Advertisement for Performance at Princess Theatre in Melbourne 1861
Title
Advertisement for Performance at Princess Theatre in Melbourne 1861
Date
January 5, 1861
Description
The Octoroon was actually performed on the colonial stages of Australia a full ten months before it was staged in London. According to the Melbourne Argus, the first performance of The Octoroon in Australia, advertised as the "first time in the colonies of Bourcicault's [sic] great sensation play, was to take place on January 7, 1861, and featured British actress Madame Marie Duret as Zoe. Little is known about Marie Duret or where she obtained a copy of the script for The Octoroon, which had been printed, but not published in America.