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This Great City

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This Great City
Written byAlfred Dampier
Garnet Walch
Directed byAlfred Dampier
Date premieredNovember 21, 1888 (1888-11-21)
Place premieredAlexandra Theatre, Melbourne
Original languageEnglish
SettingMelbourne, Australia

This Great City is a 1891 Australian play by Alfred Dampier and Garnet Welch.[1]

The play was set in Melbourne and full of Melbourne references.[2] The Bulletin said "its local allusions kept a large, excited audience in roars of glee."[3]

It had been written by March 1890.[4]

Premise

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A man arrives in Melbourne and gets involved in murder.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "The Playgoer". Melbourne Punch. Victoria, Australia. 10 December 1891. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "NEWS IN BRIEF". The Independent. No. 454. Victoria, Australia. 28 November 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "SUNDRY SHOWS.", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 28 Nov 1891, nla.obj-513415015, retrieved 7 May 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ "Mr. Garnet Walch". Table Talk. No. 247. Victoria, Australia. 14 March 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "The Playgoer". Melbourne Punch. Victoria, Australia. 26 November 1891. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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