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Why Don't She Marry; or, The Swiss Cottage (International) assertion single work   musical theatre   humour   - One act
Alternative title: The Swiss Cottage; or, Why Don't She Marry
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1835... 1835 Why Don't She Marry; or, The Swiss Cottage
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Notes

  • Burletta.
  • Why Don't She Marry is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Olympic Theatre, The Strand, London, 9 February 1835.

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, July 1868 and at the Albert Theatre, Lismore, 7 January 1888.

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First known date: 1835
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Works about this Work

Albert Theatre, Lismore : Why Don't She Marry &c. 1888 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Northern Star and Richmond and Tweed Rivers Advocate , 7 January vol. 13 no. 2 1888; (p. 3) Advertisement for: Performances at the Albert Theatre, Lismore on 7 January 1888 to include the operetta The Swiss Cottage and the Irish Comedy The Limerick Boy.
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Guy Mannering] 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 23 October no. 5280 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of Guy Mannering 1816 single work musical theatre ; Why Don't She Marry; or, The Swiss Cottage T. Haynes Bayly , 1835 single work musical theatre

A review of the 22 October 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Guy Mannering and of T. Haynes Bayly's The Swiss Cottage.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Guy Mannering, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 22 October no. 5279 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House 'farewell and complimentary benefit to Mr. Charles Lascelles' on 22 October 1868. Although the evening's entertainments were largely musical, they included excerpts from Guy Mannering and from T. Haynes Bayly's The Swiss Cottage.
Victoria Theatre 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 24 July no. 5204 1868; (p. 2)

The writer for the Empire praises the 23 July 1868 Royal Victoria Theatre productions of John Oxenford's East Lynne and Thomas Haynes Bayly's The Swiss Cottage, and hopes that the public are 'alive to the great claims which the present lessee of the Victoria [William Hoskins] has upon them, in the unceasing efforts he has made and continues to make to place good plays upon the stage in an efficient style'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : East Lynne, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 23 July no. 5203 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 24 July no. 5204 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of John Oxenford's East Lynne and T. Haynes Bayly's The Swiss Cottage on 23 and 24 July 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Guy Mannering] 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 23 October no. 5280 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of Guy Mannering 1816 single work musical theatre ; Why Don't She Marry; or, The Swiss Cottage T. Haynes Bayly , 1835 single work musical theatre

A review of the 22 October 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Guy Mannering and of T. Haynes Bayly's The Swiss Cottage.
Albert Theatre, Lismore : Why Don't She Marry &c. 1888 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Northern Star and Richmond and Tweed Rivers Advocate , 7 January vol. 13 no. 2 1888; (p. 3) Advertisement for: Performances at the Albert Theatre, Lismore on 7 January 1888 to include the operetta The Swiss Cottage and the Irish Comedy The Limerick Boy.
Royal Victoria Theatre : East Lynne, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 23 July no. 5203 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 24 July no. 5204 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of John Oxenford's East Lynne and T. Haynes Bayly's The Swiss Cottage on 23 and 24 July 1868.
Victoria Theatre 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 24 July no. 5204 1868; (p. 2)

The writer for the Empire praises the 23 July 1868 Royal Victoria Theatre productions of John Oxenford's East Lynne and Thomas Haynes Bayly's The Swiss Cottage, and hopes that the public are 'alive to the great claims which the present lessee of the Victoria [William Hoskins] has upon them, in the unceasing efforts he has made and continues to make to place good plays upon the stage in an efficient style'.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Guy Mannering, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 22 October no. 5279 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House 'farewell and complimentary benefit to Mr. Charles Lascelles' on 22 October 1868. Although the evening's entertainments were largely musical, they included excerpts from Guy Mannering and from T. Haynes Bayly's The Swiss Cottage.
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