Whirlwind, the Bushranger explained

Whirlwind, the Bushranger
Director:	Edward Irham Cole
Premiere:	^[1]
Place:	Haymarket Hippodrome, Sydney
Orig Lang:	English
Subject:	melodrama

Whirlwind, the Bushranger, or the Roaring Forties is a 1907 Australian play by Edward Irham Cole about the ficitious bushranger.^{[2] [3]}

The play was part of the Australian "bushranging play" boom of the 1900s.^[4] Cole wrote several works about bushrangers such as Ned Kelly and Ben Hall. This was about a fictional bushranger and his brother.^[5] The play appears to have been less popular than Cole's work based on real bushrangers although it was performed by Cole's company over a number of years.^{[6] [7]}

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The drama abounds in realism, sensationalism, pathos, and humour, and is well mounted."^[8]

The play's debut production followed that of another Cole work The Missing Partner.^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME. . . 21,674 . New South Wales, Australia . 6 July 1907 . 4 April 2024 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME. . . 21,669 . New South Wales, Australia . 1 July 1907 . 4 April 2024 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Advertising . . 21,671 . New South Wales, Australia . 3 July 1907 . 4 April 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
4. Book: Williams, Margaret. Australia on the popular stage, 1829-1929 : an historical entertainment in six acts. 197. 1983.
5. News: 7 July 1907 . MUSIC AND DRAMA . 4 April 2024 . The Sunday Sun . New South Wales, Australia . 3 . National Library of Australia . 223.
6. News: HIPPODROME. . . VII. 363 . New South Wales, Australia . 10 July 1907 . 4 April 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: BOHEMIAN DRAMATIC CO. . . 55. 16747 . Victoria, Australia . 31 January 1910 . 4 April 2024 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
8. News: THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME. . . 21,675 . New South Wales, Australia . 8 July 1907 . 4 April 2024 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
9. News: THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME. . . 21,671 . New South Wales, Australia . 3 July 1907 . 4 April 2024 . 12 . National Library of Australia.