The Two Drovers

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Event The Two Drovers
Venue Royal Victoria Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 22 April 1844
Last Date 22 April 1844
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Full title: The Two Drovers or, The Highlander's Revenge. Adapted from a story by Sir Walter Scott. A Scottish domestic melodrama.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Adaptation
Melodrama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Amor Actor Martha M'Alpine
Thompson Actor Elspat the Prophetess
Young Actor Henry Wakefield, a Yorkshire Drover
George Buckingham Director
Works
Text Nationality Scotland
Further Information To be followed by the representation of the first act of Shakespeare's tragedy of Richard the Third, in which Mrs Thompson played richard Duke of Gloster. The Evening's Entertainment will conclude, by particular desire, with the much admired and very laughable Farce of Hunting a Turtle, or Transmogrification (Ad).
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 189575