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Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T18:21:22Z

Kate Newey:

Amateur theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The [[wikipedia:First_Fleet|First Fleet]], carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Convict-Theatres-Early-Australia-1788-1840/dp/1902806255 ''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (]Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''[https://www.amazon.com/Strolling-Players-Empire-Performances-Perspectives/dp/1108479782 Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces,] 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, ''[[wikipedia:The_Playmaker_(novel)|The Playmaker]]'' (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, [[wikipedia:Our_Country's_Good|Our Country's Good]] (1988).

Amateur theatre in Australia was important in reproducing European culture and society in the early colony, and remains a force in community involvement with the performing and creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T18:21:02Z

Kate Newey:

[[Amateur]] theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The [[wikipedia:First_Fleet|First Fleet]], carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Convict-Theatres-Early-Australia-1788-1840/dp/1902806255 ''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (]Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''[https://www.amazon.com/Strolling-Players-Empire-Performances-Perspectives/dp/1108479782 Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces,] 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, ''[[wikipedia:The_Playmaker_(novel)|The Playmaker]]'' (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, [[wikipedia:Our_Country's_Good|Our Country's Good]] (1988).

Amateur theatre in Australia was important in reproducing European culture and society in the early colony, and remains a force in community involvement with the performing and creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T18:15:10Z

Kate Newey:

[[Amateur]] theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Convict-Theatres-Early-Australia-1788-1840/dp/1902806255 ''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (]Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''[https://www.amazon.com/Strolling-Players-Empire-Performances-Perspectives/dp/1108479782 Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces,] 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, ''[[wikipedia:The_Playmaker_(novel)|The Playmaker]]'' (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, [[wikipedia:Our_Country's_Good|Our Country's Good]] (1988).

Amateur theatre in Australia was important in reproducing European culture and society in the early colony, and remains a force in community involvement with the performing and creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T18:13:35Z

Kate Newey:

[[Amateur]] theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Convict-Theatres-Early-Australia-1788-1840/dp/1902806255 ''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (]Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces, 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, ''[[wikipedia:The_Playmaker_(novel)|The Playmaker]]'' (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, [[wikipedia:Our_Country's_Good|Our Country's Good]] (1988).

Amateur theatre in Australia was important in reproducing European culture and society in the early colony, and remains a force in community involvement with the performing and creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T18:12:18Z

Kate Newey:

[[Amateur]] theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces, 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, ''[[wikipedia:The_Playmaker_(novel)|The Playmaker]]'' (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, [[wikipedia:Our_Country's_Good|Our Country's Good]] (1988).

Amateur theatre in Australia was important in reproducing European culture and society in the early colony, and remains a force in community involvement with the performing and creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T18:10:15Z

Kate Newey:

Amateur theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces, 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, ''[[wikipedia:The_Playmaker_(novel)|The Playmaker]]'' (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, [[wikipedia:Our_Country's_Good|Our Country's Good]] (1988).

Amateur theatre in Australia was important in reproducing European culture and society in the early colony, and remains a force in community involvement with the performing and creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T18:08:06Z

Kate Newey:

Amateur theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces, 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, ''The Playmaker'' (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, [[wikipedia:Our_Country's_Good|Our Country's Good]] (1988).

Amateur theatre in Australia was important in reproducing European culture and society in the early colony, and remains a force in community involvement with the performing and creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T18:01:30Z

Kate Newey:

Amateur theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces, 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, ''The Playmaker'' (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, Our Country's Good (1988).

Amateur theatre in Australia was important in reproducing European culture and society in the early colony, and remains a force in community involvement with the performing and creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T17:50:01Z

Kate Newey:

Amateur theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces, 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, The Playmaker (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, Our Country's Good (1988).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T17:49:25Z

Kate Newey:

Amateur theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a performance of George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' to celebrate the King's birthday on 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs.

Robert Jordan has written about this in''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (Currency Press, 2003) and Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''Strolling Players of Empire: theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces, 1656-1833'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play. Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally, imagined the making of this performance in his novel, The Playmaker (1987), which was adapted by British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker as the play, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Country%27s_Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia

Amateur Theatre in Australia

2025-09-08T17:42:25Z

Kate Newey: Created page with "Amateur theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transpoportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a play, George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' for the King’s birthday on the 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and the..."

Amateur theatre in Australia began almost at the same time as European invaders settled in Australia. The First Fleet, carrying British military and convicts sentenced to transpoportation arrived in January 1788 at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on the east coast of Australia. Within eighteenth months, the convicts had put on a play, George Farquhar’s ''The Recruiting Officer'' for the King’s birthday on the 4th June 1789. Convicts and soldiers, sailors, officers and their wives joined in this reassuring spectacle of English culture, reproduced in improvised circumstances by amateurs. Robert Jordan has written illuminatingly about this in his book, ''The Convict Theatres of Early Australia, 1788-1840'' (Currency Press, 2003) arguing for the ‘strong taste for theatre’ amongst the people of working and lower middle class who were those most likely to be transported as convicts (p. 21). As Kathleen Wilson has remarked, in ''Strolling Players of Empire'', (2024) wherever the British went, they put on a play.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmaker_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amateur_theatre_companies_in_Australia