Colonial drama in New South Wales (PDF, 69kb)
Article by Janette Pelosi. Originally written 'Margin' in 2003 and published as 'Colonial Drama Revealed, or Plays Submited for Approval', Margin: Life and Letters of Early Australia, No.60 (July/August 2003), pp.21-34. The article provides an overview of the surviving plays in the State Records collection; the plays include tragedies, dramas, melodramas, comedies, farces, burlesques, burlettas, operettas, a musical extravaganza and even two pantomimes.
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