| An English Lass | |
| Premiere: | 16 February 1887[1] |
| Place: | Royal Standard Theatre, Sydney |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Genre: | Melodrama |
An English Lass is a 1887 Australian play by Alfred Dampier and C.H. Krieger about Margaret Catchpole, based on a book by Reverend Cobbold.[2] Lily Dampier played Catchpole and Alfred Dampier played Bob the Bosun.[1]
The play toured through 1887 and 1888 was revived in 1893.[3] [4]
The Evening News said "the piece is disappointing. It relies too much on tricks of plot and stage effect, without making any use of the story as means for the subtle development of character, and without any charm of wit or wisdom in the language... two or three of the scenes are laboriously constrained and far-fetched, and this disregard of probability marred the effect of the few genuine touches of nature which stood out []aintly amidst the surrounding conventionality."[5]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "an interesting play".[6]