Within the Law

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Event Within the Law
Venue Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Muriel Starr tour
First Date 17 May 1913
Last Date 15 August 1913
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gwen Burroughs Actor
George Chalmers Actor
Fred England Actor
Charles Hardy Actor
Boyd Irwin Actor
Kathleen Lawrence Actor
Eric Maxon Actor
Frank Morris Actor
Lincoln Plumer Actor
Harold Richards Actor
Jerrold Robertshaw Actor
Marjorie Soper Actor
Muriel Starr Actor
Carleton Stuart Actor
Harry Sweeney Actor
Mary Worth Actor
Reginald Wykeham Actor
Clyde Meynell Administrator
George Tallis Administrator
G H Smith Adminstrator: Business Manager
Fred Chapman Musical Director
Bayard Veiller Playwright
E W Morrison Producer
E W Morrison Producer
Leslie Board Scenic Artist
William Little Scenic Artist
A L Pearce Stage Manager
Herbert Ford
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information There are 2 programmes of this show The story of a woman who is wrongly accused of stealing and sent to prison. Upon her release, she sets up a gang that engages in shady activities that are just "within the law". After the police try to entrap her, she is mistakenly accused again, this time for murder, but she is vindicated when the real killer confesses.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Tallis, Silent Showman
Programme PROMPT collection, National Library of Australia, digitised in Trove. J.C.Williamson Scrapbook, volume 3, pages 145, 147
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 114678