The Great Rescue is a 1907 Australian play by Bland Holt. [1] [2]
It was one of the most successful early Australian plays and one of Holt's best known. [3] [4]
The play was based on Lincoln Carter's American story Bedford's Hope. [5] It was adapted to be set in Australia and to refer to the rescue of Modesto Varischetti. [6] George Darrell also wrote a play on this called The Land of Gold. [7]
It featured considerable spectacle on stage including a train. [8]
References
- ^ "Advertising". The Age. No. 16, 395. Victoria, Australia. 28 September 1907. p. 18. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THEATRE ROYAL". Table Talk. Victoria, Australia. 3 October 1907. p. 18. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MR. BLAND HOLT". Sunday Times. No. 1226. New South Wales, Australia. 18 July 1909. p. 6 (The Sunday Times MAGAZINE SECTION). Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Commercial Australian Plays", The Bulletin., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 25 March 1926, nla.obj-632354445, retrieved 4 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "BLAND HOLT SEASS". The Star. No. 71. New South Wales, Australia. 2 June 1909. p. 9 (FIRST EDITION). Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE PLAYGOER". Punch. Vol. CVII, no. 2723. Victoria, Australia. 3 October 1907. p. 32. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""THE LAND OF GOLD."". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 21, 795. New South Wales, Australia. 25 November 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE BLAND HOLT SEASON". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 22, 268. New South Wales, Australia. 29 May 1909. p. 16. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.