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Thunderbolt (play)
''Thunderbolt'' is a 1905 Australian play about the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt, based on the book ''Three Years with Thunderbolt'' by William Monckton. Monckton's narrative was serialised in '' The Argus'' newspaper. It was popular and was adapted by Ambrose Pratt and A. Joseph for the stage in 1905. Producer William Anderson said "This production is absolutely Australian. It has been written by Australian playwrights. The characters are Australian notabilities. The scenery has been painted by Australian painters. It will be acted by Australian artists, and played before Australian audiences. Advance Australia!" Reception The ''Bulletin'' said "the house most obviously liked it. No howling London melodrama of the last two Anderson seasons has been better received. As a piece of entertainment it answered its purpose. The Andersonian audience wants plenty of action, and “Thunderbolt” supplies that... You get an evening of Thunderbolt with an interesting and reasonably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Years With Thunderbolt
''Three Years with Thunderbolt'' is a 1905 memoir by William Monckton concerning his time with the Australian bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. The book was edited by Ambrose Pratt. Its full title was ''Three Years With Thunderbolt: Being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion, and intimate friend: during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils, and was twice severely wounded in encounters with the police.'' The book was serialised in newspapers before being published in book form. Stage adaptation The book was adapted in a 1905 melodrama ''Thunderbolt''. The play was produced by William Anderson and the cast of the original production included Bert Bailey. The play was very popular. Film adaptation The stage version was adapted into the 1910 film ''Thunderbolt A thunderbolt or lightning bolt is a symbolic representation of lightning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cross (actor)
George W. Cross (c. 1873 - 12 August 1949) was an Australian actor and casting director. For many years he was a leading actor, producer and director on stage, including a stint in San Francisco. He first came to Australia around the turn of the 20th century and at one time managed stage actress Nellie Bramley. In 1910 he played Prince Olaf in '' The Prince and the Beggar Maid'' in a tour of Australia. In the 1930s, he was in charge of casting at Cinesound Productions where his discoveries included Jocelyn Howarth and Shirley Ann Richards. In 1943 he was theatre manager at the Strand in Hobart. Selected credits *'' The Squatter's Daughter'' (1907) (play) – actor *'' The Squatter's Daughter'' (1910) – actor *''The Ever Open Door'' (1914) - actor *''The Mutiny of the Bounty'' (1916) – actor (as Captain Bligh) References External links *Australian theatre creditsat AusStage AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records informa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays Set In Colonial Australia
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1905 Plays
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Plays About Bushrangers
Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider * Xperia Play, an Android phone * Rakuten.co.uk (formerly Play.com), an online retailer * Backlash (engineering), or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement * Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances * Play symbol, in media control devices * Play (hacker group), a ransomware extortion group Concert residencies and tours * Play Tour, concert tour headlined by Spanish singer Aitana * Play (concert residency), 2022 Katy Perry concert residency Film * ''Play'' (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson * ''Play'', a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan * ''Play'' (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund * ''Play!'', a Japanese film directed by Tomoyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderbolt (1910 Film)
''Thunderbolt'' is a 1910 Australian feature film based on the life of the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. It was the directorial debut of John Gavin (1875-1938), John Gavin who later claimed it was the first "four-reel movie" made in Australia. It has also been called the first film made in New South Wales. The movie was very successful and launched a cycle of bushranger films until they were bushranger ban, banned in 1912. Unlike most Australian silent films, part of the film survives today. Synopsis Frederick Ward is a cattle drover earning money for his wedding when he is accused of cattle theft and sentenced to seven years at Cockatoo Island, New South Wales, Cockatoo Island. He escapes three years later by swimming across the water only to learn that his fiancée, Jess Anson, has died of grief. He seeks his revenge by taking on a life of crime, becoming the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. He befriends some aboriginal people, steals a racehorse, "Combo", and robs the Moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olive Wilton
Olive Dorothea Graeme Wilton OBE (1883–1971) was an English-born stage actor, theatre producer and speech and drama teacher who worked extensively in England and Australia. She came to Australia in 1906 and decided to settle there. In 1910 she played Camiola in ''The Prince and the Beggar Maid (play), The Prince and the Beggar Maid'' in a tour of Australia. She played the title role in the 1910 Australian silent film ''The Squatter's Daughter (1910 film), The Squatter's Daughter''. The last years of her life were spent in Tasmania, where she became a noted figure in education, radio and the arts. Select credits Acting *''The Man from Mexico'' (1906) – play, Theatre Royal, Adelaide *''The Vagabond and The Talk of the Town'' (1906) – play, Theatre Royal, Adelaide *''The Bushwoman'' (1909) – play, Kings Theatre, Melbourne *''The Squatter's Daughter (1910 film), The Squatter's Daughter'' (1910) – film *''By Wireless Telegraphy'' (1910) – play, King's Theatre, Melbour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Duggan (playwright)
Edmund Duggan (1862 – 2 August 1938) was an Irish-born actor and playwright who worked in Australia. He is best known for writing a number of plays with Bert Bailey including '' The Squatter's Daughter'' (1907) and ''On Our Selection'' (1912). His solo career was less successful than Bailey's. His sister Eugenie was known as "The Queen of Melodrama" and married noted theatre producer William Anderson, for whom Duggan frequently worked as an actor, writer and stage manager. Between 1892 and 1895 Duggan and South's "Her Majesty's Dramatic Company", toured New South Wales with (''inter alia'') ''La Tosca'', '' All for Gold'', ''Greta''. '' His Natural Life'' and ''Robbery Under Arms''. consistently receiving good notices. Duggan's wife died two years before he did and he was survived by two daughters. Select theatre credits *''The Democrat'' (1891) – writer (later revived as ''Eureka Stockade'') *''For the Term of his Natural Life'' (1897) – writer (adapting the novel), (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Bailey
Albert Edward Bailey (11 June 1868 – 30 March 1953), better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born Australian playwright, theatrical manager and stage and screen actor best known for playing Dad Rudd, in both mediums, the character from the books penned by Steele Rudd. Early life Bailey was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the second son of farmer Christopher Bailey and Harriette Adelaide. His parents divorced and Bailey's mother moved with him to Sydney when he was six months old. She remarried in 1879 and went on to become a noted retailer, establishing the firm McCathie's. Bailey was educated at Crown Street School and Cleveland Street Public School. He decided not to go into the family business and worked as a telegram boy and at a floor manager at Crystal Palace skating rink. At age fifteen he went into vaudeville as a tambourine player and vocalist at Canterbury Music Hall in George Street, Sydney. In 1889 he joined the touring theatrical company of Edmund Duggan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenie Duggan
Eugenie Marian Duggan (1872 – 2 November 1936) was a popular Australian stage actress. In 1907 she was known as "our Queen of Melodrama". Duggan first worked as a schoolteacher in Melbourne. She was the sister of the actors Edmund, P.J. and Kathleen Duggan. She began studying acting, won a number of elocution competitions and made her professional debut in 1890 in ''Romeo and Juliet''. She joined the company of theatre entrepreneur William Anderson, and later married him. She played a wide range of roles throughout Australia and New Zealand, including the title part in the original 1907 production of '' The Squatter's Daughter''. In 1910 she played Princess Monica in '' The Prince and the Beggar Maid'' in a tour of Australia. In 1911 she appeared in the short film of The Christian as Glory Quayle. In 1920 she toured with her own company, the Eugenie Duggan Company. She later retired from acting and established a drama school. She and Anderson had one child, a daughter, Mary, ... [...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] |
