Captain Moonlite (play) explained

Captain Moonlight
Director:	Edward Irham Cole
Characters:	Captain Moonlite Edna Scott
Premiere:	^[1]
Place:	Haymarket Hippodrome, Sydney
Orig Lang:	English
Subject:	bushrangers

Captain Moonlite, the Wantabadgery Bushranger is a 1906 Australian play about the bushranger Captain Moonlite that was first produced by Edward Irham Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company.^[2]

The play debuted in 1906 and according to contemporary reports "has been drawing large houses."^[3]

It was one of the leading plays in Cole's repertoire.^[4] The play was toured throughout the country.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME. . . VI . 294 . New South Wales, Australia . 7 March 1906 . 5 April 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: Advertising . . 1009 . New South Wales, Australia . 7 March 1906 . 5 April 2024 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: The Strutter's Page. . . 9 . 26 . New South Wales, Australia . 17 March 1906 . 5 April 2024 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: Time Marches On from Redskins to Bare Skins . . XXI . 27 . New South Wales, Australia . 2 September 1939 . 5 April 2024 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: BOHEMIAN DRAMATIC COMPANY. . . 55 . 16719 . Victoria, Australia . 28 December 1909 . 5 April 2024 . 5 . National Library of Australia.