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From the mid-1830s until the end of the nineteenth century hundreds of plays were written and staged in the Australian colonies. The first known of these, Henry Melville’s The Bushrangers, was performed by a mixed amateur and professional cast at Hobart’s Argyle Assembly Rooms on 29 May 1834. By the end of the century at least six professional theatre companies were giving hundreds of performances of versions of The Kelly Gang to popular acclaim throughout the length and breadth of Australia.This Academy Edition presents the scripts of nine colonial plays, one of them in two versions. Beginning with Melville's short melodrama and ending with the best known of the Kelly Gang plays, first staged in 1899 in Sydney, the volume also contains a scurrilous satire Life in Sydney (1843), a pioneering romance Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler (1849), a short choral 'masque' The South-Sea Sisters (1866), a proto-nationalistic pantomime in Melbourne and Sydney versions The House that Jack Built (1869 and 1871), a city murder-mystery Hazard (1872), a comic-horror saga of a bush heroine For ₤60,000 (1874) and the first Australian stage classic, adapted in 1886 from Marcus Clarke's novel, For the Term of His Natural Life.

Comprehensive general introduction
Each play has been given generous historical and textual introductions and is supplemented with explanatory notes on the many people, places, events and stories referred to
Appendix containing nearly sixty pages of music for the songs and tunes used in four of the productions
Contains over 50 illustrations
Special hardback volume with quality sewn bindings, decorative head and tail bands with coloured and gold foil blocking, and an attractive dust cover jacket
Four of the plays have never before been published and the other five are copied from rare nineteenth century editions that are difficult-to-access

Editorial apparatusAll of the plays in this edition are reset. Four of the plays Life in Sydney, Arabin, For the Term of His Natural Life [from Marcus Clarke’s novel] and The Kelly Gang have never been published before and have been transcribed from unique hand-written manuscripts; and the other five are copied from rare nineteenth century editions The Bushrangers, The South-Sea Sisters, The House that Jack Built, Hazard, and For £60,000. The plays have been given generous introductions, placing the play in historical context and detailing the choice of copy text and textual variants, and are supplemented with explanatory footnotes.A comprehensive general introduction describes the Australian colonial theatre industry its stories, artists, stage traditions and innovations and explains the appeal that theatre had as art and show business to men and women from different social groups living in both city and country. The collection also has a chronology of events relating to colonial theatre, over 50 illustrations and an appendix containing nearly sixty pages of music for the songs and tunes used in four of the productions which is edited by Angela Turner.ContentsHenry Melville, The Bushrangers; or, Norwood Vale (1834)A. B. C.’, Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club (1843)James R. McLaughlin, Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler (1849)Richard Henry Horne, The South-Sea Sisters: A Lyric Masque (1866)William Mower Akhurst, The House that Jack Built; or, Harlequin Progress, and the Love’s Laughs, Laments and Labors, of Jack Melbourne, and Little Victoria (1869) and Anonymous, The House that Jack Built; or, Harlequin Jack Sydney, Little Australia & the Gnome of the Golden Mine, and the Australian Fernery in the Goden Conservatory, the Home of Di

21. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899 (Academy Editions of Australian Literature) by Richard Fotheringham
	Paperback: 732 Pages (2006-02-01) list price: US$99.95 -- used & new: US$74.47 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0702234885 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description From the mid-1830s until the end of the nineteenth century hundreds of plays were written and staged in the Australian colonies. The first known of these, Henry Melville’s The Bushrangers, was performed by a mixed amateur and professional cast at Hobart’s Argyle Assembly Rooms on 29 May 1834. By the end of the century at least six professional theatre companies were giving hundreds of performances of versions of The Kelly Gang to popular acclaim throughout the length and breadth of Australia.This Academy Edition presents the scripts of nine colonial plays, one of them in two versions. Beginning with Melville's short melodrama and ending with the best known of the Kelly Gang plays, first staged in 1899 in Sydney, the volume also contains a scurrilous satire Life in Sydney (1843), a pioneering romance Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler (1849), a short choral 'masque' The South-Sea Sisters (1866), a proto-nationalistic pantomime in Melbourne and Sydney versions The House that Jack Built (1869 and 1871), a city murder-mystery Hazard (1872), a comic-horror saga of a bush heroine For ₤60,000 (1874) and the first Australian stage classic, adapted in 1886 from Marcus Clarke's novel, For the Term of His Natural Life. Comprehensive general introduction Each play has been given generous historical and textual introductions and is supplemented with explanatory notes on the many people, places, events and stories referred to Appendix containing nearly sixty pages of music for the songs and tunes used in four of the productions Contains over 50 illustrations Special hardback volume with quality sewn bindings, decorative head and tail bands with coloured and gold foil blocking, and an attractive dust cover jacket Four of the plays have never before been published and the other five are copied from rare nineteenth century editions that are difficult-to-access Editorial apparatusAll of the plays in this edition are reset. Four of the plays Life in Sydney, Arabin, For the Term of His Natural Life [from Marcus Clarke’s novel] and The Kelly Gang have never been published before and have been transcribed from unique hand-written manuscripts; and the other five are copied from rare nineteenth century editions The Bushrangers, The South-Sea Sisters, The House that Jack Built, Hazard, and For £60,000. The plays have been given generous introductions, placing the play in historical context and detailing the choice of copy text and textual variants, and are supplemented with explanatory footnotes.A comprehensive general introduction describes the Australian colonial theatre industry its stories, artists, stage traditions and innovations and explains the appeal that theatre had as art and show business to men and women from different social groups living in both city and country. The collection also has a chronology of events relating to colonial theatre, over 50 illustrations and an appendix containing nearly sixty pages of music for the songs and tunes used in four of the productions which is edited by Angela Turner.ContentsHenry Melville, The Bushrangers; or, Norwood Vale (1834)A. B. C.’, Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club (1843)James R. McLaughlin, Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler (1849)Richard Henry Horne, The South-Sea Sisters: A Lyric Masque (1866)William Mower Akhurst, The House that Jack Built; or, Harlequin Progress, and the Love’s Laughs, Laments and Labors, of Jack Melbourne, and Little Victoria (1869) and Anonymous, The House that Jack Built; or, Harlequin Jack Sydney, Little Australia & the Gnome of the Golden Mine, and the Australian Fernery in the Goden Conservatory, the Home of Di ... Read more

22. A critical history of South Australian literature, 1836-1930 with subjectively annotated bibliographies (Pioneer Books monographs literary series ; no. 2) by Paul Depasquale
	Unknown Binding: 328 Pages (1978) Isbn: 0908065019 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

23. Flame and Shadow: A Study of Judith Wright's Poetry (UQP studies in Australian literature) by Shirley Walker
	Paperback: 228 Pages (1996-07) list price: US$24.95 Isbn: 0702228184 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

24. German Images in Australian Literature from the 1940's to the 1980's (European University Studies Series XIV, Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature) by Irmtraud Petersson
	Hardcover: 260 Pages (1989-10) list price: US$46.80 -- used & new: US$46.80 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 3631422601 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

25. The Development of Australian Literature by Alexander Sutherland, Henry Gyles Turner
	Paperback: 362 Pages (2010-04-03) list price: US$32.75 -- used & new: US$19.02 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1148423052 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

26. Atomic Fiction: The Novels of David Ireland (Studies in Australian Literature) by Ken Gelder
	Paperback: 125 Pages (1993-11) list price: US$14.95 Isbn: 070222507X Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

27. The art of Brian James, and other essays on Australian literature by Clement Semmler
	Hardcover: 162 Pages (1972) Isbn: 0702207608 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

