The Hiberian Father | |
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Written by | Edward Geoghegan |
Date premiered | 6 May 1844 |
Place premiered | Sydney |
Original language | English |
Genre | melodrama |
The Hibernian Father is a 1844 Australian play. It is reportedly the first Australian written play professionally performed in Sydney. It has been called the "first made in Australia play".
The author was reportedly Edward Geoghegan.
The playwright was accused of plagiarism of the Irish play The Warden of Galway by the Sydney Morning Herald. These accusations were refuted.
The play was written as a vehicle for Frances Nesbit. It was popular and was performed a number of times.
Everyones said "It possessed great merit in dialogue and construction, and proved the author to understand the requirements of a playwright. The Hibernian Father was acted several times, and always met with the approbation of large audiences. "
See also
References
- "Advertising". The Australian. Vol. I, no. 57. New South Wales, Australia. 6 May 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. pp. 13–14.
- "Our Weekly Gossip". The Dispatch. Vol. 1, no. 26. New South Wales, Australia. 27 April 1844. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "90 Years of Australian Drama; The Hits and the Flops.", Everyones., 11 (564 (10 December 1930)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-564400612, retrieved 5 December 2023 – via Trove
- Lynch, G., & Pelosi, J. (2011). Lost & Found - Reinstating Playwright Edward Geoghegan (1813-1869) and his Most Controversial Play, The Hibernian Father (1844). Paper presented at Seventh Australian Conference of Celtic Studies.
- Edward Geoghegan at Austlit
- Oppenheim, Helen. ‘The Author of The Hibernian Father: An Early Colonial Playwright.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 2, no. 4, 1966, doi: 10.20314/als.9dda0e1867.
- Oppenheim, Helen. ‘The Hibernian Father: Mysteries Solved and Unsolved.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1967, doi: 10.20314/als.52ae3a9274.
- 'Geoghegan, Edward (1813–1869)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/geoghegan-edward-1571/text1635, accessed 19 November 2023.
- ""THE HIBERNIAN FATHER"". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XVII, no. 2188. New South Wales, Australia. 20 May 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "THEATRICALS". The Australian. Vol. I, no. 70. New South Wales, Australia. 21 May 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "A great play resurrected", ABC Weekly, 12 (39), Sydney, 30 September 1950, retrieved 19 November 2023 – via Trove
- "90 Years of Australian Drama; The Hits and the Flops.", Everyones., 11 (564 (10 December 1930)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-564400612, retrieved 19 November 2023 – via Trove
External links
- The Hibernian Father at Ausstage