Les Emigres aux Terres Australes (English: The Emigrants to the Southern Lands) is a 1792 French stage play by Citizen Gamas. The play had a fortnight's run as in the Theatre des Amis de la Patrie, in the Rue de Louvois.[1]
| Les Emigres aux Terres Australes | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Citizen Gamas |
| Date premiered | 1792 |
| Place premiered | Theatre des Amis de la Patrie, the Rue de Louvois, France |
| Original language | French |
Background edit
It was the first play to be set in colonial Australia and is sometimes referred to as the first Australian play.[2][3]
The subtitle was Le Dernier Chapitre d’une Grande Révolution, Comedie (The Last Chapter of a Great Revolution, a Comedy).[4]
References edit
- ^ "Advocate Magazine". Advocate. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 5110. Victoria, Australia. 2 July 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 17 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN PLAY". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 22, 331. Victoria, Australia. 23 February 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 17 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. pp. 1–3.
- ^ Stokes, Freg J. (2 September 2020). "Australia, a Counterrevolutionary Colony".
External links edit
Notes edit
- L. A. TRIEBEL, LES ÉMIGRÉS AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, French Studies, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 1947, Pages 381–b–382, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/1.4.381-b
- Gamas, Citizen.; Clancy, Patricia A. (1984), "xv, 29, 29 p. ; 25 cm.", The first "Australian" play : Les emigres aux terres australes (1792), Monash Australiana series, Clayton, Vic: Dept. of English, Monash University, nla.obj-2498461012, retrieved 17 November 2023 – via Trove
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