The Kelly Gang (play)

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The Kelly Gang; or the Career of the Outlaw, Ned Kelly, the Iron-clad Bushranger of Australia
Written byArnold Denham and others
Date premiered22 July 1899[1]
Place premieredOpera House Sydney
Original languageEnglish
Subjectbushrangers
GenreMelodrama

The Kelly Gang; or the Career of the Outlaw, Ned Kelly, the Iron-clad Bushranger of Australia is an 1899 Australian play about bushranger Ned Kelly. It is attributed to Arnold Denham but it is likely a number of other writers worked on it.[2]

Contemporary reviews remarked on the similarities the play had with Robbery Under Arms.[3]

According to one account Kate Kelly appeared in an original production in Sydney at the Criterion Theatre.[4]

Denham sued for copyright infringement against the producers of other plays about Ned Kelly including Outlaw Kelly in 1899[5][6] and The Kelly Gang in 1901[7] (the latter was appealed unsuccessfully[8][9]).

History[edit]

A production was staged on 18 May 1907 at His Majesty's Theatre in Perth. The cast featured Walter Dalgleish as Ned Kelly, Herbert Linden as Dan Kelly, Max Clifton as Steve Hart, Crosbie Ward as Joe Byrne, Stirling Whyte as Sergeant Steele, J. J. Ennis as Constable Fitzpatrick, Char Mortyne as Sergeant Kennedy, Albert Lucas as Aaron Sherritt, Charles Daniels as Mr. Scott, William Everett as Roberts, Leo D'Chateau as Murphy, Frank Reis as McGuire, Reg Harcourt as Mr. Curnow, Victor Scott as Mick Mulcahy, Frank Rosemore as McIntyre, D. Durant as Scanlon, Cecil Yates as Donnelly, Herbert Leonard as Macready Ham, Arthur Hart as Leon, Olive Trouchet as Melpomone Prim, Esther Birks as Flossy Blush, James Bell as Dan Healey, Ashton Williams as Father Gibney, Arthur Grant as Jones, Ina Alston as Mrs. Kelly, Roland Watts-Phillips as Lucretia Aspen, Maisie Maxwell as Mary Byrne, and Ada Lawrence as Kate Kelly.[10]

Characters[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 22 July 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ The Kelly Gang at AustLit
  3. ^ ""THE KELLY GANG."". The Evening News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 24 July 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Commercial Success with". The Sun. No. 1890. New South Wales, Australia. 18 June 1939. p. 11 (Sunday Magazine). Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ ""THE KELLY GANG."". The Evening News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 2 September 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  6. ^ "EQUITY COURT". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 12 August 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  7. ^ "DISTRICT COURT". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 17 December 1901. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  8. ^ ""THE KELLY GANG."". The Evening News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 16 May 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  9. ^ "LAW REPORT". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 16 May 1902. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Amusements". The West Australian. Vol. 23, no. 6601. Perth. 18 May 1907. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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