True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted

True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted
Written byEdward Geoghegan
Date premiered1845
Place premieredSydney, Australia
Original languageEnglish

True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted is a 1845 Australian play, a comic farce, most likely authored by Edward Geoghegan.[1][2] It has been called "one of the most charming plays" in the collection of early Australian plays at the archives.[3]

The author was accused of plagiarising the play The Manager of Distress (this may be why Geoghegan did not publicly claim authorship).[4]

The Australian said "if the merit of a piece be determined according to the amount of merriment and applause produced among the audience, our Sydney dramatist has every reason to be satisfied with the success of his lucubrations."[5]

References

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XIX, no. 2539. New South Wales, Australia. 3 July 1845. p. 2. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XX, no. 2544. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1845. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Williams, Margaret (1983). Australia on the popular stage, 1829-1929 : an historical entertainment in six acts. Oxford University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-19-554398-8.
  4. ^ "THEATRICAL REGISTER". The Weekly Register Of Politics, Facts And General Literature. Vol. IV, no. 101. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1845. p. 308. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "THEATRICALS". The Australian. Vol. II, no. 353. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1845. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.