Thou Shalt Not Steal | |
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Written by | Alfred Dampier |
Date premiered | 31 October 1896 [1] |
Place premiered | Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne |
Original language | English |
Genre | Melodrama |
Thou Shalt Not Steal is a 1896 Australian stage play by Alfred Dampier. It enabled Lily Dampier to play a dual role. [2]
The play was a melodrama. [3] [4]
The Mercury called it "a melodrama full of picturesqueness, incident, and humour." [5]
The Sportsman said it was "well written and consistently worked ont, is fell of variety, humor and of tbe life and bustle so much to the taste of the modern playgoers." [6]
Dampier tried to sell the play in England. There was another play called Thou Shalt Not Steal so he retited it A Cruel Test. [7]
Thou Shalt Not Steal | |
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Written by | Alfred Dampier |
Date premiered | 31 October 1896 [1] |
Place premiered | Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne |
Original language | English |
Genre | Melodrama |
Thou Shalt Not Steal is a 1896 Australian stage play by Alfred Dampier. It enabled Lily Dampier to play a dual role. [2]
The play was a melodrama. [3] [4]
The Mercury called it "a melodrama full of picturesqueness, incident, and humour." [5]
The Sportsman said it was "well written and consistently worked ont, is fell of variety, humor and of tbe life and bustle so much to the taste of the modern playgoers." [6]
Dampier tried to sell the play in England. There was another play called Thou Shalt Not Steal so he retited it A Cruel Test. [7]