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The Squatter's Daughter (play)

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It ran for seven weeks then had an equally popular season in Sydney before touring around Australia and New Zealand for the next three years. The producers later claimed during this time it grossed £70,000 and was seen by an estimated 1.5 million people, making it the most popular Australian
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The story is set in the 1860s and focuses on the rivalry between two neighbouring sheep stations in rural Australia, "Enderby" and "Waratah". Enderby is owned by a woman, the feisty Violet Enderby, the "squatter's daughter". Waratah is owned by James Harrington, who is Violet's guardian.
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Violet is in love with Tom Bathurst, an overseer employed on Waratah. While James Harrington is away, the property is being run by his son, the weak Dudley Harrington, who seeks to undermine Bathurst in the eyes of Violet and his father. Having failed in that he gets
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The play helped popularise the archetype of the "squatter's daughter", the feisty woman of the Australian bush. This character appeared in many subsequent Australian books, plays, films and TV shows, including
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Bailey and Duggan received a per performance royalty for their writing rather than selling the play outright, which was a first for Australian playwrights.
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The production featured real sheep, kookaburras, shearers, wood choppers, whip-cracking, sheep dogs, a waterfall and a fight between a man and a kangaroo.
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and his gang to abduct Violet and hold her for ransom. Matters are complicated by the presence of an English "new chum", Archie McPherson.
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and made its debut at the Theatre Royal in Melbourne on 9 February 1907, starring both Bailey and Duggan in supporting roles.
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When Bailey went into theatrical management with Julius Grant, his first production was a revival of the play.
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Atkinson, Roslyn; Fotheringham, Richard (11 September 2006).
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Bert Bailey biography at Live Performance Hall of Fame
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1907 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan
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Bert Bailey
Edmund Duggan
Bert Bailey
Edmund Duggan
bushranger
Ben Hall
William Anderson
Edward William O'Sullivan
Cooee, or Wild Days in the Australian Bush
silent film in 1910
a sound feature in 1933
Hilda Bridges

George Washington Lambert
National Gallery of Australia
The Picture Show Man
McLeod's Daughters
"Advertising"
The Argus
"Dramatic Copyright in Australia to 1912"
'Standing on her head, Mamselle played a violin.' The Australian Women's Weekly 28 May 1949: 10
Bert Bailey biography at Live Performance Hall of Fame
"THE SQUATTER'S DAUGHTER"
The Squatter's Daughter original production
AusStage
The Squatter's Daughter
AustLit
Categories
1907 plays

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