The Man from Outback

The Man from Outback

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

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 fesity daughter Mona and a mysterious stranger, Dave Goulburn.[1]

Production

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

  1. ↑ The Man from Outback at AustLit
  2. ↑ "AMUSEMENTS. THE MAN FROM OUTBACK." The Sydney Morning Herald 7 Aug 1911: 6 accessed 30 Dec 2011

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