Humping the Bluey is a 1911 Australian stage play by Dora Mostyn produced by George Marlow.[1][2][3] It was one of the last plays in the "bushranging cycle" of Australian playwriting.[4]

The Sydney Morning Herald said "the George Marlow company sustained the action with spirit."[5]

Among the other Australian plays produced by Marlow were My Mate by Edmund Duggan and Soldier and Sweetheart by Wilton Welch.[6]

Premise

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A young man deals with bushrangers.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 008. New South Wales, Australia. 10 October 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 2 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 006. New South Wales, Australia. 7 October 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 1 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "THE ADELPHI". The Daily Telegraph. No. 10105. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Williams, Margaret (1983). Australia on the popular stage, 1829-1929 : an historical entertainment in six acts. Oxford University Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-19-554398-8.
  5. ^ "ADELPHI THEATRE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 013. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "AUSTRALIAN IDEALS". The Daily Telegraph. No. 13, 524. New South Wales, Australia. 14 September 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "SYDNEY SHOWS". Punch. Vol. CXV, no. 2933. Victoria, Australia. 12 October 1911. p. 37. Retrieved 2 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.