Les Emigres aux Terres Australes explained

Les Emigres aux Terres Australes
Premiere:	1792
Place:	Theatre des Amis de la Patrie, the Rue de Louvois, France
Orig Lang:	French

Les Emigres aux Terres Australes (English: The Emigrants to the Southern Lands) is a 1792 French stage play by Citizen Gamas. The play had a fortnight's run as in the Theatre des Amis de la Patrie, in the Rue de Louvois.^[1]

Background

It was the first play to be set in colonial Australia and is sometimes referred to as the first Australian play.^{[2] [3]}

The subtitle was Le Dernier Chapitre d’une Grande Révolution, Comedie (The Last Chapter of a Great Revolution, a Comedy).^[4]

External links

• The First 'Australian' Play : Les Emigres aux Terres Australes at Austlit

Notes

• L. A. TRIEBEL, LES ÉMIGRÉS AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, French Studies, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 1947, Pages 381–b–382, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/1.4.381-b

Notes and References

1. News: Advocate Magazine . . LXXXVI . 5110 . Victoria, Australia . 2 July 1953 . 17 November 2023 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN PLAY . . 22,331 . Victoria, Australia . 23 February 1918 . 17 November 2023 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
3. Book: Rees, Leslie. Towards An Australian Drama. 1–3. 1953.
4. Web site: Australia, a Counterrevolutionary Colony. Freg J. . Stokes. 2 September 2020.