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Issue Details: First known date: 1851... 1851 The Game of Speculation
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Notes

  • George Henry Lewes' The Game of Speculation is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, 2 October 1851.

  • Performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, February 1868.

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First known date: 1851
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Notes by Buggins Buggins , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 29 August vol. 19 no. 1325 1868; (p. 9)

Buggins begins his weekly article with a reflection on life in a boarding house before embarking on recollections of his journalistic career in England and in Sydney.

Buggins then proceeds to discuss the new season at the Prince of Wales Opera House under 'the indefatigable lessee, Mr. W. Dind' and the productions (on separate nights) of Thomas William Robertson's Caste, W. T. Moncrieff 's Jewess; or, The Council of Constance and George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation.

Lastly, Buggins records a personal reflection on the death of Archdeacon John McEncroe.
Victoria Theatre : Game of Specualation, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 13 June vol. 19 no. 1314 1868; (p. 15)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of George Henry Lewes' The Game of Speculation and Charles Zachary Barnett's Six Degrees of Crime on 13 June 1868; of John Oxenford's East Lynne and Douglas William Jerrold's Mutiny at the Nore on 15 June 1868; and advance notice of the 'active preparation' of H. J. Byron's Pilgrim of Love.
Oddfellows' Benefit 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August no. 5233 1868; (p. 2)

A brief column noting the 27 August 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs. The performance was a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund, but the Empire reports that while 'the performances were good, ... the attendance was bad'.
Prince of Wales Opera House : The Game of Speculation, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 25 August no. 5230 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 26 August no. 5231 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 27 August no. 5232 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs on 27 August 1868. The performance is a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Game of Speculation, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 13 June no. 5169 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of George Henry Lewes' The Game of Speculation and Charles Zachary Barnett's Six Degrees of Crime on 13 June 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : The Game of Speculation, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 18 February no. 5069 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 19 February no. 5070 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and Richard Sheridan's The Critic at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 18 and 19 February 1868.

The 18 February performance was under the patronage of the officers of H. M. S. Galatea; the 19 February performance was 'by the command of H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh'.
Prince of Wales Opera House : The Game of Speculation, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 6 March no. 5084 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and John Pratt Wooler's Founded on Facts and A Model Husband on 6 March 1868.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Game of Speculation, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 13 June no. 5169 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of George Henry Lewes' The Game of Speculation and Charles Zachary Barnett's Six Degrees of Crime on 13 June 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : The Game of Speculation, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 25 August no. 5230 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 26 August no. 5231 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 27 August no. 5232 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs on 27 August 1868. The performance is a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund.
Oddfellows' Benefit 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August no. 5233 1868; (p. 2)

A brief column noting the 27 August 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and William Bayle Bernard's His Last Legs. The performance was a benefit for the Oddfellows' Hall Building Fund, but the Empire reports that while 'the performances were good, ... the attendance was bad'.
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