The Wreck of the Dunbar is a 1887 Australian stage play based on the 1857 shipwreck of the Dunbar off Sydney. It was written and presented by Alfred Dampier. [1] [2] [3] The play was performed by Dampier and his family. [4]
Leslie Rees said " As the plot developed, it moved further and further from the terrible shipping disaster of 1857. The critics gave it a drubbing—“a shabby weary weeping little screed sadder than a midnight goat and filled with bile and ignominy”, wrote one. Not even driftwood was left of The Wreck of the Dunbar after its few performances." [5]
The Sydney Morning Herald said "The plot is broadly sketched, with a free admixture of pathetic and ridiculous situations." [6]
Other accounts were more favourable. [7]
The Wreck of the Dunbar is a 1887 Australian stage play based on the 1857 shipwreck of the Dunbar off Sydney. It was written and presented by Alfred Dampier. [1] [2] [3] The play was performed by Dampier and his family. [4]
Leslie Rees said " As the plot developed, it moved further and further from the terrible shipping disaster of 1857. The critics gave it a drubbing—“a shabby weary weeping little screed sadder than a midnight goat and filled with bile and ignominy”, wrote one. Not even driftwood was left of The Wreck of the Dunbar after its few performances." [5]
The Sydney Morning Herald said "The plot is broadly sketched, with a free admixture of pathetic and ridiculous situations." [6]
Other accounts were more favourable. [7]