The Man from Outback

The Man from Outback is a 1909 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan written under the name of 'Albert Edmunds'.^[1]

The Man from Outback
Poster from 1909 production in Tasmania
Written by	Bert Bailey Edmund Duggan
Date premiered	1909
Original language	English
Genre	Melodrama

Synopsis

Panimbla Station in the Australian outback is owned by Stephen Maitland, who is unaware that his manager is in league with a gang of cattle duffers. He is helped by his feisty daughter Mona and a mysterious stranger, Dave Goulburn.^[2]

Production

The play was clearly inspired by an earlier success of Bailey and Duggan, The Squatter's Daughter, or, The Land of the Wattle (1907).^[3] It was a success on the stage, with the part of Dave Goulburn played by Roy Redgrave. The original production was produced by William Anderson.^[4]