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Hands Up (Leitch Play)
''Hands Up'' is a 1893 Australian play by George Leitch. The play was specifically devised to be a vehicle for Mrs Keightley, the wife of a gold commissioner at Bathurst, who was robbed by Ben Hall the bushranger. Keightley played herself ''The Mercury'' said it was "especially composed and arranged for her, containing many incidents not merely probably but absolutely true." Reviewing the production, ''The Mercury'' called it "this splendid portrayal of life in the old bushranging days." It is not to be confused with the play '' Hands Up'' about Ned Kelly Edward Kelly (December 185411 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader, bank robber and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing armour of the Kelly gang, a suit of bulletproof .... References {{Ben Hall 1893 plays 1890s Australian plays Plays about Ben Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Leitch
George Leitch ( – May 1907) was an English actor-manager and dramatist who had a substantial career in Australia. History Born George Ralf Walker in London, Leitch was educated and trained as a civil engineer, following in his family's footsteps. He did some work in this line in the coal-mining districts of South Staffordshire, but he was a comic at heart and longed to go on the stage. His first foray in the field was unfortunate, as the company in which he was playing failed, but he dared not go back to the family with his tail between his legs. By a stroke of luck he was able to join a Shakespearean company by taking the place of a man named Leitch, and hence his stage name. This company also failed, disappearing with their costumes and theatrical property, props before they could be seized by the bailiffs. His first real engagement was with Charles Alexander Calvert, Charles Calvert at the Prince's Theatre, Manchester, which lasted several years, and his work was compliment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in Compact (newspaper), compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, ''The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an Website, online site and Mobile app, app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hall (bushranger)
Ben Hall (9 May 1837 – 5 May 1865) was an Australian bushranger and leading member of the Gardiner–Hall gang. He and his associates carried out many raids across New South Wales, from Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst to Forbes, New South Wales, Forbes, south to Gundagai and east to Goulburn, New South Wales, Goulburn. Unlike many bushrangers of the era, Hall was not directly responsible for any deaths, although several of his associates were. He was shot dead by police in May 1865 at Goobang Creek. The police claimed that they were acting under the protection of the ''Felons Apprehension Act 1865,'' which allowed any bushranger who had been specifically named under the terms of the Act to be shot, and killed by any person at any time without warning. At the time of Hall's death, the Act had not yet come into force, resulting in controversy over the legality of his killing. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian News
''Tasmanian News'' was an Australian afternoon newspaper based in Hobart. Originally published as ''The Tasmanian News'', its first issue appeared on Saturday 17 November 1883. The paper was owned and edited by Henry Horatio Gill (1840–1914). He ran the newspaper until his retirement from journalism. His wife, Sara Inez Gill (née Jacobs, c.1850–1914) took over as proprietor on 26 July 1886, just three months after the birth of their youngest child. Editors of the ''Tasmanian News'' included G. B. Lilley, J. D. Shaw, R. W. Smith, J. J. Utting and Alexander Williamson Hume. William James McWilliams took over the paper from Sara in August 1896. He published the ''News'' until he was forced to sell out in June 1900 due to financial difficulties and William Bell Fulton took over as proprietor. The last issue was published on Friday 17 November 1911, 28 years to the day after its first. A notice signed by A. J. Nettlefold, managing director of ''The Daily Post'', Ltd., advis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mercury
Mercury most commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the closest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a chemical element * Mercury (mythology), a Roman deity Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Mercury (toy manufacturer), a brand of diecast toy cars manufactured in Italy * Mercury Communications, a British telecommunications firm set up in the 1980s * Mercury Corporation, an American aircraft manufacturer * Mercury Cyclecar Company, a defunct American car company * Mercury Drug, a Philippine pharmacy chain * Mercury Energy, an electricity generation and retail company in New Zealand * Mercury Filmworks, a Canadian independent animation studio * Mercury General, a multiple-line American insurance organization * Mercury Interactive, a software testing tools vendor * Mercury Marine, a manufacturer of marine engines, particularly outboard motors * Mercury Systems, a defense-related information technology company * Mercury Technologies, a financial tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Up (Cole Play)
''Hands Up, or Ned Kelly and His Gang'' is a 1900 Australian play by Edward Irham Cole about Ned Kelly. It appeared to make its debut in 1900. The play was one of a large number of dramas about Ned Kelly that followed from the success of ''The Kelly Gang'' in 1898. Cole performed it, originally with his Wild West Dramatic Company (which he ran with "Texas Jack"), then with his own Bohemian Drama Company. It was one of their most popular works. There were productions of the play in 1903, 1904, 1907 (In Melbourne and Sydney) and 1909. Critical reaction The ''Brisbane Courier'' said "The performance... went very well through-out, and was freely applauded, the various thrilling events of the drama being graphically portrayed by the various members of the company, who seemed thoroughly at home in their delineations of the rougher parts of bush life." The ''Melbourne Herald'' noted that "a departure from the usual rule observed in dealing with the bushrangers is made, in that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Kelly
Edward Kelly (December 185411 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader, bank robber and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing armour of the Kelly gang, a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police. Kelly was born and raised in rural Colony of Victoria, Victoria, the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a Convicts in Australia, transported convict, died in 1866, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest male of the household. The Kellys were a poor selection (Australian history), selector family who saw themselves as downtrodden by the squattocracy and as victims of persecution by the Victoria Police. While a teenager, Kelly was arrested for associating with bushranger Harry Power and served two prison terms for a variety of offences, the longest stretch being from 1871 to 1874. He later joined the "Greta, Victoria, Greta Mob", a group of Australian bush, bush larrik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 Plays
Events January * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The ''Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 – The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890s Australian Plays
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''On the Elements According to Hippocrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
