Michael Howe, The Terror of Van Diemen's Land is an 1821 British play by John H. Amherst about the bushranger Michael Howe.[1]
| Michael Howe, The Terror of Van Diemen's Land | |
|---|---|
| Written by | John H. Amherst |
| Date premiered | April 1821 |
| Place premiered | Royal Coburg Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | bushrangers |
| Setting | Tasmania |
It premiered at London's Royal Coburg Theatre in April 1821 and was the first play to be produced about Tasmania.[2] It was revived in October 1821 as a benefit for the actor Henry Sloman (1793-1873). No surviving manuscript of the play is known to exist.[3][4][5]
References edit
- ^ Book Collectors' Society of Australia. (1966), "MICHAEL HOWE LITERATURE", Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries, 7 (1 (March 1982)), [Sydney,N.S.W]: the Society, ISSN 0157-3276, nla.obj-3002866342, retrieved 17 November 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Amherst, J. H., 1776-1851, (playwright.) (1821), For the benefit of Mr. Sloman ... Michael Howe the Terror! of Van Dieman's Land, retrieved 17 November 2023
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Morrison, Ian (1 November 2018). "Two forgotten bushranger plays". State Library and Tasmanian Archives Blog.
- ^ K. R. Von Stieglitz, 'Howe, Michael (1787–1818)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/howe-michael-2206/text2857, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 17 November 2023.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. pp. 3–5.
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