Sun and Shadow (play)
Sun and Shadow is a 1870 Australian stage play by Walter Cooper.[1][2]
The Age said "the drama met with a most enthusiastic reception."[3]
The Herald said "it can only be pronounced as a mass of incongruities; in fact, "a thing of shreds and patches." As a dramatic work it is not likely to add to tho fame of the author."[4]
Evening News said "The drama itself must certainly, judging from the lavish applause with which it was greeted, be considered an unqualified success. As a literary work of art it is an exceedingly commendable production ; the characters are boldly and graphically sketched, and the dialogue lively and well pointed. Perhaps the principal defect of the latter is a trifling redundancy of colonial colloquialisms of the class most affected by bushmen and diggers, such as 'My colonial oath,' &c.; and the drama would, technically speaking, play much 'closer' for a judicious curtailment of the first and second acts. As a piece of the sensational school, it is decidedly inferior to none."[5]
The original production involved a court action.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "No title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LXI, no. 9912. New South Wales, Australia. 26 February 1870. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE THEATRES". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LXI, no. 9935. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1870. p. 8. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THEATRE ROYAL". The Age. No. 4960. Victoria, Australia. 3 October 1870. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THEATRE ROYAL". The Herald. No. 7719. Victoria, Australia. 3 October 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Evening News". Evening News. No. 810. New South Wales, Australia. 7 March 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "INTERCOLONIAL". The Australasian. Vol. VIII, no. 207. Victoria, Australia. 19 March 1870. p. 26. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Sun and Shadow at Ausstage