog 1838 single work drama ; The Massacre of Jerusalem 1838 single work dramaReview of the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, performances of the plays in September 1838. The piece includes a review of Morris Phillips' dance 'Cat-Choca'.
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Theatre Royal, Sydney : Grove's Benefit
Royal Victoria Thetre [sic] : Grove's Benefit
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 5 September vol. 4 no. 299 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 September vol. 36 no. 4067 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 8 September vol. 36 no. 4068 1838; (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 8 September vol. 4 no. 300 1838; (p. 1)Advertisement for the benefit performance for the actor Mr. Grove at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 8 September 1838 to include ' for the first time at this Theatre, Coleman's admired Play of the Mountaineers!' with the character of Octavian played by 'Mr Charles Faucit of well known celebrity on the London Boards, who on this occasion, will appear before the Australian Public for the first time, having just arrived from England ...' ; '... to conclude with for the first time in this Colony, the celebrated Operatic Drama, of Masaniello'. The advertisement includes a description of the scenes and a list of the actors and the names of the characters they portray for each play.
