Edmund Duggan (playwright)

Edmund Duggan
Duggan c. 1905
Born1862 (1862)
Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland
Died12 August 1938(1938-08-12) (aged 75–76)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Resting placeBoroondara Cemetery
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Playwright, actor
Spouse
Beatrice Ann Hamea
​
(m. 1899)​
ChildrenRosalind Duggan
Eugenie Duggan
Parent(s)Dennis Duggan
Mary Ann Walsh
RelativesEugenie Duggan (sister)
Patrick (P.J.) Duggan (brother)
Kathleen Duggan (sister)

Edmund Duggan (1862 – 2 August 1938) was an Irish-born actor and playwright who worked in Australia.[1] He is best known for writing a number of plays with Bert Bailey including The Squatter's Daughter (1907) and On Our Selection (1912). His solo career was less successful than Bailey's.[2] His sister Eugenie was known as "The Queen of Melodrama" and married noted theatre producer William Anderson, for whom Duggan frequently worked as an actor, writer and stage manager.

Between 1892 and 1895 Duggan and South's "Her Majesty's Dramatic Company", toured New South Wales with (inter alia) La Tosca,[3] All for Gold,[4] Greta.[5] His Natural Life and Robbery Under Arms.[6] consistently receiving good notices.

Duggan's wife died two years before he did and he was survived by two daughters.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Edmund Duggan (1862–1938) by Margaret Williams". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "When They Paid A Shilling To Hiss The Villain." The Sunday Herald (Sydney) 14 Dec 1952: 14
  3. ^ "La Tosca". The Cootamundra Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 20 July 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 11 March 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "All for Gold". The Riverine Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 10 October 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Greta". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 3 June 1893. p. 7. Retrieved 11 March 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Victoria Theatre, Bewcastle". Truth (Sydney newspaper). New South Wales, Australia. 29 December 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Mr. Edmund Duggan." The Argus (Melbourne) 3 Aug 1938: 11
  8. ^ "The Passing of Ned Duggan". The Newcastle Sun. No. 6438. New South Wales, Australia. 4 August 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 6 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.