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Contributor	Charles Alexander Dibdin
Gender	Male
Nationality	English / Australian
Date of Birth	1815
Date of Death	1868
Functions	Music and Lyrics Librettist, Playwright
Notes	Son of playwrights Thomas Dibdin (1771-1841) and nephew of Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin (1768-1833) (also known as Charles Dibdin the Younger) and grandson of Charles Dibdin (1745-1814). He lived in Sydney, New South Wales, in the early 1840s and wrote or adapted plays for Sydney theatre.
Related Contributors	Is child of Thomas John Dibdin (Playwright, Translator. Event Dates: 1833 - 1843) Is related to Charles Dibdin (Devisor, Playwright. Event Dates: 1843 - 1862). Grandson
Events	Date Function Contributor Organisation
	My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 The Barlow Family, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 12 October 1843 The Queer Client , or The Avenger, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 16 May 1842 The Quaker, Albert Theatre, Hobart, TAS, 29 March 1842 The Chelsea and Greenwich Pensioners, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1837 The Waterman or, The First of August, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 24 May 1834 Barsissa or, The Hermit Robber, Emu Plains Correctional Centre, Emu Plains, NSW, 16 May 1825
	Playwright My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 The Barlow Family, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 12 October 1843 The Queer Client , or The Avenger, Royal Victoria Theatre (1838-1880), Sydney, NSW, 16 May 1842 The Quaker, Albert Theatre, Hobart, TAS, 29 March 1842 The Chelsea and Greenwich Pensioners, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1837 Barsissa or, The Hermit Robber, Emu Plains Correctional Centre, Emu Plains, NSW, 16 May 1825 Music and Lyrics Librettist The Waterman or, The First of August, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 24 May 1834
	George Coppin - Actor My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 Evans - Singer My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 J C Lambert - Dancer My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 John Lazar - Actor, Administrator: Theatre Manager, Publicist My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 Victoria Lazar - Actor, Dancer My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 Mark Lemon - Playwright My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 Richards - Singer My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850 Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Playwright My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850
	Barnett Levey and Joseph Simmons [partnership] The Waterman or, The First of August, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 24 May 1834 Joseph Wyatt [sole entrepreneur] The Chelsea and Greenwich Pensioners, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1837 New Queen's Theatre My Poll & My Partner Joe \| Billy Barlow \| The School for Scandal \| The Ladies’ Club, New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA, 15 April 1850
Resources	Article: Richard Waterhouse, Blackface and the beginnings of bifurcation: the minstrel show and the emergence of an Australian popular stage, Australasian Drama Studies, Australasian Drama Studies, c/- Department of English, Univ, 14, April 1989, 125 - 147 Script: Charles Alexander Dibdin, Billy Barlow, Australasian Drama Studies, Australasian Drama Studies, c/- Department of English, Univ, 14, April 1989, 87 - 104
Works	Barsissa or, The Hermit Robber Billy Barlow My Poll and Partner Joe The Barlow Family The Chelsea and Greenwich Pensioners The Quaker The Queer Client, or The Avenger The Waterman or, The First of August
Data Set	AusStage
Contributor Identifier	254607

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