Foul Play

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Event Foul Play
Venue Prince of Wales Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
First Date 10 August 1868
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Founded on the work by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault. First performance in Glasgow.
Note that Marcus Clarke also wrote an adaptation of the work in a play produced in Australia in 1868.
The story is of a wrongly convicted felon being transported to Australia.
None of the actors are known to be Australian and so have not been listed as contributors in the AusStage event.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Dion Boucicault Playwright
Charles Reade Playwright
Resources
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Poster PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia, digitised on Trove
Event Identifier 154128
Dataset AusStage