The Kelly Gang (Majeroni play)
The Kelly Gang is a 1904 Australian play about Ned Kelly by Mario Majeroni.[1][2]
The play heavily borrowed from the 1896 play The Kelly Gang. Unlike many early Kelly plays a copy of it survives.[3]
The Queenslander said "the best traditions of melodrama were observed, and as far as possible both vice and virtue met with the time-honoured rewards. As a matter of course, there has been no attempt made to adhere rigidly to the facts of history, and a wealth of original incident is interwoven with the story, with the result that sensationalism of the most moving type has been achieved."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ ""THE KELLY GANG."". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXI, no. 14, 525. Queensland, Australia. 2 August 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Theatre Royal". [The Telegraph. No. 9891. Queensland, Australia. 2 August 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Fotheringham, Richard (2006). Australian plays for the colonial stage : 1834-1899. p. 558.
- ^ "THE STAGE". The Queenslander. No. 2004. Queensland, Australia. 6 August 1904. p. 23. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
