The Wreck of the Dunbar
The Wreck of the Dunbar is a 1887 Australian stage play based on the 1857 shipwreck of the Dunbar off Sydney. It was written and presented by Alfred Dampier.[1][2][3] The play was performed by Dampier and his family.[4]
Leslie Rees said " As the plot developed, it moved further and further from the terrible shipping disaster of 1857. The critics gave it a drubbing—“a shabby weary weeping little screed sadder than a midnight goat and filled with bile and ignominy”, wrote one. Not even driftwood was left of The Wreck of the Dunbar after its few performances."[5]
The Sydney Morning Herald said "The plot is broadly sketched, with a free admixture of pathetic and ridiculous situations."[6]
Other accounts were more favourable.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "THE ROYAL STANDARD THEATRE." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 3 September 1887: 13. Web. 7 May 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13658594>.
- ^ 1917 'THE PLAYHOUSE', The Mirror (Sydney, NSW : 1917 - 1919), 29 September, p. 10., viewed 07 May 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116969139
- ^ 1887 'AMUSEMENTS.', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), 3 September, p. 6., viewed 07 May 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236763002
- ^ "90 Years of Australian Drama; The Hits and the Flops.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 10 December 1930, nla.obj-564400612, retrieved 7 May 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 25.
- ^ 1887 'THE ROYAL STANDARD THEATRE.—" THE WRECK OF THE DUNBAR."', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 5 September, p. 5., viewed 07 May 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13648048
- ^ 1887 'Amusements.', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 5 September, p. 8., viewed 07 May 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108008206
External links
[edit]- The Wreck of the Dunbar at AustLit