Inkle and Yarico / The Spectre Bridegroom

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Event Inkle and Yarico / The Spectre Bridegroom
Venue The Long Room, Nash's Woolpack Inn, Parramatta, NSW
First Date 20 July 1833
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description THEATRE, PARRAMATTA by His Excellency's permission.
NASH'S LONG ROOM. Being fitted up expressly FOR DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. MEREDITH. THE INHABITANTS of Parramatta and its Vicinity are respectfully informed, that On Saturday Evening, July 20, Will be Performed, Colman's celebrated Play OF INKLE & YARICO, AFTER WHICH, THE LAUGHABLE FARCE OF THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM; OR, The Ghost in spite of Himself.
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Farce
Melodrama
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Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Meredith Actor
John Meredith Entrepreneur
Resources
Works
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information After the first benefit season the actors were to be unemployed until the new theatre was ready. Meredith and some others decided to try their luck touring outer Sydney and prepared performances for Parramatta. This did not endear them to Levey who called them 'strolling players'.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Advertising (1833, July 19). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), p. 1. Retrieved October 6, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42005038
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 147713