True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted

True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted is a 1845 Australian play, a comic farce, most likely authored by Edward Geoghegan.[1][2] It has been called "one of the most charming plays" in the collection of early Australian plays at the archives.[3]

True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted
Written byEdward Geoghegan
Date premiered1845
Place premieredSydney, Australia
Original languageEnglish

The author was accused of plagiarising the play The Manager of Distress (this may be why Geoghegan did not publicly claim authorship).[4]

The Australian said "if the merit of a piece be determined according to the amount of merriment and applause produced among the audience, our Sydney dramatist has every reason to be satisfied with the success of his lucubrations."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XIX, no. 2539. New South Wales, Australia. 3 July 1845. p. 2. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XX, no. 2544. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1845. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Williams, Margaret (1983). Australia on the popular stage, 1829-1929 : an historical entertainment in six acts. Oxford University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-19-554398-8.
  4. ^ "THEATRICAL REGISTER". The Weekly Register Of Politics, Facts And General Literature. Vol. IV, no. 101. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1845. p. 308. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "THEATRICALS". The Australian. Vol. II, no. 353. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1845. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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