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The Colleen Bawn
( dir. Gaston Mervale
)
Australia
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Australian Life Biograph Company
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1911
7633215
1911
single work
film/TV
Film adaptation of Dion Boucicault's popular stage melodrama.
Notes
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Two plays were written with the title Colleen Bawn – one by Dion Boucicault and the other by Henry James Byron. Byron’s version did appear until 1870; it was Boucicault’s that was produced on the Australian stage in the late 1860s.
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Dion Boucicault's Colleen Bawn is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.
Production Details
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First produced at Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, 28 March 1860. First produced in the United Kingdom at the Adelphi Theatre, The Strand, London, 10 September 1860.
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Performed at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, March 1868.
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Performed (in an amateur production) at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, July 1868.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Before the Curtain
1885
single work
review
— Appears in: Table Talk , 7 August 1885; (p. 13)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work drama -
The Theatres
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Argus , 16 March 1868; (p. 5)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi 1868 single work drama -
The Theatres, &c.
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 21 March vol. 4 no. 103 (New Series) 1868; (p. 370)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi 1868 single work drama ; Acis and Galatea ; Or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte 1863 single work musical theatreA review of the March 1868 production of Dion Boucicault's Collen Bawn at the Theatre Royal and W. B. Gill's Red Island at the Princess's Theatre. Francis Cowley Burnand's Acis and Galatea is also mentioned; it was being produced simultaneously at the Theatre Royal and at the Princess's Theatre.
Jaques also notes other theatrical happenings in Melbourne and records news of the death of English actor Charles Kean who had performed on the Melbourne stage in 1863.
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Notes by Buggins : No. 10
1868
single work
prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 18 July vol. 19 no. 1319 1868; (p. 9-10)Buggins begins his weekly article with a reflection on the 'reckless drivers and mad headed riders' travelling along Sydney's George Street each day and endangering the public. He also addresses the subjects of snakes and of suicide.
Buggins then reports on a speech given by Sir Alfred Stephen in support of the Sydney Female Refuge. At the conclusion of Stephen's speech, the Bishop of Sydney addressed the gathering. The bishop attributed the careers of 'young thieves' to the reading of tales about Jack Shepherd and Dick Turpin and the careers of 'young prostitutes' to reading the 'bigamous and adulterous novels that disgrace our modern literature'.
Buggins's final topic is the recent crop of theatre offerings in Sydney. He comments briefly on the Royal Victoria Theatre's production of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins's No Thoroughfare and on an amateur production of Dion Bouicault's Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen. Buggins notes that Walter Cooper, author of Colonial Experience, will 'take a benefit' at the Victoria in the coming week.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : Sixteen String Jack, &c.
1868
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 August no. 5216 1868; (p. 1) The Freeman's Journal , 8 August vol. 19 no. 1322 1868; (p. 15)An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Sixteen String Jack and of Dion Boucicault's Colleen Bawn on 8 August 1868, and for the upcoming production of [Charles Webb's] Belphegor, the Mountebank; or, Woman's Constancy and James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover.
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Amateur Performance
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Empire , 10 July no. 5192 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work dramaA review of the 9 July 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House amateur production of Dion Bouciault's Colleen Bawn.
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The Theatres, &c.
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 21 March vol. 4 no. 103 (New Series) 1868; (p. 370)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi 1868 single work drama ; Acis and Galatea ; Or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte 1863 single work musical theatreA review of the March 1868 production of Dion Boucicault's Collen Bawn at the Theatre Royal and W. B. Gill's Red Island at the Princess's Theatre. Francis Cowley Burnand's Acis and Galatea is also mentioned; it was being produced simultaneously at the Theatre Royal and at the Princess's Theatre.
Jaques also notes other theatrical happenings in Melbourne and records news of the death of English actor Charles Kean who had performed on the Melbourne stage in 1863.
-
The Theatres
1868
single work
review
— Appears in: The Argus , 16 March 1868; (p. 5)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi 1868 single work drama -
Before the Curtain
1885
single work
review
— Appears in: Table Talk , 7 August 1885; (p. 13)
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work drama -
Royal Victoria Theatre : Colleen Bawn, &c.
1868
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 9 July no. 5191 1868; (p. 1)An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Dion Boucicault's Colleen Bawn and James Pilgrim's The Limerick Boy on 9 July 1868. The evening's performance was a benefit for the House of the Good Shepherd.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : Sixteen String Jack, &c.
1868
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 August no. 5216 1868; (p. 1) The Freeman's Journal , 8 August vol. 19 no. 1322 1868; (p. 15)An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Sixteen String Jack and of Dion Boucicault's Colleen Bawn on 8 August 1868, and for the upcoming production of [Charles Webb's] Belphegor, the Mountebank; or, Woman's Constancy and James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover.
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Notes by Buggins : No. 10
1868
single work
prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 18 July vol. 19 no. 1319 1868; (p. 9-10)Buggins begins his weekly article with a reflection on the 'reckless drivers and mad headed riders' travelling along Sydney's George Street each day and endangering the public. He also addresses the subjects of snakes and of suicide.
Buggins then reports on a speech given by Sir Alfred Stephen in support of the Sydney Female Refuge. At the conclusion of Stephen's speech, the Bishop of Sydney addressed the gathering. The bishop attributed the careers of 'young thieves' to the reading of tales about Jack Shepherd and Dick Turpin and the careers of 'young prostitutes' to reading the 'bigamous and adulterous novels that disgrace our modern literature'.
Buggins's final topic is the recent crop of theatre offerings in Sydney. He comments briefly on the Royal Victoria Theatre's production of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins's No Thoroughfare and on an amateur production of Dion Bouicault's Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen. Buggins notes that Walter Cooper, author of Colonial Experience, will 'take a benefit' at the Victoria in the coming week.
