The Democrat (play)

The Democrat
Written byEdmund Duggan
Directed byEdmund Duggan
Date premieredAugust 18, 1891 (1891-08-18)[1]
Place premieredRoyal Standard Theatre, Sydney[2]
Original languageEnglish
SubjectEureka Rebellion
Genrehistorical drama

The Democrat, or Under the Southern Cross is a 1891 Australian stage play by Edmund Duggan about the Eureka Rebellion. It is the first known stage play on this conflict. It was revived in 1897 under the title Eureka Stockade.[3][4]

The play was Duggan's first produced play.[5]

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 16, 689. New South Wales, Australia. 18 September 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Amusements". Evening News. No. 7585. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1891. p. 9. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Margaret Williams, 'Duggan, Edmund (1862–1938)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/duggan-edmund-6032/text10311, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 22 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Advertising". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXXIV, no. 10, 228. South Australia. 30 November 1897. p. 1 (One O'Clock Edition.). Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Edmund Duggan". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Vol. LX, no. 193. Queensland, Australia. 15 August 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.