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The Honey Moon (International) assertion single work   drama   humour  
Alternative title: The Honeymoon
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1805... 1805 The Honey Moon
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Notes

  • 'A romantic comedy written in blank verse interspersed with prose.' (David Small, ‘Tobin, John (1770–1804)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27485, accessed 10 April 2014])
  • John Tobin's The Honey Moon is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at Drury Lane Theatre, London, England, 31 January 1805

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, March 1838; at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, April 1866; and at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, August 1868.

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First known date: 1805
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Works about this Work

Miss Rosa Cooper 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 1 August vol. 19 no. 1321 1868; (p. 2)
Victoria Theatre 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 6 August no. 5214 1868; (p. 2)

The Empire comments on the benefit night for Miss Rose Cooper at the Royal Victoria Theatre, noting particularly the performances of the actors in John Tobin's The Honey Moon and briefly mentioning Tom Taylor's The Hidden Hand.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Hidden Hand, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 5 August no. 5213 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 6 August no. 5214 1868; (p. 1) The Freeman's Journal , 1 August vol. 19 no. 1321 1868; (p. 15)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Tom Taylor's The Hidden Hand and John Tobin's The Honey Moon on 5 August 1868.

(The version of this advertisement that appears in the Freeman's Journal includes some cast details.)
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Honey Moon, &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 29 March vol. 36 no. 3098 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 31 March vol. 36 no. 3099 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 31 March vol. 4 no. 254 1838; (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 28 March vol. 4 no. 253 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 29 March 1838 of: ‘Tobin’s admired comedy, in 5 Acts, entitled the Honey Moon' [John Tobin, 1805]; 'To conclude with for the first time in this Colony, the admired Farce in 2 Acts, entitled The King’s Command, or, All for Love'

This performance is repeated on the 31 March 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 31 March vol. 4 no. 254 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Honey Moon John Tobin , 1805 single work drama ; The King's Command; Or, All for Love C. Pelham Thompson , 1838 single work drama

Review of performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 29 March 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 31 March vol. 4 no. 254 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Honey Moon John Tobin , 1805 single work drama ; The King's Command; Or, All for Love C. Pelham Thompson , 1838 single work drama

Review of performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 29 March 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 4 April vol. 4 no. 255 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Honey Moon John Tobin , 1805 single work drama ; The King's Command; Or, All for Love C. Pelham Thompson , 1838 single work drama ; The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare , 1594-1597 single work drama

A review of a performance of John Tobin's The Honey Moon, The King's Command; Or, All for Love, and William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 31 March and 2 April 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Honey Moon, &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 29 March vol. 36 no. 3098 1838; (p. 3) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 31 March vol. 36 no. 3099 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 31 March vol. 4 no. 254 1838; (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 28 March vol. 4 no. 253 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 29 March 1838 of: ‘Tobin’s admired comedy, in 5 Acts, entitled the Honey Moon' [John Tobin, 1805]; 'To conclude with for the first time in this Colony, the admired Farce in 2 Acts, entitled The King’s Command, or, All for Love'

This performance is repeated on the 31 March 1838.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Hidden Hand, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 5 August no. 5213 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 6 August no. 5214 1868; (p. 1) The Freeman's Journal , 1 August vol. 19 no. 1321 1868; (p. 15)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Tom Taylor's The Hidden Hand and John Tobin's The Honey Moon on 5 August 1868.

(The version of this advertisement that appears in the Freeman's Journal includes some cast details.)
Victoria Theatre 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 6 August no. 5214 1868; (p. 2)

The Empire comments on the benefit night for Miss Rose Cooper at the Royal Victoria Theatre, noting particularly the performances of the actors in John Tobin's The Honey Moon and briefly mentioning Tom Taylor's The Hidden Hand.
Miss Rosa Cooper 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 1 August vol. 19 no. 1321 1868; (p. 2)
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