For Love and Life is a 1890 Australian play by Alfred Dampier and Garnet Walch about hypnotism, a topic then very fashionable in London.[1][2][3]

For Love and Life
Written byAlfred Dampier
Garnet Walch
Directed byAlfred Dampier
Music byPercy Kehoe
Date premiered29 November 1890
Place premieredAlexandra Theatre, Melbourne
Original languageEnglish
Subjecthypnotism

Table Talk called it "a thoroughly successful play. It is strong in construction, with a clearly-told plot, and characterised by telling situations. It is so difficult to discover anything new on which to build up a plot now-a-days, that the collaborateurs deserve honest praise for the'way in which they have woven their story about the much-discussed subjeot of hypnotism."[4]

The Argues said the play needed " a less complicated and more coherent plot, some infusion of humour, a more interesting dialogue, and more natural incident."[5]

The Lorgnette said "it is a strong play, although somewhat complicated, and at times incoherent in plot" but stating "it is a cleverly constructed and well-written drama, and at any rate may be taken as a. courageous venture on- the part of the authors."[6]

The play was not as successful as other Dampier melodramas.[7]

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  1. ^ "WHISPERS AT THE WINGS". Sportsman. No. 510. Victoria, Australia. 26 November 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "The Mercury". Mercury And Weekly Courier. No. 801. Victoria, Australia. 27 November 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 13, 864. Victoria, Australia. 29 November 1890. p. 16. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "ALEXANDRA THEATRE". Table Talk. No. 285. Victoria, Australia. 5 December 1890. p. 14. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "ALEXANDRA THEATRE". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 13, 865. Victoria, Australia. 1 December 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ ""FOR LOVE AND LIFE."". The Lorgnette. No. 101. Victoria, Australia. 6 December 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "The Dramatic Year, 1890". Table Talk. No. 289. Victoria, Australia. 2 January 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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