To the West (play)
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To the West is a 1896 Australian stage play by Alfred Dampier and Kenneth Mackay, a Member of Parliament.[2] It was Mackay's first play.[3][4] The script was based on an earlier work of Mackay's, The Yellow Wave.[5]
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Written by | Alfred Dampier Kenneth Mackay |
Based on | The Yellow Wave by Kenneth Mackay |
Directed by | Alfred Dampier |
Date premiered | 8 February 1896[1] |
Place premiered | Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney |
Original language | English |
Genre | melodrama |
Setting | Western Australia |
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The play featured horses and sheep on stage.[6] There was an Aboriginal character, Geebung.[7]