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The Battle of Hexham (International) assertion single work   drama  
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1789... 1789 The Battle of Hexham
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Notes

  • Geroge Colman (The Younger)'s melodrama The Battle of Hexham is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 11 August 1789.

    Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, November 1838.

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First known date: 1789
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Works about this Work

Royal Victoria Theatre : The Battle of Hexham &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 November vol. 36 no. 4093 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 6 November 1838 of 'The Battle of Hexham; a highland fling, by Miss Lazar; and 'the Favorite Farce, called The Middy Ashore'.
Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 10 November vol. 4 no. 318 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Battle of Hexham George Colman (The Younger) , 1789 single work drama ; Othello William Shakespeare , 1604 single work drama
Theatre 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 10 November vol. 4 no. 318 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Battle of Hexham George Colman (The Younger) , 1789 single work drama ; Othello William Shakespeare , 1604 single work drama
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Battle of Hexham &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 6 November vol. 36 no. 4093 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 6 November 1838 of 'The Battle of Hexham; a highland fling, by Miss Lazar; and 'the Favorite Farce, called The Middy Ashore'.
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