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Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club
Written byunknown
Based onnovel Tom and Jerry by Pierce Egan
Original languageEnglish
Genrecomedy
SettingSydney

Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club is an 1843 Australian stage play. It was one of the first plays written in Australia. However it was banned from production by the Colonial Secretary. It is unclear who wrote it.[1]

The play was eventually performed in Australia in 1978.

Leslie Rees said "it contains a very vivid account of the raffish street and pub round of Sydney in the 1840s."[2]

Plot

Jerry Webber arrives in Sydney, is made a member of the Ran Dan Club, and befriended by Tom King and Bob Logic. They have various adventures.

Notes

  • Fotheringham, Richard, ed. (2006). Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage : 1834-1899. University of Queensland Press. pp. 41–58.
  • Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey.

References

  1. ^ Rees p 59-64
  2. ^ Rees p 59
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