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y separately published work icon Plot and Passion : An Original Drama in Three Acts (International) assertion single work   drama   - Three acts
Adaptation of The Secret Police, or, Plot and Passion John Lang , 1859 single work novella
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Issue Details: First known date: 1853... 1853 Plot and Passion : An Original Drama in Three Acts
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Notes

  • Dramatisation of Lang's novella The Secret Police, or, Plot and Passion .
  • Tom Taylor has contended that Lang's contribution to the play consisted of a single four-word sentence. See 'Works about this Work' (below) for further information.
  • Tom Taylor's Plot and Passion is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

    • First produced at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, 17 October 1853
    • First performed in Australia at the Queen's Theatre, Melbourne, 24 November 1853.
    • Produced again at the Theatre Royal, 11 September 1855.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       T. H. Lacy ,       ca. 1854 .
      Extent: 56p.
      Note/s:
      • Lacy's Acting Edition, no.191.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Robert M. DeWitt ,       1857 .
      Alternative title: Plot and Passion : a drama
      Extent: 39p.
      Note/s:
      • 'To which is added a description of the costumes--cast of characters ... and the whole of the stage business.'
      London,
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      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       1899 .
      Extent: 21p.
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Works about this Work

Was John Lang Really a Four-Word Dramatist? Eric Irvin , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 11 1987; (p. 23-36) Discusses the nature and extent of the collaboration between John Lang and Tom Taylor and the public representation of the play's authorship throughout its performance history in the nineteenth century. The title refers to a statement by Tom Taylor that Lang's contribution consisted soley of a single four-word sentence.
Was John Lang Really a Four-Word Dramatist? Eric Irvin , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 11 1987; (p. 23-36) Discusses the nature and extent of the collaboration between John Lang and Tom Taylor and the public representation of the play's authorship throughout its performance history in the nineteenth century. The title refers to a statement by Tom Taylor that Lang's contribution consisted soley of a single four-word sentence.
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