28. The Literature of Australian Birds: A History and a Bibliography of Australian Ornithology by Hubert Massey Whittell
	Hardcover: Pages (1994-01-01) Asin: B00116YJHC Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

29. Against the Grain: Beverley Farmer's Writing (Uqp Studies in Australian Literature) by Lyn Jacobs
	Paperback: 272 Pages (2001-07-01) list price: US$37.95 -- used & new: US$25.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0702231576 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description This is the first comprehensive critical study of Beverley Farmer's poetry, prose and criticism, in UQP's long-running Studies in Australian Literature series. Jacobs studies Farmer's work in relation to the dynamic changes in writing and reception that have occurred during Farmer's writing life. ... Read more

30. Australian literature: A bibliography to 1938 : by E. Morris Miller by E. Morris Miller
	Hardcover: 503 Pages (1956) Asin: B0007K6VXI Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

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32. National Fictions: Literature, Film and Construction of Australian Narrative (Australian Cultural Studies) by Graeme Turner
	Paperback: 156 Pages (1989-12-21) Isbn: 0048000884 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description "National Fictions" is a study of Australian literature and film. It is also a study of Australian culture, viewing the novels and films as products of a specific culture - as narratives with similar structures, functions, forms and meanings. It covers a wide range of texts, offering both close analysis and an account of their place within the system of meanings the book proposes as dominant in Australian culture. The second edition of this work includes a new afterword which traces recent changes in Australian literature and film, examining the growth of women's writing and popular fiction, as well as current trends in Australian cinema. Turner asks whether these developments really mark a shift in the Australian narrative, and whether it is still possible to speak in terms of a national culture. Graeme Turner's include "Myths of Oz" (co-authored with John Fiske and Bob Hodge), "Australian Television" (co-edited with John Tulloch) and "The Media in Australia" (co-edited with Stuart Cunningham.) ... Read more

31. The Folly of Spring: A Study of John Shaw Neilson's Poetry (UQP studies in Australian literature) by Cliff Hanna
	Paperback: 206 Pages (1990-12) list price: US$14.95 Isbn: 0702222720 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

33. Australian and Indian Literature: Studies in Mutual Responses by David Kerr, R. K. Dhwan
	Hardcover: 284 Pages (1991-02) list price: US$35.00 -- used & new: US$27.16 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 8185218242 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

34. Literature And Aborigine in Australia (UQP studies in Australian literature) by J. J. Healy
	Paperback: 314 Pages (1978-06) list price: US$29.95 Isbn: 0702221503 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

35. Images of Australia: A History of Australian Children's Literature, 1941-1970 by H. M. Saxby
	Hardcover: 848 Pages (2002-01) Isbn: 1865042773 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

36. The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature by Stella Lees, Pam Macintyre
	Hardcover: 496 Pages (1994-02-24) list price: US$49.95 Isbn: 0195532848 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description Arranged alphabetically, The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature contains 1600 entries covering authors, publishers, illustrators, famous characters, events, institutions, and awards--from Ned Kelly and the Eureka Stockade to Australian comics and the work of Evelyn Goode. The book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in children's literature or Australian culture. ... Read more

37. Australian literature, 1900-1950 by H. M Green
	Paperback: 33 Pages (1963) Asin: B0007ISLEM Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

38. H M Green's History of Australian Literature Vol One 1789-1923 by H M Green
	Hardcover: Pages (1984-01-01) Isbn: 0207138257 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

39. Fear and Temptation: The Image of the Indigene in Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Literatures by Terry Goldie
	Paperback: 288 Pages (1993-04) list price: US$27.95 -- used & new: US$27.92 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0773511024 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description Through an examination of over 350 texts, from the narratives of early explorers to the fiction, poetry, and drama of later periods, this text shows the similarity of images of native people in the white literature of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. ... Read more

40. Tomis Complex: Exile and Eros in Australian Literature by Irina Grigorescu Pana
	Paperback: 306 Pages (1996-10) Isbn: 3906756246 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan