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y separately published work icon Van Diemen's Land : An Operatic Drama, in Three Acts single work   drama   - Three acts
Alternative title: Tasmania in 1818; Van Diemen's Land, or, Settlers and Natives
Issue Details: First known date: 1830... 1830 Van Diemen's Land : An Operatic Drama, in Three Acts
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Notes

  • Commissioned by English actor and theatre manager Robert William Elliston. Two of Elliston's sons had settled in Tasmania and he wished to have 'a drama introduced at his theatre, which should have that spot for its locale'.
    Source: Colonial Times, 16.814 (30 November 1831): 3

Production Details

  • First performed, under the title 'Van Diemen's Land, or, Settlers and Natives', at the Surrey Theatre, February 10th 1830. Director: Mr Robert William Elliston.

    (Note: a copy of the playbill for this production is held at the National Library of Australia.)

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First known date: 1830
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       G.H. Davidson ,       1831 .
      Extent: 76p.
      Note/s:
      • Ferguson 1483
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       John Cumberland ,       1831 .
      Extent: 76p.
      Note/s:
      • See Ferguson 1484 - 1485.
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Related Works

Untitled 1831 extract drama (Van Diemen's Land : An Operatic Drama, in Three Acts)
— Appears in: Colonial Times , 30 November vol. 16 no. 814 1831; (p. 3) The Sydney Monitor , 21 December vol. [6] no. 439 1831; (p. 2-3)
Van Diemen's Land or Tasmania in 1818 i "Together let us range the fields,", W. T. Moncrieff , 2004 extract lyric/song (Van Diemen's Land : An Operatic Drama, in Three Acts)
— Appears in: River of Verse : A Tasmanian Journey 1800-2004 2004; (p. 4)
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Works about this Work

Furphy 2 - How W.T. Moncrieff Wrote a Play About Eliza Fraser's Tragedy Six Years Before She was Shipwrecked Gerry Turcotte , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 35 1995; (p. 9-11)
y separately published work icon The Diminishing Paradise : Changing Literary Perceptions of Australia Ross Gibson , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 Z567198 1984 single work criticism
The Origin of Fagin : The Evidence of an Old Playbill M. J. Landa , 1921 single work column
— Appears in: John o' London's Weekly , 22 January 1921; (p. 496)
A Very Early Drama About Australia 1912 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , October vol. 11 no. 66 1912; (p. 530-532)
New Drama of Van Diemen's Land 1832 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 13 June vol. 7 no. 489 1832; (p. 3) An advertisement seeking Tasmanian subscribers to fund the publication of W. T. Moncrieff's Van Diemen's Land: An Operatic Drama, in Three Act. The advertisement was republished in the Sydney Monitor on several occasions.
English Extracts : Surrey Theatre 1830 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 7 July vol. 5 no. 287 1830; (p. 3)
— Review of Van Diemen's Land : An Operatic Drama, in Three Acts W. T. Moncrieff , 1830 single work drama
The Origin of Fagin : The Evidence of an Old Playbill M. J. Landa , 1921 single work column
— Appears in: John o' London's Weekly , 22 January 1921; (p. 496)
English Extracts : Surrey Theatre 1830 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 4 August vol. 5 no. 295 1830; (p. 4) A detailed description of each scene in the three acts of Van Diemen's Land: An Operatic Drama, in Three Acts, as performed at the Surrey Theatre on 19 February 1830.
Drama of Van Diemen's Land 1831 single work criticism
— Appears in: Colonial Times , 30 November vol. 16 no. 814 1831; (p. 3) The Sydney Monitor , 21 December vol. [6] no. 439 1831; (p. 2) The editor of the Colonial Times is savage in his dismissal of Moncrieff's melodrama. The editor asserts that Moncrieff displays 'odd mistakes and gross ignorance of ... the affairs of this Colony' and the playwright's statement that he 'spared neither research nor labour' in preparing his script is misleading and detrimental to the residents of Van Diemen's Land.
New Drama of Van Diemen's Land 1832 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 13 June vol. 7 no. 489 1832; (p. 3) An advertisement seeking Tasmanian subscribers to fund the publication of W. T. Moncrieff's Van Diemen's Land: An Operatic Drama, in Three Act. The advertisement was republished in the Sydney Monitor on several occasions.
Furphy 2 - How W.T. Moncrieff Wrote a Play About Eliza Fraser's Tragedy Six Years Before She was Shipwrecked Gerry Turcotte , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 35 1995; (p. 9-11)
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Subjects:
  • Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
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