George Darrell

George Darrell was born in the year 1851; he died in the year 1921. He was an Australian playwright best known for The Sunny South of the year 1883.

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George Darrell started his professional career with the Simonson's Opera Company in New Zealand, but when he moved to the city of Melbourne, he moved to the regular dramatic profession and got some distinction as a juvenile supporter of the once idolized Walter Montgomery.

George Darrell was married to Mrs. Robert Hair.

Select Writings

Ø  The Squatter (1855)

Ø  Man and Wife (1871)

Ø  Matrimonial Manoeuvres (1872)

Ø  Dark Deeds (1873)

Ø  Friends of the Flag ; Or, The Struggle for Freedom (1874)

Ø  Her Face, Her Fortune (1874)

Ø  The Trump Card (1874)

Ø  The Four Fetes (1875)

Ø  Transported for Life (1876)

Ø  Back from the Grave (18780

Ø  The Forlorn Hope ; Or, A Tale of Tomorrow (1879)

Ø  Solange (1882)

Ø  The Naked Truth (1883)

Ø  The Sunny South (1883)

Ø  The Soggarth (1886)

Ø  The New Rush (1886)

Ø  Hue and Cry (1888)

Ø  The Mystery of a Hansom Cab aka Midnight Melbourne (1888) – stage version of the Fergus Hume novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Ø  The Queen of Bohemia (1888)

Ø  The Pakeha (1890)

Ø  Mr Potter of Texas (1890)

Ø  The Lucky Lot (1890)

Ø  The Double Event (1893)

Ø  The Crimson Thread (1894)

Ø  Convict Once (1896)

Ø  The Land of Dawning (1896)

Ø  The Queen of Coolgardie (1897)

Ø  The Sorrows of Satan (1897)

Ø  The Light That Failed (1899)

Ø  The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (1899)

Ø  The Punter (1902)

Ø  Sappho (1902)

Ø  Justice or Murder (1902)

Ø  Paris and Pleasure (1904)

Ø  The Battle and the Breeze (1905)

Ø  The Belle of the Bush (1916) – novel