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Bachelors' Buttons (International) assertion single work   drama   humour  
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1837... 1837 Bachelors' Buttons
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Notes

  • Edward Stirling's farce Bachelors' Buttons is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Strand Theatre, London, 29 May 1837.

    Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.

  • Performed 'for the first time in this Colony' at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 27 October 1838.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

The Theatre William Kerr , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 30 October vol. 36 no. 4090 1838; (p. 2)

— Review of Hamlet William Shakespeare , 1600 single work drama ; Bachelors' Buttons Edward Stirling , 1837 single work drama
Royal Victoria Theatre : Hamlet &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 27 October vol. 4 no. 314 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 25 October vol. 36 no. 4088 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 27 October vol. 36 no. 4089 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for the reopening of the Royal Victoria Theatre on 27 October 1838 with the performance to include 'Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet. The part of Hamlet by Mr Knowles, His first appearance these two years' and a 'laughable Farce, entitled Bachelors' Buttons'. The performance included a dance by Miss Lazar.

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Ring-Doves &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 10 November vol. 4 no. 318 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 10 November vol. 36 no. 4095 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance by the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 10 November 1838 to include the 'Farce of The Ringdoves'; 'the Interlude, called Bachelor's Buttons'; and '(for the 1st time) a Farce called A Peculiar Position'.

Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 31 October vol. 4 no. 315 1838; (p. 2)

— Review of Hamlet William Shakespeare , 1600 single work drama ; Bachelors' Buttons Edward Stirling , 1837 single work drama
Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 31 October vol. 4 no. 315 1838; (p. 2)

— Review of Hamlet William Shakespeare , 1600 single work drama ; Bachelors' Buttons Edward Stirling , 1837 single work drama
The Theatre William Kerr , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 30 October vol. 36 no. 4090 1838; (p. 2)

— Review of Hamlet William Shakespeare , 1600 single work drama ; Bachelors' Buttons Edward Stirling , 1837 single work drama
Royal Victoria Theatre : Hamlet &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 27 October vol. 4 no. 314 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 25 October vol. 36 no. 4088 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 27 October vol. 36 no. 4089 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for the reopening of the Royal Victoria Theatre on 27 October 1838 with the performance to include 'Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet. The part of Hamlet by Mr Knowles, His first appearance these two years' and a 'laughable Farce, entitled Bachelors' Buttons'. The performance included a dance by Miss Lazar.

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Ring-Doves &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 10 November vol. 4 no. 318 1838; (p. 1) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 10 November vol. 36 no. 4095 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance by the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 10 November 1838 to include the 'Farce of The Ringdoves'; 'the Interlude, called Bachelor's Buttons'; and '(for the 1st time) a Farce called A Peculiar Position'.

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