Event | Uncle Tom's Cabin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Theatre Royal, Coolgardie, WA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 21 September 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opening Date | 21 September 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 23 September 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part of a Tour | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | "A dramatised version of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's striking story of slave life", with "new scenes, mechanical effects, songs, dances, etc." Hosea Easton, who plays the lead, was "originally a slave in the Southern States, and is, besides, the original Uncle Tom as far as Australia is concerned". Little Eva played by Master Reg Stevens, son of company manager George Stevens. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description Source | Press Release | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Dance
Drama Song Minstrelsy |
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Subjects |
Death
Racial discrimination Slavery |
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Production Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Further Information | The Coolgardie Miner 23 September 1896 is missing but the issue for 24 September 1896 records a performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Theatre Royal, Coolgardie, on 23 Sept. 1896. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 88138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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