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With the Colours

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With the Colours
Written byEdward Irham Cole
Directed byEdward Irham Cole
Date premiered1905
Original languageEnglish
Subjectmelodrama

With the Colours is a 1905 Australian stage drama by Edward Irham Cole set during the Second Boer War.[1] It became one of the key plays in Cole's repertoire.[2][3]

Crowds during the initial season were excellent.[4] The play was revived in 1906,[5] 1908,[6] 1911,[7] 1912, 1913,[8] 1914 and 1918.[9]

Premise

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"A captain of the forty second is under sentence of death for supposed cowardice in action. He entrusts his all to the care of a brother officer, who however betrays his trust and robs the widow and orphan. A very exciting scene takes place at the end of the lirst act, where the captain is placed before a file of his own men and is just about to be shot, when the Boers attack the British camp. A hand to hand battle is fought and some very fine specimens of swordsmanship are shown, with the curtain falling on a British victory with Australians to the front."[10]

References

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  1. ^ "MUSIC AND DRAMA". The Sunday Sun. No. 141. New South Wales, Australia. 17 December 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "ADELAIDE'S LATEST ATTRACTION". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 3, no. 107. South Australia. 16 May 1914. p. 10 (SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION.). Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "THE TRAVELLING THEATRICAL SHOW". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. XCVIII, no. 226. Tasmania, Australia. 5 December 1939. p. 4 (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY). Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "THE HAYMARKET HIPPODROME". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 21, 149. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "THE LEMARE RECITALS". Evening News. No. 12, 247. New South Wales, Australia. 10 September 1906. p. 8. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 22, 034. New South Wales, Australia. 29 August 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Advertising". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. LXX, no. 216. Tasmania, Australia. 11 September 1911. p. 1 (DAILY). Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 20, 843. Victoria, Australia. 14 May 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Music and Drama". The Telegraph. No. 14, 286. Queensland, Australia. 7 September 1918. p. 13 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Local and General". North-eastern Advertiser. Vol. V, no. 11. Tasmania, Australia. 10 February 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.