 Event |
Fatal Curiosity / Fortune's Frolic
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| Venue |
HMS Imogene, Sydney, NSW |
| First Date |
25 July 1833 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
By permission of the officers on board H. M. ship Imogene, on Thursday last, was represented Lillo's much admired Tragedy of
FATAL CURIOSITY. In the interval a variety of comic songs were sung, and also a hornpipe, with a favourite recitation of the ORPHAN BOY, by a female character. The whole concluded with the laughable farce of FORTUNE'S FROLIC, OR PLOUGHMAN TURNED LORD. |
| Description Source |
Article |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Farce
Tragedy
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
England
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| Further Information |
The performance commenced at 7 o'clock precisely. The theatre was
formed on the deck, which was covered over from stem to stern with sails. A considerable number of civil and military officers and their families were present. We understand that after the performance was over, a supper was given by the officers to their visitors who departed at an early hour in the morning highly gratified with t
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Book |
Irvin, Eric, 1985, Dictionary of the Australian theatre 1788-1914 / Eric Irvin Hale & Iremonger, Sydney |
| Newspaper |
WRECK OF THE COURIER. (1833, July 27). The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved December 14, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2213145 |
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| Event Identifier |
100572 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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