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The King's Command; Or, All for Love (International) assertion single work   drama   humour   - Two acts
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1838... 1838 The King's Command; Or, All for Love
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Notes

  • The King's Command; or, All for Love is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.
  • Farce.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, London, 26 October 1835. (Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.)

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, March 1838.

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First known date: 1838
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Works about this Work

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Iron Chest &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 3 July vol. 36 no. 4039 1838; (p. 3)

An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 3 July 1838 of the Iron Chest and the King's Command; or, All for Love. The performance included a song by Mrs [Anne] Clarke entitled 'Macgregor's Gathering'.
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 , 11 April vol. 4 no. 257 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Youthful Queen, Christine of Sweden Charles Shannon , 1828 single work drama ; The Merchant's Wedding; Or, London Frolics in 1638 James Robinson Planche , 1828 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 7 and 10 April 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 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 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 11 April vol. 4 no. 257 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Youthful Queen, Christine of Sweden Charles Shannon , 1828 single work drama ; The Merchant's Wedding; Or, London Frolics in 1638 James Robinson Planche , 1828 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 7 and 10 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 Merchant's Wedding &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 7 April vol. 36 no. 4002 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for: Performance on 9 April 1838 of: ‘an admired comedy in 5 Acts, from the pen of J. R. Planche, Esq., principally founded on Jasper Mayne’s City March and W. Rowley’s March at Midnight, entitled The Merchant’s Wedding, or, London Frolics in 1638’; ‘To conclude with, for the last time this Season, the laughable petite Comedy, called The King’s Command’.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Merchant's Wedding &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 7 April vol. 36 no. 4002 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for: Performance on 9 April 1838 of: ‘an admired comedy in 5 Acts, from the pen of J. R. Planche, Esq., principally founded on Jasper Mayne’s City March and W. Rowley’s March at Midnight, entitled The Merchant’s Wedding, or, London Frolics in 1638’; ‘To conclude with, for the last time this Season, the laughable petite Comedy, called The King’s Command’.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Catching an Heiress &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 3 April vol. 36 no. 4000 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 3 April 1838 of: 'Catching an Heiress' [Charles Selby, 1835]; 'the laughable interlude, The Middy Ashore' [William Bayle Bernard, 1836]; 'To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled The King’s Command'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Iron Chest &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 3 July vol. 36 no. 4039 1838; (p. 3)

An advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 3 July 1838 of the Iron Chest and the King's Command; or, All for Love. The performance included a song by Mrs [Anne] Clarke entitled 'Macgregor's Gathering'.
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