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Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady (International) assertion single work   drama   humour   - One act
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Issue Details: First known date: 1839... 1839 Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady
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Notes

  • Farce.
  • James Robinson' Planche's Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady 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, 28 February 1839.

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

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First known date: 1839
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Notes by Buggins Buggins , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 10 October vol. 19 no. 1331 1868; (p. 10)

Buggins comments on the death, in Paris, of American actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken, and notes the first appearance of Madame Anna Bishop at Sydney's Prince of Wales Opera House.

He then continues: 'There has been very little novelty in the dramatic portion of the entertainments ... We have had Planche's Faint Heart Never Won a Fair Lady which is not one of the most brilliant of his productions ... Then we had The Handsome Husband ... and one or two farces.'
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Norma, &c.] 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 14 October no. 5272 1868; (p. 4)

In reviewing the 13 October 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of the opera Norma, the Empire notes that the evening's entertainment also included a performance of John Robinson Planche's Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady.
Prince of Wales Opera House : [Norma, &c.] 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 14 October no. 5272 1868; (p. 4)

In reviewing the 13 October 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of the opera Norma, the Empire notes that the evening's entertainment also included a performance of John Robinson Planche's Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady.
Notes by Buggins Buggins , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 10 October vol. 19 no. 1331 1868; (p. 10)

Buggins comments on the death, in Paris, of American actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken, and notes the first appearance of Madame Anna Bishop at Sydney's Prince of Wales Opera House.

He then continues: 'There has been very little novelty in the dramatic portion of the entertainments ... We have had Planche's Faint Heart Never Won a Fair Lady which is not one of the most brilliant of his productions ... Then we had The Handsome Husband ... and one or two farces.'
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