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| alt = The Independent 24 Sept 1834
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| writer = Evan Henry Thomas
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| premiere ={{Start date|1835|10|14}}<ref name="laun">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65952367 |title=THEATRE. |newspaper=[[The Cornwall Chronicle]] |volume=1, |issue=XXXVII |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=17 October 1835 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
| place = Launceston
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'''''The Bandit on the Rhine''''' is a 1835 Australian play by Evan Henry Thomas. It was the first play written and puublished in Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18266952 |title=HLRALD SATURDAY MAGAZINE |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=35,707 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 May 1952 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4183378 |title=The Courier. |newspaper=[[The Hobart Town Courier]] |volume=VII, |issue=425 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=19 September 1834 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51822137 |title=CORRESPONDENCE |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)]] |volume=XCI, |issue=199 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=5 November 1932 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=11 (DAILY) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
An October 1834 advertisement asked for subscriptions so the play could be published.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233687844 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |volume=IV, |issue=204 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=24 September 1834 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84778195 |title=TO THE EDITOR. |newspaper=[[Launceston Advertiser]] |volume=7, |issue=376 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=20 August 1835 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
It debuted in Launceston in 1835. One review said "We cannot do justice to ourselves,
if we omit to notice the very little anxiety shewn on the part of the performers generally, to the success of the piece. It is not a production of Shakespeare, certainly, but, with so careless a performance, Shake-peare's best piece must have failed in effect."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65952367 |title=THEATRE. |newspaper=[[The Cornwall Chronicle]] |volume=1, |issue=XXXVII |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=17 October 1835 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
The play was performed in Hobart in 1836.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232801854 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Tasmanian]] |volume=X, |issue=510 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=21 October 1836 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
No copy of the play has been located.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27147254 |title=PLAYERS GROUP BUILDS ON PAST EFFORTS |newspaper=[[The Mercury]] |volume=CLXXIII, |issue=25,650 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=7 March 1953 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> It is possible the play ''The Tragedy of Donahue'' was published beforehand.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18266952 |title=HLRALD SATURDAY MAGAZINE |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=35,707 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 May 1952 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
Thomas announced he would publish a romantic drama in five acts, entitled ''The Rose of the Wilderness, or Emily the Maniac'' but this does not seem to have happened.<ref>E. Flinn, 'Thomas, Evan Henry (c. 1801–1837)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thomas-evan-henry-2725/text3841, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 11 May 2024.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/16050 The Bandit of the Rhine] at Ausstage
[[Category:1830s Australian plays]]
[[Category:1835 plays]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Infobox play
| name = The Bandit on the Rhine
| orig_title =
| image = File:The_Bandit_of_the_Rhine.png
| alt = The Independent 24 Sept 1834
| caption =
| writer = Evan Henry Thomas
| based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work}} -->
| director =
| music =
| lyrics =
| choreography =
| chorus =
| characters =
| mute =
| setting =
| premiere ={{Start date|1835|10|14}}<ref name="laun">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65952367 |title=THEATRE. |newspaper=[[The Cornwall Chronicle]] |volume=1, |issue=XXXVII |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=17 October 1835 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
| place = Launceston
| orig_lang = English
| series =
| subject =
| genre =
| web =
}}
'''''The Bandit on the Rhine''''' is a 1835 Australian play by Evan Henry Thomas. It was the first play written and puublished in Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18266952 |title=HLRALD SATURDAY MAGAZINE |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=35,707 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 May 1952 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4183378 |title=The Courier. |newspaper=[[The Hobart Town Courier]] |volume=VII, |issue=425 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=19 September 1834 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51822137 |title=CORRESPONDENCE |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)]] |volume=XCI, |issue=199 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=5 November 1932 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=11 (DAILY) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
An October 1834 advertisement asked for subscriptions so the play could be published.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233687844 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |volume=IV, |issue=204 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=24 September 1834 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84778195 |title=TO THE EDITOR. |newspaper=[[Launceston Advertiser]] |volume=7, |issue=376 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=20 August 1835 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
It debuted in Launceston in 1835. One review said "We cannot do justice to ourselves,
if we omit to notice the very little anxiety shewn on the part of the performers generally, to the success of the piece. It is not a production of Shakespeare, certainly, but, with so careless a performance, Shake-peare's best piece must have failed in effect."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65952367 |title=THEATRE. |newspaper=[[The Cornwall Chronicle]] |volume=1, |issue=XXXVII |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=17 October 1835 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
The play was performed in Hobart in 1836.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232801854 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Tasmanian]] |volume=X, |issue=510 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=21 October 1836 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
No copy of the play has been located.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27147254 |title=PLAYERS GROUP BUILDS ON PAST EFFORTS |newspaper=[[The Mercury]] |volume=CLXXIII, |issue=25,650 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=7 March 1953 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> It is possible the play ''The Tragedy of Donahue'' was published beforehand.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18266952 |title=HLRALD SATURDAY MAGAZINE |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=35,707 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 May 1952 |accessdate=11 May 2024 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
Thomas announced he would publish a romantic drama in five acts, entitled ''The Rose of the Wilderness, or Emily the Maniac'' but this does not seem to have happened.<ref>E. Flinn, 'Thomas, Evan Henry (c. 1801–1837)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thomas-evan-henry-2725/text3841, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 11 May 2024.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/16050 The Bandit of the Rhine] at Ausstage
[[Category:1830s Australian plays]]
[[Category:1835 plays]]
Okumaya devam et...