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Edward William O'Sullivan Edward William O'Sullivan i(A9952 works by)
Born: Established: 17 Mar 1846 Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania, ; Died: Ceased: 25 Apr 1910 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Keane of Kalgoorlie Edward William O'Sullivan , Arthur Wright , 1908 Z1323107 1908 single work drama
1 2 y separately published work icon Coo-ee; Or, Wild Days in the Bush, in Prologue and 4 Acts : A New and Original Australian Drama, Illustrating the Wild Life of the Bush 50 Years Ago Edward William O'Sullivan , 1906 (Manuscript version)x400937 Z572683 1906 single work drama 'Coo-ee was not simply a bushranger play set in the 1860s, but a hybridised cavalcade of stock characters, dialogue, situations, settings and catalyst objects drawn from the European roots of melodrama and remoulded for early federation Australia, interspersed with patriotic speeches.' Anna Bemrose, 'E. W. O'Sullivan's Coo-ee; or, Wild Days in the Bush: people's theatre or political circus?', Australasian Drama Studies 30 (April 1997): 87-103.
1 y separately published work icon Eureka Stockade : A Melodrama in Four Acts Edward William O'Sullivan , 1898 (Manuscript version)x401638 Z1323104 1898 single work drama In Australian Democrat : The Career of Edward William O'Sullivan 1846-1910 (1965), Bruce Mansfield describes 'a manly hero of modest origin is the rival of a wealthy cad for the hand of a squatter's beautiful and talented daughter....The acts are given titles from history - "The Pastoral Age," "The Golden Age," and "The Industrial Age" ; it is not in skirmishes with bushrangers but at the Eureka Stockade that the hero makes his name and his fortune' (p298).
1 1 y separately published work icon Esperanza : A Tale of Three Colonies Edward William O'Sullivan , Sydney : Hammond & Co. , 1890-1899 Z537570 1890-1899 single work novel
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