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Hands Up (Leitch play)

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1893 Australian play

Hands Up is a 1893 Australian play by George Leitch. The play was specifically devised to be a vehicle for Mrs Keightley, the wife of a gold commissioner at Bathurst, who was robbed by Ben Hall the bushranger. Keightley played herself The Mercury said it was "especially composed and arranged for her, containing many incidents not merely probably but absolutely true."

Reviewing the production, The Mercury called it "this splendid portrayal of life in the old bushranging days."

It is not to be confused with the play Hands Up about Ned Kelly.

References

  1. "MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 17, 224. New South Wales, Australia. 3 June 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 28.
  3. "Theatre Royal". Tasmanian News. No. 3804. Tasmania, Australia. 18 April 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ""AN AUSTRALIAN HEROINE."". The Mercury. Vol. LXI, no. 7, 219. Tasmania, Australia. 15 April 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "THE MERCURY". The Mercury. Vol. LXI, no. 7, 222. Tasmania, Australia. 19 April 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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