The Village Lawyer

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Event The Village Lawyer
Venue Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW
First Date 7 November 1833
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
William Macready Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Erroneously attributed to the William Macready in a pirated edition, and since printed as such (with tacit collusion by Macready), the play is actually an adaptation of L'Avocat Pathelin by David-Augustin de Brueys (1641–1723)[2] in 1706, the translation being attributed to either George Colman the Elder, or Charles Lyons. De Brueys had based his own play on La Farce de Maître Pierre Pathelin (&q
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Event Identifier 148413
Dataset AusStage