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The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840

By Robert Jordan

'In this important and ground-breaking work Robert Jordan provides the first sustained scholarly inquiry into the origins of European theatre in Australia.'
Fiona Capp, Age, Melbourne.

'A first-class account of Botany Bay theatricals played out against daily struggle.'
Tony Maniaty, Australian.

'It is a sublime achievement'
Australian Drama Studies Association Journal

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Until now the first forty years of European theatre in Australia have never been the subject of intensive inquiry. Robert Jordan brings to brilliant life the shadowy figures that created the colony's first entertainment. In an infant society that created its own rules the theatres were battle grounds in the struggles between convicts and authority.

Cased edition, 448pp, illustrated. RRP $49.95 $40.00

ISBN 09581213 0 3