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Production Details
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First produced at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 4 July 1868.
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Performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, December 1868; also produced by Twelfth Night Theatre Co., Brisbane, 29 August 1962.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Currency Lad as Playwright
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Margin , July/August no. 78 2009; (p. 17-26) -
Squatters and New Chums : A Reading of Walter Cooper's 'Colonial Experience'
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Colonisations : Rencontres Australie-Canada 1985; (p. 57-66) Discussed Colonial Experience with regard to the image that late nineteenth century Australians had of British colonials and themselves, and the way the play may be interpreted to function in relation to contemporary Australian productions. -
Three Australian Plays: From 1868 to 1979
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 3 no. 2 1981; (p. 144-148)
— Review of Colonial Experience 1868 single work drama ; Boy's Own McBeth : A Really Rotten Tragedy 1979 single work musical theatre ; Travelling North 1978 single work drama -
Drama
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford History of Australian Literature 1981; (p. 175-267) -
A Most Lively Resurrection
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 February vol. 101 no. 5250 1981; (p. 72)
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Three Australian Plays: From 1868 to 1979
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 3 no. 2 1981; (p. 144-148)
— Review of Colonial Experience 1868 single work drama ; Boy's Own McBeth : A Really Rotten Tragedy 1979 single work musical theatre ; Travelling North 1978 single work drama -
[Review] Colonial Experience [and] Visions
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Artlook , April vol. 6 no. 4 1980; (p. 39-40)
— Review of Colonial Experience 1868 single work drama ; Visions 1978 single work drama -
A Merry Trifle
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 December 1979; (p. 18)
— Review of Colonial Experience 1868 single work drama ; The Man from Mukinupin : A Musical Play in Two Acts 1979 single work musical theatre -
Theatrical Visions of the Colonies
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 18 1980; (p. 21)
— Review of Colonial Experience 1868 single work drama -
Three Popular Plays
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , May no. 1 1980; (p. 116-118)
— Review of The Ship's Whistle, or, Guns and Gallops, Glory and Gold : a play 1979 single work drama ; The Man from Mukinupin : A Musical Play in Two Acts 1979 single work musical theatre ; Colonial Experience 1868 single work drama -
Squatters and New Chums : A Reading of Walter Cooper's 'Colonial Experience'
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Colonisations : Rencontres Australie-Canada 1985; (p. 57-66) Discussed Colonial Experience with regard to the image that late nineteenth century Australians had of British colonials and themselves, and the way the play may be interpreted to function in relation to contemporary Australian productions. -
A Currency Lad as Playwright
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Margin , July/August no. 78 2009; (p. 17-26) -
Drama
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford History of Australian Literature 1981; (p. 175-267) -
A Most Lively Resurrection
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 February vol. 101 no. 5250 1981; (p. 72) -
New Comedy
1868
single work
column
— Appears in: The Empire , 1 July no. 5184 1868; (p. 2)The Empire provides an advance summary of Walter Cooper's comedy Colonial Experience, to be performed for the first time at the Royal Victoria Theatre on Saturday, 4 July 1868. The play is said to be 'illustrative of the varied and peculiar phases of Australian life' and the production 'seems likely to present a characteristic reflex of the mode and manner of colonial times'. The principal roles in the inaugural production were taken by William Hoskins (Captain Versatile Fluent) and Mr. Andrews (Joe Grudge); the remaining roles were performed by members of the Victoria Star Company.