The Man from Outback
Appearance
The Man from Outback | |
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![]() Poster from 1909 production in Tasmania | |
Written by | Bert Bailey Edmund Duggan |
Date premiered | 1909 |
Original language | English |
Genre | Melodrama |
The Man from Outback is a 1909 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan written under the name of 'Albert Edmunds'.
Synopsis
[edit]Panimbla Station in the Australian outback is owned by Stephen Maitland, who is unaware that his manager is in league with a gang of cattle duffers. He is helped by his feisty daughter Mona and a mysterious stranger, Dave Goulburn.[1]
Production
[edit]The play was clearly inspired by an earlier success of Bailey and Duggan, The Squatter's Daughter, or, The Land of the Wattle (1907). It was a success on the stage, with the part of Dave Goulburn played by Roy Redgrave. The original production was produced by William Anderson.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ The Man from Outback at AustLit
- ^ "AMUSEMENTS. THE MAN FROM OUTBACK." The Sydney Morning Herald 7 Aug 1911: 6 accessed 30 Dec 2011