Ellen Cameron | Paul Pry | Why Don't She Marry?

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Event Ellen Cameron | Paul Pry | Why Don't She Marry?
Venue New Queen's Theatre (1846-1850), Adelaide, SA
First Date 19 December 1846
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description This Evening (Saturday), the entertainments will commence with an entirely new Scottish drama (founded on fact), as performed at the Theatres Royal Edinburgh and Glasgow, with great success, entitled Ellen Cameron of The Maid of the Clyde. Comic song Mr Elmer, Comic dance Mr Douglas. To be followed by the admired comedy (in three acts) of Paul Pry or I Hope I Don't Intrude. Hornpipe Mr Jacobs. Nigger song Mr Howard. To conclude with an admired vaudeville, called, Why Don't She Marry?
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Dance
Vaudeville
Variety
Song
Minstrelsy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Elmer Actor and Singer Comic Song
Howard Actor and Singer Nigger Song
George Coppin Administrator: Theatre Manager
Douglass Dancer Comic Dance
Jacobs Musician: Hornist Hornpipe
Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin Playwright
Thomas Haynes Bayly Playwright
Emily Elizabeth Rankin Playwright
George Coppin Publicist
Works
Text Nationality England
Scotland
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158923638
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 207824