Hands Up (play)
1900 Australian play / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hands Up, or Ned Kelly and His Gang is a 1900 Australian play by Edward Irham Cole about Ned Kelly.
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Hands Up, or Ned Kelly and His Gang | |
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Written by | Edward Irham Cole |
Directed by | Edward Irham Cole |
Date premiered | 6 January 1900 |
Place premiered | Corner Queen and Wharf Street, Brisbane |
Original language | English |
Subject | Ned Kelly |
Genre | melodrama |
Setting | Colonial Victoria |
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It appeared to make its debut in 1900.[1] The play was one of a large number of dramas about Ned Kelly that followed from the success of The Kelly Gang in 1898.[2]
Cole performed it, originally with his Wild West Dramatic Company (which he ran with "Texas Jack"), then with his own Bohemian Drama Company. It was one of their most popular works.
There were productions of the play in 1903,[3] 1904,[4] 1907 (In Melbourne[5] and Sydney)[6] and 1909.[7]