Hands Up (Leitch play)
Hands Up is a 1893 Australian play by George Leitch.[1][2] The play was specifically devised to be a vehicle for Mrs Keightley, the wife of a gold commissioner at Bathurst, who was robbed by Ben Hall the bushranger. Keightley played herself[3] The Mercury said it was "especially composed and arranged for her, containing many incidents not merely probably but absolutely true."[4]
Reviewing the production, The Mercury called it "this splendid portrayal of life in the old bushranging days."[5]
It is not to be confused with the play Hands Up about Ned Kelly.
References
[edit]- ^ "MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 17, 224. New South Wales, Australia. 3 June 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 28.
- ^ "Theatre Royal". Tasmanian News. No. 3804. Tasmania, Australia. 18 April 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""AN AUSTRALIAN HEROINE."". The Mercury. Vol. LXI, no. 7, 219. Tasmania, Australia. 15 April 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE MERCURY". The Mercury. Vol. LXI, no. 7, 222. Tasmania, Australia. 19 April 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.