Edmund Duggan (playwright)
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Edmund Duggan was an Irish-Australian actor and playwright best known for writing a number of plays with Bert Bailey
including The Squatter's Daughter
(1907) and On Our Selection
(1912). His solo career was less successful than Bailey's. His sister Eugenie was known as "The Queen of Melodrama". His wife died two years before he did and he was survived by two daughters..
Bert Bailey
Albert Edward Bailey , better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born writer and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and screen.-Biography:...
including The Squatter's Daughter
The Squatter's Daughter (play)
The Squatter's Daughter or, The Land of the Wattle is a 1907 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan, writing under the combined pseudonym Albert Edmunds.-Synopsis:...
(1907) and On Our Selection
On Our Selection (1912 play)
On Our Selection is a 1912 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan based on the stories of Steele Rudd. Bailey played Dad Rudd in the original production....
(1912). His solo career was less successful than Bailey's. His sister Eugenie was known as "The Queen of Melodrama". His wife died two years before he did and he was survived by two daughters..
Select Theatre Credits
- The Democrat (1891) - writer (later revived as Eureka Stockade)
- For the Term of his Natural LifeFor the Term of his Natural LifeFor the Term of His Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 , appearing as a novel in 1874. It is the best known novelisation of life as a convict in early Australian history...
(1897) - writer (adapting the novel) - Lady Audley's Secret (1906)
- The Squatter's Daughter, or, The Land of the WattleThe Squatter's Daughter (play)The Squatter's Daughter or, The Land of the Wattle is a 1907 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan, writing under the combined pseudonym Albert Edmunds.-Synopsis:...
(1907) - wrote with Bert BaileyBert BaileyAlbert Edward Bailey , better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born writer and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and screen.-Biography:...
as 'Albert Edmunds' - The Man from OutbackThe Man from OutbackThe Man from Outback is a 1910 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan written under the name of 'Albert Edmunds'. It is based on the Banjo Patterson poem The Man from Snowy River.-Synopsis:...
(1909) - wrote with Bert BaileyBert BaileyAlbert Edward Bailey , better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born writer and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and screen.-Biography:...
as 'Albert Edmunds' - My Mate, or a Bush Love Story (1911) - writer
- On Our SelectionOn Our Selection (1912 play)On Our Selection is a 1912 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan based on the stories of Steele Rudd. Bailey played Dad Rudd in the original production....
(1912) - wrote with Bert BaileyBert BaileyAlbert Edward Bailey , better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born writer and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and screen.-Biography:...
as 'Albert Edmunds' - The Native BornThe Native BornThe Native Born is an Australian play written by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan under the name of Albert Edmunds. It was first produced in 1913 by Bailey's own company.-Synopsis:...
(1913) - wrote with Bert BaileyBert BaileyAlbert Edward Bailey , better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born writer and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and screen.-Biography:...
as 'Albert Edmunds' - On Our Selection (1920) (revival) - produced
- The Rudd Family (1928) - produced, acted
External links
- Edmund Duggan biography at Australian Dictionary of BiographyAustralian Dictionary of BiographyThe Australian Dictionary of Biography is a national, co-operative enterprise, founded and maintained by the Australian National University to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history....
- Edmund Duggan Australian theatre credits at AusstageAusstageAusStage is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia. It provides records of productions from the beginnings of theatre in Australia up to today...
- Edmund Duggan at Austlit (subscription required)
- Papers of Edmund Duggan at National Library of AustraliaNational Library of AustraliaThe National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...