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Source: Sydney Morning Herald 23 December 1871, p.4.
The House that Jack Built ; Or, Harlequin Jack Sydney, Little Australia and the Gnome of the Golden Mine, and the Australian Fernery in the Golden Conservatory, the Home of Diamantina single work   musical theatre   pantomime   fantasy   - Seven scenes
Adaptation of The House that Jack Built ; Or, Harlequin Progress and the Loves, Laughs, Laments and Labors of Jack Melbourne, and Little Victoria : A Fairy Extravaganza Opening to Pantomime W. M. Akhurst , 1869 single work musical theatre
Issue Details: First known date: 1871... 1871 The House that Jack Built ; Or, Harlequin Jack Sydney, Little Australia and the Gnome of the Golden Mine, and the Australian Fernery in the Golden Conservatory, the Home of Diamantina
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    y separately published work icon Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage : 1834-1899 Richard Fotheringham (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2006 Z1238215 2006 anthology drama (taught in 3 units) St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2006 pg. 217-314
    Note:
    • See 'Introduction', pp.218-232.
    • Both the Melbourne and Sydney texts are presented as enfolded text. (See 'Note on the Text', pp.234-235 for conventions of presentation.)
    • Includes facsimile reproductions of the cover-wrapper for the 1869 Melbourne libretto and the cast list for the 1871 Sydney libretto.
    • Music and lyrics for songs presented in the Sydney and Melbourne productions are included at the end of the publication, see pp.668-705.
Subjects:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • New South Wales,
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