With the Colours | |
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Written by | Edward Irham Cole |
Directed by | Edward Irham Cole |
Date premiered | 1905 |
Original language | English |
Subject | melodrama |
With the Colours is a 1905 Australian stage drama by Edward Irham Cole set during the Second Boer War. [1] It became one of the key plays in Cole's repertoire. [2] [3]
Crowds during the initial season were excellent. [4] The play was revived in 1906, [5] 1908, [6] 1911, [7] 1912, 1913, [8] 1914 and 1918. [9]
"A captain of the forty second is under sentence of death for supposed cowardice in action. He entrusts his all to the care of a brother officer, who however betrays his trust and robs the widow and orphan. A very exciting scene takes place at the end of the lirst act, where the captain is placed before a file of his own men and is just about to be shot, when the Boers attack the British camp. A hand to hand battle is fought and some very fine specimens of swordsmanship are shown, with the curtain falling on a British victory with Australians to the front." [10]
With the Colours | |
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Written by | Edward Irham Cole |
Directed by | Edward Irham Cole |
Date premiered | 1905 |
Original language | English |
Subject | melodrama |
With the Colours is a 1905 Australian stage drama by Edward Irham Cole set during the Second Boer War. [1] It became one of the key plays in Cole's repertoire. [2] [3]
Crowds during the initial season were excellent. [4] The play was revived in 1906, [5] 1908, [6] 1911, [7] 1912, 1913, [8] 1914 and 1918. [9]
"A captain of the forty second is under sentence of death for supposed cowardice in action. He entrusts his all to the care of a brother officer, who however betrays his trust and robs the widow and orphan. A very exciting scene takes place at the end of the lirst act, where the captain is placed before a file of his own men and is just about to be shot, when the Boers attack the British camp. A hand to hand battle is fought and some very fine specimens of swordsmanship are shown, with the curtain falling on a British victory with Australians to the front." [10]