Plays for Felons

In 1796 a new theatrical site was created on the fringes of the British Empire. Convicted felons performed their own selection of plays in a ramshackle theatre in Sydney Town. The theatre was soon closed down, but the efforts to create a theatrical life in the penal colony persisted. In 1832 a "Thea...

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